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requirements application leader of the year sophomores & freshmen
 
Initiation Requirements
(Undergraduate and Graduate Membership)
  1. Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student standing.
  2. Rank in upper thirty-five percent of respective class.
  3. Receive a minimum number of Activity Points.
  4. Distinguish herself/himself in one of the five areas of leadership.
  5. Be of unquestioned good character.
  6. Receive a positive membership vote of seventy-five percent of the active circle present and voting.
 
Initiation Requirements
(Faculty, Alumni, and Honorary Membership)
Individuals who have achieved distinction in his or her own field of expertise, or who have rendered unusually significant service through his or her leadership in significant causes may be elected into Faculty, Alumni, or Honorary membership in Omicron Delta Kappa. Qualifications should include exemplary character, scholarship and intelligence, service and leadership in campus or community life, good citizenship, and fellowship and consecration to democratic ideals.
 
Membership Application

 
Applications, when available can be found in the links on the ODK home page. Call 314-8428 for more information.
 

 

Col. J. Logan Schutz Omicron Delta Kappa Leader of the Year
Each year, Sigma Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa selects one of its members as "Col. J. Logan Schutz Omicron Delta Kappa Leader of the Year." This person competes first on a regional basis and then nationally for the very prestigious award of ODK "National Leader of the Year." The University of Maryland is very honored to have had three of our members selected as the "ODK National Leader of the Year" -Marc Solomon in 1994, Hillary Cherry in 1997, and Adam Chepenik in 2003. In 2004, with the help of a generous donation from Col. J. Logan Schutz, the Leader of the Year Award was renamed in his honor.
View the Sigma Circle Leader of the Year Recipients List
 
Sophomore Leader of the Year and
Top Ten Freshmen
In addition to its semesterly selection of new members, Omicron Delta Kappa seeks to encourage Freshmen and Sophomores to strengthen their leadership skills by recognizing their achievement on campus. To this end, ODK selects annually the "Top Ten Freshmen" and "Sophomore Leader of the Year," using the same five areas of campus community life that are used in selecting regular members: Scholarship; Athletics; Campus or Community Service, Social, Religious Activities, and Campus Government; Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media; and the Creative and Performing Arts.

View Sophomore Leader of the Year Recipients List
View Top 10 Freshmen Recipients List

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