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Dr Rod Chesnutt Dr Rod Chesnutt Dr Rod Chesnutt Dr Rod Chesnutt Dr Rod Chesnutt

Vice President for Professional Relations Vice President for Professional Relations Vice President for Professional Relations Vice President for Professional Relations Vice President for Professional Relations

Rod M. Chesnutt is associate professor of music education and director of bands at Mississippi State University where he is responsible for the university band program while teaching courses in music education, wind literature and conducting. Additionally, he serves as Music Director/Conductor of the Starkville/MSU Symphony Orchestra. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Tennessee Technological University, a master’s degree in trombone performance from Arkansas State University, and a Ph.D. in music education with an emphasis in wind conducting from Florida State University. Previously, he was the director of bands at the State University of West Georgia and the assistant director of bands and the director of the Cornhusker Marching Band at the University of Nebraska. Prior to teaching at the university level, Dr. Chesnutt built superior rated bands in the public schools of Trumann and Blytheville, Arkansas. He was recognized as an Outstanding Young Man of America in 1988 and received the National Music Clubs’ Award of Merit in 1991.

As a clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Chesnutt has appeared throughout the United States. His arrangements have been performed by such accomplished ensembles as the U.S. Army Band [Pershing’s Own], Florida State University Symphonic Band, Syracuse University Wind Ensemble and the University of Nebraska Wind Ensemble. Professionally, he is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Music Educators National Conference, College Band Directors National Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Mississippi Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda, and the National Band Association. Dr. Chesnutt presently serves as the CBDNA State Chair for Mississippi.

A former Midwest and Southeast District Governor for Kappa Kappa Psi, Dr. Chesnutt was initiated in spring 1993 as a brother of the Gamma Nu chapter while attending Florida State University. U

Tony Roscoe Tony Roscoe Tony Roscoe Tony Roscoe Tony Roscoe

Vice President for Student Affairs Vice President for Student Affairs Vice President for Student Affairs Vice President for Student Affairs Vice President for Student Affairs

Initiated on April 14, 1996, Tony was a charter member of the renewed Alpha Omega Chapter at the University of Pittsburgh and became a Life Member in 2000. He played trumpet in the marching and pep bands and also played trumpet and French horn in the symphonic band. Tony has served as the Alpha Omega Colony President and the Chapter President, Alumni Secretary, and Parliamentarian. In early 1998, he was appointed as Northeast District Alumni Chair and was later elected to serve a term as the Northeast District President.

Most recently, Tony served as the Colony Advisor to the Marist College Colony and was made an Honorary member of the new Kappa Upsilon Chapter. The Gamma Omega Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma also made him an Honorary member in the Spring of 2001 for his continued service to the University of Pittsburgh Bands. Tony currently serves as the Vice President of the Pitt Band Alumni Council.

Tony is currently employed by Coventry Health Care, Inc. as a Data Administration Analyst in data warehousing. He holds a certification as a Registered Health Information Administrator. U Debra Eakins Debra Eakins Debra Eakins Debra Eakins Debra Eakins

Vice President for Programs Vice President for Programs Vice President for Programs Vice President for Programs Vice President for Programs

Formerly the Northeast District Governor for Kappa Kappa Psi, Deb currently serves as Chapter Sponsor for the Omicron Chapter at West Virginia University where she was an active member and officer. Both her BA and MA in Higher Education Administration were earned from West Virginia University. Deb is currently the Employee Relations Specialist at West Virginia University in the Department of Human Resources, where she is responsible for policy interpretation and application, grievance procedures, training topics, performance management and appraisals, and disciplinary issues by providing guidance and training to human resource representatives within the HR edepartment, expert business operations, and the regional campuses.

Deb has been involved with and held a variety of positions within Kappa Kappa Psi since 1978. U The PODIUM, Fall 2001—7