What does it take to lead thousands of students and still make time for midterms? Just ask Jakye Nunley and Shay Wilson.

On the next episode of The Next 150, CSU President Amy Parsons sits down with the student body presidents from CSU Fort Collins and CSU Pueblo for a powerful and engaging conversation about leadership, belonging and self-discovery.

Together, Jakye and Shay share how the Divine Nine — the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council — helped shape their confidence, visibility and purpose as Black student leaders navigating two very different campuses across the CSU System.

From unexpected mentorship to stepping into roles they never saw coming, they open up about their growth and what it means to represent their peers across Colorado’s statewide university system.

Jakye Nunley is a third-year business administration student at CSU Fort Collins, concentrating in management and finance. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and currently serves as the student body president, representing more than 30,000 students through the Associated Students of CSU (ASCSU). His campus involvement includes roles as Deputy Director of Health, Judicial Liaison and Chief of Staff within ASCSU, along with leadership in United Men of Color, the Black/African American Cultural Center and collaboration with the CSU Health Network.

Shay Wilson is the President of the Associated Students’ Government (ASG) at CSU Pueblo and a first-year Master of Social Work student. She earned her bachelor’s in psychology with minors in media entertainment and cannabis studies this past August. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Shay has served within ASG as Vice President, Chief of Staff and Senator at Large, and she is also active in the NAACP, the Black Student Union, and the Pueblo African American Concern Organization. She is the namesake of the “Shay Wilson CSU Pueblo Foundation Trustee Scholarship.”