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Convention Highlights
(Page to be updated on an ongoing basis)
THURSDAY
Interactive Lunch Program
Interactive lunch with Brad Karsh, CEO and founder of Job Bound & JB Training Solutions (www.jobbound.com). Confessions of a Recruiting Director; The Greek Guide to Getting a Job...an insiders perspective on how to write breakthrough resumes and prepare confidently for interviews. This educational speaker is sponsored by the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation.
FRIDAY 
Anchor Your Legacy: Be Delt … Be Proud!
Dr. Kevin Snyder
If you have ever wondered how and why some people achieve extraordinary success and leave a legacy, then this is the perfect program to help outline your strategy. Through his years of university administration and Greek Life experience and entertaining stories, Snyder utilizes thought-provoking humor and enthusiasm to remind us why being a ‘Delt’ is such a tremendous honor. The extraordinary leadership principles shared in this program will inspire you as chapter leaders to discover the incredible membership benefits from Delt affiliation and to take better advantage of hidden opportunities. Snyder will motivate, entertain, and engage you to take action in your chapter, your Greek community, and on your campus - “Be Delt … Be Proud!”
Friday Lunch Speaker
Major General Perry L. Wiggins
Wiggins currently serves as the Commanding General, First Army Division West, Fort Hood, TX. First Army is an Active Duty Army organization responsible the training, readiness oversight, and mobilization for all U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard units within the wastern United States.
Out of Hotel Event
More information coming soon on the Out of Hotel Event, which will include the Karnea Photo, tentatively scheduled to be taken at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium.
SATURDAY
A Conversation with Kent Hance and Ed Whitacre, Jr.
Delts attending the Lone Star Karnea should look forward to a discussion with Kent Hance and Ed Whitacre, both alumni of Epsilon Delta at Texas Tech University. These two Delts first came together in Lubbock more than 50 years ago as chapter brothers at Epsilon Delta. They continue to be successful career men, as well as friends, well into their 60s.
Hance, former Congressman and current Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, will host Ed Whitacre, former CEO of both AT&T, and General Motors, as well as a past national president of the Boy Scouts of America. The lives and careers of these two Delts will be an inspiration to all. Hance’s interview of Whitaker promises to be one of the highlightsof the Karnea. If you’ve not heard Hance speak, you are in for a treat!
Saturday Lunch
Featuring Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (Gamma Iota, 1980)
Attorney General Greg Abbott was reelected as the 50th Attorney General of Texas on November 2, 2010. Prior to his election, Abbott served as a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court and as a State District Judge in Harris County.
Alumni Achievement Award
Alumni Achievement Awards are extended “...to alumni of the Fraternity, whose achievements in their fields of endeavor have brought honor and prestige to Delta Tau Delta...”
Scheduled to receive the Alumni Achievement Award:
- Kemper B. Crabb - Episcopal minister in India, Nepal and Uganda
- James E. Daley - Former CFO, EDS; Former Co-Chair, Operations, Price Waterhouse
- William B. Richardson, Jr. - Former Governor of New Mexico