Lexington, Va. (November 1, 2021) – The Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation Board of Trustees have selected Paul S. Trible, Jr. as the 2021 recipient of the Laurel Crowned Circle Award. First presented in 1980, the Laurel Crowned Circle Award is the highest individual honor awarded by Omicron Delta Kappa (O∆K). Recipients are exceptional…
High Point, N.C. (October 20, 2021) – High Point University’s petition to establish a circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, was approved recently by the organization’s Board of Trustees. O∆K President and Chief Executive Officer Tara S. Singer will preside at the chartering ceremony scheduled for October 24, 2021. Willie L….
The 2020-21 academic year was unlike anything that I have experienced in my decades as a higher education professional. The COVID-19 crisis impacted our member institutions in terms of health, instruction, and finances. Campus climates were influenced by debates and discussions about the future of America. There was a sense of great unease as classes…
Lexington, Va. (August 19, 2021) – Jeffrey D. Senese, president of Saint Leo University in Florida, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation, Inc. His three-year term as one of the Society’s at-large trustees began on July 1, 2021. The announcement of the election was…
Lexington, Va. (August 10, 2021) – Andrew L. MacQueen, principal with NewSouth Capital Management, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation, Inc. His three-year term as one of the Society’s at-large trustees began on July 1, 2021. The announcement of the…
Lexington, Va. (July 27, 2021) – Ryan L. Upshaw, chief diversity officer of Jackson Preparatory School in Jackson, Mississippi, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation, Inc. His three-year term as one of the Society’s at-large trustees began on July 1, 2021. In the 2022-23…
Lexington, Va. (July 12, 2021) – Mary E. Stuart, a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, has been elected to the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation, Inc. The sitting circle (chapter) presidents elected her at the end of the 2021 spring semester. Stuart’s three-year term as one…
