Graduating from college and entering the “real world” is often a period of identity shift that mirrors the milestones that a college freshman experiences. You’re on your own in an entirely new way, and you will be challenged in a strange, new environment that sometimes makes you feel like a teenager in an adult costume….
Lexington, Va. (December 22, 2022) – The Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation Board of Trustees selected Robert M. Gates (William & Mary, 2015) as the 2022 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)….
Valparaiso, Ind. (Nov. 28, 2022) – Valparaiso 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. Tara S. Singer, O∆K’s president and chief executive officer, will preside at the chartering ceremony scheduled for Dec. 5, 2022. Sandra B. Thurmond, chair…
William D. Wilkerson is a 2012 collegiate initiate of the Virginia Commonwealth University Circle. He was the first president of the VCU Circle when it was re-chartered in 2012. Williams leadership helped return the circle to active status and made it a vibrant organization at VCU. Since then, William has remained connected to O∆K…
Ralph E. Johnson is a 1982 graduate student initiate of the Florida State University Circle. He presently serves the Washington Adventist University (WAU) Circle as its circle coordinator. During Ralph’s tenure, the WAU received Circle of Distinction honors in 2017. Professionally, Ralph is the vice president of the Center for Student Life at WAU. In…
Marguerite “Peg” K. Cornwell is a 1997 faculty/staff initiate of the St. Lawrence University Circle (SLU). For many years, Peg served as the advisor of the SLU Circle. During her tenure as the advisor, the circle twice received Presidential Award of Excellence honors from the Society. More recently, Peg served the Society as a member…
Daniel C. Holsenbeck was initiated into the Auburn University Circle in 1963. By the mid-1970s, he began writing about leadership in the Society’s magazine, The Circle. When Dan returned to Auburn five years after graduation, he began working with the Omega Circle. As his career continued, he was involved with circles at four other institutions….
