On Wednesday, October 23, Omicron Delta Kappa inducted 34 new members into their honor society. The event was led by New England College’s circle officers Hannah Nelson and Ryder Close, Ayanna Santiago, and NEC’s Vice President of Student Affairs, Mike Taberski. Founded in 1914 at Washington and Lee University, ODK inducted 7,367 new members from 2018-19 and now has 317 active circles across the country.
In order to be accepted into the ODK honor society, each student needs to be in the top 35 percent of their class, and members have to show their excellence in the five pillars of campus life:
· Scholarship
· Athletics
· Campus or Community Service, Social and Religion Activities, and Campus Government
· Journalism, Speech, and Mass Media
· Creative and Performing Arts
Congratulations to the new inductees of Omicron Delta Kappa:
· Mary Ellen Alger
· Emilia Battista
· Molly Bieksha
· Noah Bond
· Cameron Cassavaugh
· Griffin Caswell
· Latasha Charles
· Dave Decew
· Abigail Dickinson
· Emily Farone
· Chad Fazio
· James Galloway
· Lauren Gibson
· William Homestead
· Giuliana Kevlin
· Alexandra Kinnane-Oesterman
· Drew Lambert
· Tyrone Lindsey, Jr.
· Benjamin Lovern
· Caitlyn McGhee
· Amanda Moak
· Victoria Myers
· Anthony Nardi
· Isac Nordstrom
· Madeline Olivares-Thompson
· Hailey Page
· Irline Perrin
· Kevin Perry
· Mikita Pintusau
· Trevon Samuels
· Rodney Scribner
· Julia Sochor
· Kennedy Somavia
· Jamel Vilmont