In early January, the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation met for our winter meetings in Atlanta. One of the highlights of the weekend was the member luncheon, held at the beautiful Capital City Club. Representatives from six of our circles attended, and it was my great pleasure to…
Summer Update from Board Chair Matthew W. Clifford
On the last weekend of June 2019, the members of the Omicron Delta Kappa Board of Directors and Foundation Board of Trustees met formally met for the first time as the combined Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation. The merger of the two legal entities into a single organization…
ODK Bracketology 2019
Update: April 9, 2019 – Congratulations to University of Virginia for winning their first NCAA national championship! The University of Virginia Circle was founded in 1925. Go Hoos! Update: April 8, 2019 – Congratulations to the Baylor Lady Bears for winning the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship! The Baylor University Circle was established…
A Summer Update from the National President
Omicron Delta Kappa’s 50th Biennial National Convention and Leadership Conference, recently held in Nashville, Tennessee, and it was a great success! We had 90 institutions represented and more than 240 in attendance. The convention participants had the opportunity to hear inspiring remarks from our keynote speakers; attend workshops focused on circle best practices, alumni engagement,…
ODK Bracketology 2018
It’s that time of year when many of us become instant experts on assist-to-turnover ratio, defensive efficiency, and a beautiful screen and roll. The art of the perfect bracket will have many of us consulting expert analysis and dusting off our statistics textbooks to figure out which 12-seed will win this year. Look no further…
An Update from the National President
The Society Board of Directors and Foundation Board of Trustees held their winter meetings in Richmond last month on the campus of the University of Richmond. The leadership of the Epsilon Circle, including O∆K Past National President Dr. Steve Bisese and his colleague Julia Kelly, were wonderful hosts. Also, we had the pleasure of having…
This Time, Next Year
Omicron Delta Kappa held its first national convention in 1920 in Baltimore. By 1920, O∆K had four circles located on the campuses of Washington and Lee, Johns Hopkins, Pittsburgh, and Davidson. While our modern conventions cover three days, the first only lasted one. As is still our practice, the first convention included the election of…