Panama City, Fla. (April 2, 2019) – Florida State University Panama City’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. Timothy A. Reed, O∆K’s associate executive director for business and membership services, will be the installing officer for the chartering…
Charlotte, N.C. (March 30, 2019) – Delegates representing the more than 300 circles of Omicron Delta Kappa (O∆K) gathered in Charlotte over the weekend to review and vote upon a new governance structure. The delegates voted to merge the two legal entities which coordinate the membership, programming, and philanthropic initiatives of the organization. The announcement…
Omicron Delta Kappa is proud to announce the dates for the first two annual National Leadership Conferences. June 4-6, 2020, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Conference Chair: Stephen Dominy June 3-5, 2021, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. with the University of Richmond, Richmond, Va. Conference Chair: Alexis Martinez We are currently seeking…
Meet three O∆K members advocating for public health. Terrence Kungel, MBA Terry Kungel currently serves on O∆K’s Foundation Board of Trustees and is the chairman and CEO of the Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer. In this role, he assists six prostate cancer network groups serving 250-500 active prostate cancer patients in Maine. Prior…
Monica Pearson, renowned Atlanta journalist, discusses her career, leadership, and health challenges When Monica Pearson first stepped into the offices of WSB-TV Atlanta in 1975, there were few women behind evening news desks across the country. While she didn’t explicitly set out to change that reality, an unwavering dedication to excellence and overcoming obstacles led…
O∆K member Melissa Cancio led Florida International University’s Roarthon, a 17-hour student-run dance marathon. The event raised $96,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals program, an organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for 170 children’s hospitals throughout North America. Melissa said, “To be a leader, we need to show…
How Jodie Rummer, PhD, is leading the research on how fish react to changing oceans When we think of stress, we think of longer and longer to-do lists, traffic when we have an important morning meeting, or perhaps hosting gatherings for our extended families. For Jodie Rummer, stress is trying to determine what the oceans…
