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I had the pleasure of hosting the Board of Directors at the University at Albany (in Albany, NY) this past weekend. I provided the Board and the Foundation Trustees with the following report: It’s exactly one year since we departed from Charlotte, NC and embarked on this journey towards ODK’s centennial. It continues to be…

  There is an expression which goes, “Those who think traveling for a living is glamorous, obviously don’t travel.”  This week was the physical and emotional embodiment of that concept.  I woke up early on Monday outside of Grand Rapids, had a great visit with Michelle Burke (O∆K’s National Vice President) and her colleagues at Grand Valley…

C. C’ville. Charlottesville.   I start out many days in Charlottesville (nicknamed “C’ville”), the home of the University of Virginia (Circle installation date – May 28, 1925), where I have family and proximity to an airport and train station.  This Wednesday was no different in that I left C’ville in the early morning hours and…

If you read my post last week, I mentioned that I was heading to Atlanta for an alumni, faculty, friend, and student reception on Tuesday, June 18th.  On Monday, Bobby Ann Stanton, our director of development and alumni engagement, and I loaded into my navy blue Volvo, put the magnetic Omicron Delta Kappa placard on…

I am pleased to annonce the appointment of Michael K. Bergler, CFRE, Executive Director of Constituent Relations at Concordia University Irvine (CA), as a member of ODK’s National Advisory Council (NAC). Mike was appointed by the Board of Directors during our regularly scheduled call this afternoon. He will assume the position vacated by Dr. Kathy…

My predecessors posted a weekly piece entitled “The Friday Letter.”  While I like the concept of posting on Fridays and at the end of a work week, I am taking the liberty to retitle this post as “Friday Fusion.”  So much of O∆K is the intersection of great ideas, the five phases of collegiate leadership,…

Today marks the completion of my first full week as the new Executive Director of Omicron Delta Kappa.  It is such an honor to serve our members and organization in this capacity.  In the last five days we have interviewed candidates for the Centennial Fellow position, confirmed the dates for the winter board meeting (January 10…