Professionalism
Developing business professionals is a core value of Alpha Kappa Psi. Numerous opportunities are provided for brothers to enhance their professional skills through the year. The chapter also works closely with career services to prepare students for internship and job opportunities. Every semester we have numerous corporate tours, an ettiquette dinner and resume workshops in addition to our bigger events.
Post Career Fair and Spring Ice Events:
Every year, AKPsi holds a Post Career Fair and Post Spring Internship Fair (ICE) event. Brothers get the opportunity to network with recruiters in a relaxed and comfortable setting. In the past, brothers have discussed potential career opportunities with companies such as: Deloitte, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, FifthThird, Reynolds&Reynolds, Nielsen, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Marathon Petroleum, Target, as well as many other highly respected firms. These AKPsi events are great way for brothers to build relationships, acquire internships, seek employment opportunities, and gain career advice. These events were recognized as the best Professional Event at Miami University in 2013!
Speakers:
We host several in-chapters speakers each semester about current topics in business, advice for networking and interviewing, personal branding, ethics, and more. There are also dinners afterward that provide brothers yet another great opportunity to network. We also host speakers for all of Miami. This past semester we hosted Tim Augistine to speak to all of the Farmer School of Business.
Principled Business Leadership Institute (PBLI):
Each year, brothers from our Gamma Chi chapter attend an Alpha Kappa Psi convention in Chicago with other chapters from the Midwest. The PBLI allows our members to meet brothers from other chapters, attend lectures on a variety of topics, network with the national leadership team, gain career advice and show our chapter pride. Brothers enjoy spending the weekend exploring the beautiful city of Chicago, as well as networking lunches with other chapters. The Gamma Chi Chapter won awards for largest initiate class, highest pledge retention and greatest total distance traveled to PBLI this year.
National Convention:
Every two years Alpha Kappa Psi hosts a National Convention. It is a great place to network with brothers from across the nation as well as attend speakers and learn how the fraternity is operated. The 2011 National Convention was held in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2013, 4 brothers had the amazing opportunity to attend the conference in New Orleans with around 2,000 other brothers from around the world!
