Lexington, Va. (May 24, 2021) – Emily Heather Berry, a native of Annapolis and a 2018 initiate of the University of Maryland, College Park Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, has been named the Society’s Gen. Russell E. Dougherty National Leader of the Year. This award is the Society’s highest collegiate honor. The award comes with…
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O∆K Seeks a Director of Membership Services
Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society, is seeking qualified and enthusiastic candidates for the Director for Membership Services (DMS). The DMS serves as the primary membership recruitment, development, and retention champion for the more than 300 circles (chapters) located on college campuses around the country. As a member of the National Headquarters team…
Montressa L. Washington Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa Board of Trustees
Lexington, Va. (May 21, 2021) – Montressa L. Washington, assistant professor of management at Shenandoah University, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation, Inc. Her three-year term as one of the Society’s at-large trustees will begin on July 1, 2021. The announcement of the…
Wesley R. Fugate Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa Board of Trustees
Lexington, Va. (May 16, 2021) – Wesley R. Fugate, Ph.D., president of Wilson College, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation, Inc. His three-year term at one of the Society’s at-large trustees will begin on July 1, 2021. The announcement of the election was made…
Michael T. Benson Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa Board of Trustees
Lexington, Va. (May 11, 2021) – Michael T. Benson, president of Coastal Carolina University, 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 will begin on July 1, 2021. The announcement of the election was made…
Talladega College Receives Charter
Talladega, Ala. (April 19, 2021) – Talladega College’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. Sally K. Albrecht, chair of O∆K’s Board of Trustees, will preside at the chartering ceremony scheduled for April 21, 2021. Albrecht made the following…
Spring 2021 Report from the National Diversity Officer
Dear Members, As a person of color, I have experienced inequality throughout my life. Because of my passion for education and social justice, I earned a Juris Doctor (law) degree from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in sociology, with a concentration in race and ethnic relations and criminology, from the University of Miami….