Dr. Wesley Wicker appointed to the Norwich Housing Corporation

The Norwich Housing Corporation is happy to announce that Brother Wesley Wicker will join the Board of Directors for Norwich starting Sept. 1, 2010. He will serve in the role of Counselor.

Brother Wicker will be replacing Brother Douglas Schemenauer, who has served voluntarily for 10 years on the Norwich Housing Corporation.

Brother Wicker earned a doctorate in higher education administration from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia in 1990, a master’s degree in history from Georgia Southwestern State University in 1985, and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Alabama in 1981.

At the University of Alabama, Brother Wicker joined the Alpha Phi chapter in January 1976 and was later elected Chapter President. After graduation, he joined the Executive Office of Theta Chi Fraternity and worked as a Field Representative, now Leadership and Education Consultant, from 1979–1981.

While working on his doctorate at the University of Georgia from 1998–2000, Brother Wicker served as the chapter adviser for the Delta Beta chapter, and was also a Regional Counselor. He again served the Delta Beta chapter from 1998–2000 as House Corporation president.

From 1990–1995, Brother Wicker was the Director of Development for Theta Chi Fraternity’s Funds for Leadership and Education, Inc. followed by two years with the United Way of Central Indiana from 1995–1997. Wicker spent the next five years as the Vice President of Major Gifts for United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta (1997–2002). During this time period, Brother Wicker served on the Foundation Chapter from 1992–1995 and as President of the Foundation from 1996–2002.

Since September 2002, Brother Wicker has served as Vice President of Advancement for Kennesaw State University and was selected in January 2005 as the Executive Director of the KSU Foundation.

The Norwich Housing Corporation is headed by five Theta Chi alumnus volunteers who provide mortgage loans to assist Theta Chi house corporations with renovating old or building new fraternity houses. The Corporation’s headquarters is in Indianapolis, Indiana.