Info Session Fall 2014

2014-2015 Officers

President: Starre Lindgren Vice President: Chris Nguyen Secretary: Diana Castillo Treasurer: Annalee Rebollar Historian: Caitlyn Metoyer

Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.

The Purpose of The Omicron Delta Kappa Society is Threefold:

-  First, to recognize those who have attained a high standard of efficiency in collegiate activities and to inspire others to strive for conspicuous attainments along similar lines;

-  Second, to bring together the most representative students in all phases of collegiate life and thus to create an organization which will help to mold the sentiment of the institution on questions of local and intercollegiate interest;

-  Third, to bring together member of the faculty and student body of the institution, as well as other Omicron Delta Kappa members, on a basis of mutual interest, understanding and helpfulness.

What does ΟΔΚ stand for?

ΟΔΚ’s Five Core Values ODK is first of all a leadership society.

We then recognize achievement in the following five areas:

Scholarship Athletics Campus/ Community Service,

Social/Religious Activities, and Campus Government

Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media

Creative and Performing Arts

Pay your application fee◦ Go online to odkutsa.org◦ Membership Info UTSA Circle Payments◦$25 Application fee via PayPal

Fill out the application form◦ Go online to RowdyLink◦ Sign in with your abc123◦ Under Organizations find Omicron Delta Kappa◦ Go to Forms◦ODK Fall 2014 Membership Application

Due by Friday, September 19th at midnight!

How Do I Apply?

Check your email for an application form approval

Attend 5 ODK Events◦1 must be an Adopt-A-Spot◦1 must be a service or scholarly event◦3 can be your choice◦Attend the mandatory induction ceremony on December 6th

***MBA students please contact Starre ASAP

Pay the $110 National Fee by November 21st!

How Do I Become a Member?

Adopt-A-Spot (1 Mandatory)◦Sep. 27th, Oct. 25th, Nov. 8th, Nov. 22nd

Habitat for Humanity Oct. 4th

UTSA Homecoming Game Oct. 11th

Etiquette Dinner Oct. 21st

TOTSOME Oct. 31st

West Side Story Symphony Nov. 14th

Dave and Buster’s Dec. 3rd

Check odkutsa.org for more updates!

Events!

Chicano-Cultural Room UC 2.01.40 4:30pm – 5:00pm Not mandatory

September 22nd

October 6th

October 20th

November 3rd

November 17th

December 1st

General Meetings

Points are tallied by semester Each event you attend gets you points! General Meeting 1pt Social Event 2pts Scholarly Event 3pts Service Event 4pts**

◦ For service only events, members accumulate 2 pts per hour. Most service events last 2 hours, thus service events are typically 4pts.

How Do I Earn Points?

Fall 2014 gear list: 10 points - ODK Pen 15 points - ODK Pen, and ODK Koozie 20 points - ODK Pen, ODK Koozie, and ODK

Decal 30 points - ODK Pen, ODK Koozie, ODK

Decal, and Graduation Cords** **Graduation Cords can be purchased by

any inducted member of ODK from the national website (www.odk.org) for $19. However if you earn 30 points in a semester we will give them to you for FREE! 

How Do I Earn Free ODK Gear?

***Starre: president@odkutsa.org ***

Chris: vicepresident@odkutsa.org Diana: secretary@odkutsa.org Annalee: treasurer@odkutsa.org Caitlyn: historian@odkutsa.org General questions: odk@utsa.edu

◦ only have access Mon-Fri Check www.odkutsa.org for

events!

How To Contact Us

QUESTIONS?