The Honors College

at West Chester University

Dr. Kevin Dean, Director
703 S. High Street
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2996
Fax: 610-436-2620
Honors@wcupa.edu


ODK

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, was founded on December 3, 1914 at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. The Society recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character.

Emphasis is placed on the development of the whole person as a member of the college community and as a contributor to a better society. Omicron Delta Kappa promotes the idea that leadership of exceptional quality and versatility in college should be recognized, that representatives in all college life should cooperate in a worthwhile endeavor, and that outstanding students, faculty and administrators should meet on a basis of mutual interest.

ODK was the first college honor society of a national scope to give recognition and honor for meritorious leadership in the five areas of:

  • Scholarship
  • Athletics
  • Campus/Community Service, Social/Religious Activities & Campus Government
  • Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media and
  • Creative and Performing Arts.

In the United States there are over 269 circles of Omicron Delta Kappa. Members include Arnold Palmer, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Bob Hope, Jonas E. Salk, Walter Cronkite, and numerous U.S. Presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush as well as members of the U.S. Congress.

Membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa Society is regarded as one of the highest collegiate honors to be awarded to an individual.

 

2011 - 2012 ODK Executive Board

President: Patrick Melvin
Vice President: Matthew Whittall
Secretary/Treasurer: Christina Durbin

 

2011 ODK Initiates

Jessica Barr*

Justin R. Caiazzo*

Cassandra Elizabeth Callmann*

Michael S, DePrince*

Lindsay Ent*

Jonathan E. Guelzo

Jonathan Robert Heintz*

Daniel G. Hinderliter*

Michael Benjamin Jendzurski*

Sara Laruen Krieger

Lindsey LaManna

Lauren L. Matter*

Cierra Mautone*

Amanda Rose Moffa

Lauren Cristina Montemuro*

Jessica A. Richard*

Donald Worrell, Jr.

 

*designates Honors Core or Seminar student

 

Previous Years

2010 - 2011 ODK Executive Board

President: Stacey Elizabeth Snyder
Vice President: Laura Beth Hurd
Secretary/Treasurer: Jennifer Leigh Halligan

 

2009 - 2010 ODK Executive Board

President: Alyssa Conaway
Vice President: Nicole Fortuna
Secretary/Treasurer: Charlee Moore

2010 ODK Initiates:

2009 ODK Initiates: 2008 ODK Initiates:

Amanda Lee Auerbach

Bethany Joann Brubaker-Purkey

Alexander P. Carney

Matthew A. Costa

Ryan Dicce

Kara Elizabeth Downey

Christina Durbin

Elijah Grillo

Patrick Robert Melvin

Kara Metz

Lauren Peterson

Kelsi Pflueger

Jessica Sacrenty

Ashley Lynn Ziegler Scott

Kristin Solanick

Alexandra Soscia

Sage Sullivan

Brittany Takemori

Matthew Whittall

Jessica Helen Aaron

Emily Marie Bahnick

Kelly L. Breen

Brett Austin Cooper

Elizabeth Rose Dorn

Amanda Ann Egan

Lindsay N. Fletcher

Jennifer Leigh Halligan

James Patrick Heck

Laura Beth Hurd

Jennifer Ruth James

Colby Melissa Langweiler

Amy Rose Marvin

Kip Alexander Migdalias

Michelle Alicia Paige

Daniel J. Pardo

Steven Thomas Savage

Jennifer Louise Sherlock

Stacey Elizabeth Snyder

David Wayne Timman

Hiromi Umeda

Jacqueline Lucienne Aliotta
Caroline Marie Baran
Megan Elizabeth Christiansen
Alyssa Christine Conaway
Vy H. Cu
Catherine Marie DeSalvio
Dara Anne Dirhan
Nicole Fortuna
Daniel John Jurasits
Nathan Parr Kutz
Sarah Lakin
Meghan Aileen McGuirk
Charlee Ann Moore
Daniel Philip Moran
Katrina Renée Smith
Lauren Dara Stanshine
Tiffany H. Thornton