Staff member elected to position in national organization
Dr. Ron Binder, associate dean of student affairs, has been elected co-chairman of the Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community of NASPA, the leading association of the student affairs profession.
His term will last for two years beginning in March 2012. His co-chairman is Todd Adams of Duke University.
The Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community has 1,700 fraternity and sorority professionals from across the country who work with their 700,000 current undergraduate members.
“We’re very proud of Dr. Binder’s election as the co-chair of the NASPA Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community,” said Dr. K. James Evans, vice president and dean of student affairs at Pitt-Bradford.
“It’s an honor both for Dr. Binder and for Pitt-Bradford to be elected a leader in this higher education association.”
Binder joined Pitt-Bradford last fall from the University of South Carolina, where he was the director of Greek Life and special projects.
He speaks nationally on risk management and alcohol and substance abuse and has been cited in Newsweek, on the NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation” and Court TV.
Binder has extensive experience in Greek affairs, speaking around the country at Sigma Phi Epsilon leadership programs and traveling to Greece with 17 students from the national fraternity to study Greek philosophy.
He is involved with the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention and founded the Hazing Hotline at USC.
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