Kappa Alpha Order

San Diego State University Provisional Chapter

Spring 2013 Volume I. Issue I.

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Dear KA Gentlemen, I hope this letter finds you in good health and doing well. I also hope you are just as excited as we are to be back at San Diego State University. The brothers of the San Diego State chapter are excited for this upcoming semester and are prepared and full of ambition to make Kappa Alpha Order the model fraternity at SDSU. We are currently a provisional chapter and are hoping to become an active chapter by spring 2014. Over the past few weeks, we have been recruiting, appointing officer positions, and have started working together to make this chapter successful with the help of Dustin Brann, Andrew Carr, and Nick Palmer from the Kappa Alpha Order National Office. Along with getting started, we are proud to say that our group of gentlemen is ready to show our community what KA represents and stands for. While currently making sure we fulfill the duties we must accomplish before becoming an active charter, we have been planning and looking into doing some our first events this upcoming fall. Although our events are tentative at the time here are some events we look forward to hosting: rush week 2013, alumni tailgate at the SDSU homecoming football game, philanthropic event, and many more events that will show our community who we are. As we get further into the semester and get more planning done, we will send each alumnus more details through newsletters and will also be posting it on our Facebook and twitter pages. In this newsletter, you can find information regarding our chapter status, current officers, committee chairs, inducted members, and upcoming events. For further information or any concerns or ideas you may have that will benefit the gamma iota chapter at SDSU, please feel free to contact me through email at sdsu.ka.num.5@gmail.com or by phone at (951) 640-0097. Fraternally, Jesse Higareda, Number V

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Officer Updates
I.
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Jesse Berg
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II. Jerrod Cunanan - sdsu.ka.num.2@gmail.com III. Brandon Kelley

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IV. Nathan Tabisula - sdsu.ka.num.4@gmail.com V. Jesse Higareda

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VI.
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Irfan Peterson
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VII. Mikey Park - sdsu.ka.num.7@gmail.com VIII. Brandon Morales

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IX.
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Jacob Handler
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Presidents Message
In order to attain our status as an active chapter of KA, the members understand the need to recruit the most outstanding gentleman on the campus. Throughout the next year we will be actively recruiting to attain fifty members as well as successfully create three philanthropy events for local charities and MDA. I would like to invite all alumni to any and all events in order to show the progress that our chapter has made. I am looking forward to a productive and successful year. -Jesse Berg, Number I

Induction Spring 2013

On Thursday, April 18, 2013 sixteen gentlemen from San Diego State University were inducted into the San Diego State provisional chapter by our Associate Director for Chapter Development, Dustin Brann, and our alumni advisor, David Dere. Our inducted members included: Jake Bauer (Fr.) - Lake Bluff, IL Jesse Berg (Soph.) - Manhattan Beach, CA Luke Chapple (Jr.) - Discovery Bay, CA Jerodd Cunanan (Fr.) - Riverside, CA Jacob Handler (Fr.) - San Carlos, CA Jesse Higareda (Fr.) - Riverside, CA Brandon Kelly (Jr.) - Oradell, NJ Shamir Kumar (Fr.) San Francisco, CA Thomas McHugh (Soph.) San Diego, CA Brandon Morales (Fr.) Bonita, CA Mikey Park (Fr.) Valencia, CA Julio Perez (Sr.) - Merced, CA Irfan Peterson (Sr.) Palm Desert. CA Matt Seastrom (Soph.) Tustin, CA Ryan Stall (Fr.) - San Diego, CA Nathan Tabisula (Fr.) - Renton, WA

Leadership on Campus
Apart from being a member of KA, we push our members to be a part of other on campus organizations and encourage them to pursue other leadership opportunities. Here are some ways that SDSU KA members are showing leadership on campus: Luke Chapple- Intramural Sports Jerodd Cunanan- VP of Ambiance Jacob Handler- Residential Advisor Jesse Higareda- AS Green Love Board Member,
Intramural Sports

Brandon Kelley- AS External Affairs Board Member Julio Perez- SVO, Intramural Sports Ryan Stall- Intramural Sports Nathan Tabisula- Filipino Club Member, Intramural
Sports

Committee Chairs
Brotherhood- Jake Bauer Intramural- Luke Chapple Philanthropy- Nathan Tabisula Programming- Julio Perez Prudential- Jesse Berg Recruitment- Matt Seastrom T-Shirt/Apparel- Jacob Handler

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Coming Up This Fall*

August 26- First day of Classes August 30- First Home Football Game Sorority Walk Around Rush Week Homecoming Football Game Philanthropy Event
*Dates are subject to change. Information on events will be sent out if there are any changes. Changes will also be updated on our Facebook page, Twitter page, and chapter website.

KA in the Community
Although we just started this provisional chapter, the brothers of KA are ready to show the community who we are and what we represent. Planned for this upcoming fall semester are some events to show SDSU and the surrounding community who we are. We will do this by hosting a food drive, blood drive, and potentially having our first MDA event. If you have any ideas, please feel free to contact us through email!

Fall Rush Information

In the coming months, Nathan Tabisula will begin to plan rush events for the upcoming rush week in the fall. Send in any possible rush recommendations or ideas you may have to sdsu.ka.num.4@gmail.com.

Chapter Progress
Over the past few weeks we have been full of excitement and ambition to bring the Gamma Iota chapter back to SDSU. Currently, we are working together to complete phase one of the provisional chapter. With the help of Dustin Brann, Nick Palmer, and Andrew Carr we were able to successfully start the process of completing these tasks. With their help we were able to induct sixteen gentlemen and appoint our nine officers. Our goal is to complete all three phases by spring 2014. With our ambition, dedication, and aim for excellence we will successfully reach our goals and make KA the model fraternity at SDSU.

Brotherhood
In the upcoming weeks, we plan to have the brothers come together to build our letters. We wish to use this brotherhood time in order to allow the brothers to get to know each other some more before jumping into the fall semester. If you have any ideas for brotherhood events, please feel free to contact us and give us input!

ELA & Convention

This upcoming June, four of our brothers will attend Emerging Leaders Academy in Lexington, Virginia and in August two of our brothers will attend convention in San Antonio, Texas.

Other Notes
Alumni, if you have a son, nephew, grandson, or someone you know who will be attending San Diego State University this upcoming fall or in the near future and feel as they would be a great addition to KA, please feel free to provide us with their contact information. We would like to get to know and contact them and give them more information on Kappa Alpha Order. Please feel free to send in any recommendations to Matt Seastrom at: mattseas531@yahoo. com Also, if you have any new updates, please feel free to send them to us through email to Jesse Higareda at sdsu.ka.num.5@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you all in the coming year. Feel free to contact us for any reason.