SMCM Honored with ODK Leadership Award

Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honors society for colleges, awarded St. Mary’s College of Maryland with the Superior Circle Award.  Circles, or ODK chapters, qualify as a Superior Circle if they meet all standards and produce two or more campus-wide leadership events during the year.

The St. Mary’s College Circle received this recognition due in part to a networking program that brought first-year students and alumni together as part of a Clay Leadership Development Initiative. In addition, the St. Mary’s College Circle participated in the ODK National Day of Service, which involved having volunteers work at the Campus Farm, active fundraising efforts during the academic year, and on-going leadership development workshops for ODK members.

St. Mary’s College is also pleased to announce that the ODK Foundation Scholarship Committee selected Emily Wavering ’13, who was also named ODK Circle Leader of the Year, as a recipient of the 2013 ODK Scholarship.

Joanne Goldwater, faculty secretary of the St. Mary’s College ODK Circle, said, “Emily is a student of exemplary character who exhibits responsible leadership, role modeling, and service to our college and the community.”