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…
Frankfort, Ky. (April 24, 2019) – Kentucky State University’s petition for a charter of The National Leadership Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa (O∆K), was approved recently by the organization’s board of directors. Tara Singer, O∆K’s executive director, was the installing officer for the chartering ceremony held on April 22, 2019. The announcement was made by…
Cheryl Hogle, the first woman to serve as national president of Omicron Delta Kappa, died on Friday, April 19, 2019. Prior to her service as National President, she served as the SUNY Plattsburgh Circle Faculty Secretary, four terms as a Faculty Province Director, and two terms as O∆K’s National Vice President for Extension. After her…
Organizations change. Sometimes those changes come about as a result of external forces – the need to survive and thrive. Other times, they’re a result of internal factors – based on circumstances and opportunities. An organization’s natural evolution accounts for both external forces and internal factors. For Omicron Delta Kappa, the maturation of the Omicron…
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…
One doesn’t have to look far to see prime examples of the failure to collaborate. Let’s face it: if you are a leader of power and control, and your team is nothing more to you than a set of tools you use to carry out your goals regardless of their perspectives or inputs, then collaboration…
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,…
