1999 FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT

National Order of Omega
December 4, 1999

History of Fellowship Program

In December 1987, the Board of Directors of the National Order of Omega established the Fellowship program for Greek Advisors initially presented in the spring 1988. The Fellowship selection was rescheduled for the fall 1988 in order to facilitate the presentation in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC). In July 1988, the Board of Directors approved in July 1988 the awarding of fellowships for Greek Advisors at the Master’s and Doctoral levels in the amounts of $500 and $1,000 respectively. The Board of Directors established in July 1993 a Graduate Assistant fellowship program in the amount of $500 and amended the Master’s Fellowship to $750.

Since 1988 the Board of Directors, Executive Council, and Province Advisors have awarded seventy-four (74) fellowships: twenty-four (24) doctoral, fourteen (14) master’s, and thirty-six (36) graduate assistant totally $51,000.

On December 4, 1999, the Executive Council along with Board of Directors and Province Advisors attending the annual meeting of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) recognized twelve (12) fellowship recipients at the Graduate Assistant, Master’s, and Doctoral levels in the amounts of $500, $750 and $1,000 respectively at the Recognition Reception (Adam’s Mark Hotel) in Denver, Colorado. 

Announcement and Application Guidelines 

Announcements and application guidelines for the fellowship awards were mailed in mid-August 1999 to 757 Greek Advisors and Graduate Assistants via the Association of Fraternity Advisors mailing directory and were mailed to 332 active and 93 inactive chapters of the National Order of Omega via the National Order of Omega mailing directory.  Reminder postcards were mailed in mid-September 1999 to the AFA and National Order of Omega mailing directories (1,182).  Additionally, the fellowship award announcement and application guidelines were available on the new National Order of Omega website (www.orderofomega.org).   

A total of twenty-eight (28) fellowship applications were received on or before the October 15, 1999 deadline. 

Fellowship Applicants 

The twenty-eight (28) Fellowship applicants for 1999 received on or before the postmarked deadline of October 15, 1999 included: eight (8) Doctoral, one (1) Master’s, and nineteen (19) Graduate Assistant as follows: 

             Doctoral Applicants (8)

Master’s Applicants (1)

    Graduate Assistant Applicants (19)

Fellowship Selection  

The Executive Council of the National Order of Omega via a conference call on Wednesday, November 11, 1999 (6:00 p.m. CST) reviewed/selected the fellowship recipients. Cover letters, resumes, recommendations from graduate advisors/supervisors, and graduate transcripts received were reviewed for each fellowship applicant.  

The Executive Council selected the following twelve (12) Fellowship Recipients were formally recognized at the Recognition Reception sponsored by the National Order of Omega on Saturday, December 4, 1999 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in Denver, Colorado.    

$1,000 Doctoral Recipients (2)

$750 Masters Recipient (1)  

 $500 Graduate Assistant Recipients (9)

                             

Letters will be mailed to the fellowship recipients’ graduate advisor, supervisor, and National Fraternity/ Sorority Headquarters via the National Office of the National Order of Omega minimally during the week of December 13-17, 1999.

Submitted by:

Michael D. Shonrock, Ph.D.

National Vice President

Revised 12/15/99

FELLOWSHIP STATISTICS

National Order of Omega
1988-1999

 

FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

 

DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

National Order of Omega
1988-1999

 

 

Year	Recipient(s)	Graduate College/University
1999	Edward P. Engelbride	University of Maryland
	Kevin S. Konecny	Bowling Green State University
1998	Mari Ann Callais	Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge (same)
	Michael A. Hutmaker	St. John’s University (same)
	Tara Lynn Knudson	University of Nebraska-Lincoln (University of Nebraska-Omaha)
	Frank Shushok, Jr.	University of Maryland-College Park (same)
	Barbara E. Stewart	Appalachian State University (same)
1997	Lori A. Hart	Georgia State University
	Charles L. Pride	University of Louisville & Western Kentucky
	Eileen G. Sullivan	Bowling Green State University
	Terry Y. Zacker	University of Maryland, College Park
1996	Nicholas J. Hennessy	Bowling Green State University
	James L. Street	University of Georgia
1995	Walter M. Kimbrough	Georgia State University
	Marita C. Labedz-Poll	University of Rochester
1994	Sherri Lynn Sanders	The University of Texas at Austin
	Deborah Harley White	East Tennessee State University
1993	Thomas E. Piernik	California State University-Northridge
1992	Sherryl A. Byrd	Jacksonville State University
1991	Ron Binder	University of Georgia
	John McGuire	Oregon State University
1990	Deborah Shaw	Auburn University
1989	Bridget Guernsey	University of Pittsburgh
1988	Rick Funk	Pennsylvania State University

( )=College/University employed

Doctoral Fellowships $1,000 (1988-1999) 24 @ $1,000 each = $24,000

 

MASTER’S FELLOWSHIPS

National Order of Omega
1988-1999  

Year	Recipient(s)	Graduate College/University
1999	Christopher D. Jensen	Kettering University
1998	Jamison J. Keller	Azusa Pacific University (California State University-San Bernardino)
1997	Tracy L. Maxwell	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
	Barbara E. Treadway	University of Nebraska, Omaha
1996	None	None
1995	Tamara V. Davis	Lamar University
1994	Dan Allen Medlin	Southwest Texas State University
	Randy Scott Stevens	Cornell University
1993	Reatha Cole Cox	Northwestern State University
1992	Kevin P. Shannon	Ohio University
	Amy Sturhahn	Texas Christian University
1991	Gregory Singleton	Memphis State University
1990	Jane Campaigne	Indiana University
1989	Eileen Sullivan	Eastern Illinois University
1988	Steven Leist	Georgia Institute of Technology

( )=College/University employed

Master’s Fellowships $500 (1988-92)

Master’s Fellowships $750 (1993-99) 

6 @ $500 each & 8 @ $750 each = $9,000