Kappa Zeta Makes Their Presence Known
The brothers of the Kappa Zeta chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity recently sent 16 representatives to Atlanta, GA for the 2012 Pike University Atlanta Leadership Summit. The group, comprised of freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors from the University of Louisville, was part of the largest event Pike University has yet to host in the south, with 495 student representatives from PIKE chapters across the southeast United States in attendance. The brothers of the Kappa Zeta chapter had the opportunity to hear from speakers such as past International President Kevin Knaus and current Executive Vice President Justin Buck who lectured on topics such as leadership, chapter accountability and combating apathy. Seen in the picture from left to right are brothers Ilya Lyalin, Hunter Pittman, Hayden Johnson, Josh Cruz, Steven Vanover, John Henry Graff, Austin Schwenker, James Alvey, Jordan Murphy, Ian Busche, Aaron Williams, Owen Stone and Albin George. Not pictured are brothers Andy Bean, Shelby LaFollette, and Sam Giardina.
At last summer's Pike International Convention, Kappa Zeta was awarded the Harvey T. Newell Most Improved Chapter in the Nation award. This award is given out annually to ONE of Pike's over 200 chapters, and Kappa Zeta beat out five finalist chapters to earn it. Our chapter was also given Pike's Excellence award, given to the top 20% of Pike chapters. Kappa Zeta with a Scholarship Plate to recognize that the chapter GPA was above 3.0.