Interim assistant director of Greek life looks forward to spring term

Published 5:00 pm Monday, March 10, 2014

Doctoral student came to OSU with a pocket of knowledge he plans to share with students, Greek life

Interim assistant director of Greek life Brandon Lee has big plans for the Oregon State University Greek community.

Drawing on his own experience in Greek life, civic engagement, service and leadership roles and studying abroad, Lee fuels his talents into bettering the various branches of the Greek community.

“I really want to make sure the university gets exactly who they and the students feel they need to get their vision accomplished,” Lee said. “I hope it’s me and I believe it’s me.”

Before coming to OSU, Lee attended Baylor University, Houston Baptist University and then studied abroad in Cuba, Mexico and Spain. His experiences abroad opened his eyes to different perspectives.

After taking a few years off to run his own business and then getting his master’s degree, Lee began to teach professionally. He taught in Mexico, San Diego and Delaware before coming to OSU to share his knowledge.

Lee came to OSU originally to teach in the INTO OSU program as an English-as-a-second-language teacher specializing in teaching students on their path to achieving a master’s of business administration.

Through his committee work and being accessible around campus, the opportunity to work with OSU Greek life presented itself. What started out as a teaching opportunity turned into a position as the interim assistant director of Greek life.

Lee has been working with each council and the independent chapters toward initiatives and positive growth. This includes highlighting the great work of some of the independent chapters, the aspirations of Interfraternity Council and accomplishments of Panhellenic. In addition, he has been helping the Unified Greek Council make solid steps forward and is looking to return and reestablish the Divine Nine council on campus.

“The spring is all about following through with some big rocks and initiatives,” Lee said.

Lee said he will soon unveil all the hard work put into the Greek system this year. Some of that hard work involved trips to Portland, hosting chapter meetings in his home, bridging gaps between councils and deepening the partnership between the Greek community and the university.

“My Greek life experience was the platform I had to do all this great stuff,” Lee said. “I went around the world and had all these experiences and now I am here to help support students to do the same.”

Courtney Gehring

Greek and clubs reporter

managing@dailybarometer.com