Dr. William V. Muse to Serve as TKE Delegate to the NIC
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2003

Dr. William V. Muse to Serve as TKE Delegate to the North-American
Interfraternity Conference


(INDIANAPOLIS) – Continuing his dedication to Tau Kappa Epsilon
and the entire men's fraternity movement, Dr. William Muse
recently accepted his appointment by Grand Prytanis Mark C. Romig,
APR, CFC to serve as TKE Delegate to the NIC.

As the current Chancellor at East Carolina University, Frater Muse
has best been described by his colleagues as a visionary who is
dedicated toward the progress and development of Higher Education and
the students in which it serves. Affirming his dedication to the
development of students and fraternities, Muse was presented with the
TKE Fraternity for Life Award at the 52nd Biennial Conclave in
Dallas, TX.

Dr. Muse was also awarded the 2002 North-American Interfraternity
Conference's Gold Medal, an honor bestowed to individuals who
have exhibited a lifelong commitment to the college fraternity
system; President George W. Bush was the award recipient in 2001.
Muse is the fourth Tau Kappa Epsilon Frater to have been given this
honor (T.J. Schmitz, Rodney Williams and President Ronald Reagan).
Other significant milestones of Frater Muse include:

1966 Received Ph.D. in business administration, University of
Arkansas. Dissertation titled: Management Practices in
Fraternities
1967 Elected to TKE Grand Council
1970-73 Dean, College of Business, Appalachian State University, NC
1973-79 Dean, College of Business Administration, University of
Nebraska-Omaha
1977-79 Elected as TKE Grand Prytanis
1975 Business & Administrative Operations Consultant, Kabul
University, Afghanistan
1977-78 Appointed by the White House as Presidential Interchange
Executive
1979-82 Dean, College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University
1981 Chairman & President, TKE Board of Directors & Teke
Educational Foundation
1983 Recipient, Order of the Golden Eagle
1983-84 Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs and Planning, Texas A&M
University System
1984-92 President, University of Akron, OH
1992-2001 President, Auburn University, AL
2001 Chancellor, East Carolina University
2002 Recipient, NIC Gold Medal
2003 Recipient, TKE Fraternity for Life Award
2003 Appointed as TKE delegate to the North American
Interfraternity Conference

Sharing his own fraternity experience and continuing to be a champion
for TKE and the fraternity movement, Muse sees the fraternity
experience as one that provides students with a unique opportunity on
the college campus. His concern over the years has been that the
positive benefits of fraternity are not being maximized by the
students who are involved. "There's nowhere else on the campus
that
one can assimilate the opportunity for getting to know each other,
learning how to live together, learning how to do things together and
developing the spirit of Brotherhood as the Fraternity provides,"
Muse said in an interview last January.

"I am pleased that Frater Bill Muse will serve Tau Kappa Epsilon as
our delegate to the NIC. Frater Muse is an inspiration to all
fraternity men, and a true example of servant leadership," said
Romig.

I wonder if any more GLOs are considering leaving?
 

Last year Kappa Sig and Phi Delt (I think) dropped out of the NIC.

I wonder if any more GLOs are considering leaving?

my fraters and friends just remember when it comes to unions like NPC, IFC, NPHC or anything else United We Stand Divided We Fall

Maybe, maybe not.
 

Maybe, maybe not.

I think the dispute with the NIC is their spending lots of money to have training sessions for chapter leaders, while the individual national GLOs are already spending a lot of money on their own training programs - like TKE's sessions at that state park in southern Indiana, at Conclaves, and at Reg. Confs.

Should the GLO take money from their undergrads and alumni, and send it to the NIC, which spends it on something the GLO is already doing?

Personally, I think the IFC might do well to set the intramurals schedule, but little else. There are no IFC rush rules which help chapters get more new members, and no IFC social rules which make our parties better.

Most IFCs are run by the bigger and better chapters on campus, and they make rules and policies which help them get bigger and better - and hurt the smaller and newer chapters.