The Lambda Pi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi received the Undergraduate Chapter of the Year Award from the South Central Province of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
The fraternity members were presented with the award as part of the activities at Union Unplugged on Thursday. The award is given to a small chapter with seven to 10 members. A committee determines who will win the award for the province each year.
Chapter Adviser Mark McCloud said the committee considers specific categories when choosing the recipient.
“It definitely is an honor,” McCloud said. “It goes into service, academics, scholastic aptitude, leadership — a lot of different things.”
Kappa Alpha Psi Chapter President Demetrius Morgan said this is the first time the Lambda Pi chapter has received the award.
“I’m very excited to be the first president to have the honor of receiving the award,” Morgan said. “I’m very excited, and we’ve gone through a lot to get here, so I’m glad that our work is finally paying off.”
Chapter Historian Quadray Kohlheim said the chapter’s hard work helps it to maintain the fraternity’s core principle.
“I’ve been a part of Lambda Pi for over three years now and put in a lot of hard work,” Kohlhiem said. “The chapter, we’ve put in a lot of selfless work, and really try to live out our core principle of achieving in every field of human endeavor, so to be recognized is truly an honor. I’m real humbled by it.”
Morgan said receiving the award shows how the chapter plans to continue to improve and achieve more goals.
“(Winning this award) says that we’re not going anywhere,” Morgan said. “We plan on being around here. We plan on even exceeding past this goal.”
— Allison Slusher
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