Friday, April 15, 2016

Nota Bene: Omicron Delta Kappa

April 15, 2016
Last month, I had the opportunity to experience the "tapping" ceremony for Omicron Delta Kappa (also known as The Circle and ΟΔΚ), a national leadership honor society that recognizes not only academic achievement but also leadership across five phases of campus life: scholarship; athletics; community service, social or religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media; creative and performing arts.

On April 3, I was proud to attend the spring ΟΔΚ induction ceremony in Monumental Chapel (
view photo). Membership in this society is regarded as one of the highest collegiate honors that can be awarded to an individual. In order to be selected, one must be in the top 35 percent of students on their respective campuses and hold a leadership role in one of the five phases of campus life. The spring 2016 inductees join an impressive list of current ΟΔΚ members made up of VWC Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and students.

Congratulations to the ΟΔΚ inductees for spring 2016:
Lauren Amos              Crystal Lunkin
Ashlee Anderson         Trevor Maloney
Courtney Bogan           Tiffanie Marine
Tone Boykins              Robert "Alex" McComb
Ajee Church                Duncan Miller
Joanna Clark               Marsha Montgomery
Fatima Davis               Dustin Ogburn
Keane Dye                  David O'Rork
Sierra Garnett             Ashley Peterson
Megan Gerhart            Emily Powers
Emma Gustin             Sheril Steinberg
Courtney Herrick         Brittany Wentzel
Denisha Howard          Ashley Williams
Khari Johnson             Michael Willson
Brian Le

Compliments as well to our new faculty/staff inductees:
Dr. Alison Marganski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Dr. Maynard Schaus, Professor of Biology
Mr. Harold Stallings, Physical Plant

Special thanks to ΟΔΚ officers:
Summer Moore, President (Virginia Wesleyan College Class of 2016)
Keith Moore, Faculty Advisor (Vice President for Student Affairs)
Michele Obenour, Faculty Secretary (Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs)