At the 2018 Omicron Delta Kappa Biennial National Convention and Leadership Conference, the members of the National Advisory Council introduced our Society’s Campus Conversations initiative. Under the leadership of Michelle Burke, 2016-18 Chair, the NAC introduced a program that is designed to assist circles in creating a safe and productive space for sharing ideas, perspectives,…
Commencement Address to the Wake Forest University Class of 2018 May 21, 2018 In seeking truth, you have to get both sides of a story. – Walter Cronkite How many of you have visited the new website The Flip Side? It is the brainchild of Annafi Wahed, a 2012 graduate of Bryn Mawr College who…
I’ve been involved with our Morningside College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa since back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Well, perhaps not quite that far back, but since our circle was chartered in 1983. In the early years, one of our staff members became involved nationally and took a group of us to a convention…
On May 8, 2016, I had a stroke. I was 40 years old, recently married, and working in a very good job. It was Mother’s Day, and needless to say, spending Sunday and a good part of the next week in the ICU was not exactly what I had in mind. That day, I became…
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…
During the fall 2017 elections, it was reported that the most important domestic issue on the minds of voters was healthcare. If you haven’t read it, the winter issue of The Circle was devoted to matters of health including the work of our circles in raising money for health-related charitable causes, members of our organization…
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…
