Alumni Volunteers
The Student Members of Kathekon
Kathekon is a student organization designed to improve student-alumni relations. The term Kathekon comes from the Greek phrase meaning "having an ethos of caring" or "to serve" and embodies how members of Kathekon support Alumni Engagement on campus. Students also connect with the history and workings of the university and strive for camaraderie within the group and with the Alumni Engagement staff. This comfort and familiarity serve as the foundation for continued engagement after members graduate.
Kathekon members assist with on-campus alumni weekends and events, create mission-fulfilling events for current students, and are given behind-the-scenes looks into the university. One of its biggest events is Say Hey Day, which the club sponsors twice a year to encourage students to embrace the Speaking Tradition.
Membership is by application only in early spring and is limited to rising juniors and seniors in good academic and general standing in the W&L community. Kathekon seeks a varied group of students who, by their demonstrated and planned involvement and passion for W&L, wish to deepen their connection with the university. Alumni Engagement staff and the leaders of the group conduct interviews with finalists, with a goal of approximately 40 members split evenly between juniors and seniors.
John Jensen ’01, executive director of Alumni and Career Services, currently serves as the staff advisor for Kathekon.
Class of 2023
Hunter Bates
Louisville, Kentucky
William Daniels
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Will Davis
Lake Bluff, Illinois
Sam Dugan
Nashville, Tennessee
Collin Frazey
Phoenix, Arizona
Katherine Ho
Naperville, Illinois
Timmy Jones
Concord, North Carolina
Sunghee Kim
Lehigh Acres, Florida
Ian McCabe
Center Harbor, New Hampshire
Tatiana Monteleone
New York, New York
Smith O'Leary
Charlotte, North Carolina
Evan Owan
Germantown, Maryland
Avalon Pernell
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Eli Samson
Houston, Texas
Michael Spedale
Houston, Texas
Allie Stankewich
Guilford, Connecticut
James Torbert
Auburn, Alabama
Ashley True
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
Peyton Tysinger
Norfolk, Virginia
Class of 2024
Pari Ahamdi
Medfield, Massachusetts
Anna Bosking
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Will Burrow
Winter Park, Florida
Connor Coleman
Birmingham, Alabama
Mason Davis
Memphis, Tennessee
Kate Edmondson
Greenville, South Carolina
Charles Frazer
Norfolk, Virginia
Pierson Gammage
Greenwich, Connecticut
Perry Kramer
Roswell, Georgia
Stephen Murrin
Fort Worth, Texas
Oliver Pink
Charlotte, North Carolina
Emma Poole
Cleveland, Ohio
Abby Portwood
Dallas, Texas
Margaret Thompson
Norfolk, Virginia
Angela Tu
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nathan Unger
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mark Waller
Mountain Brook, Alabama
Sharif Wilson
Harare, Zimbabwe