2003 FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT
National Order of Omega
December 13, 2003 

  History of Fellowship Program 

In December 1987, the Board of Directors of the National Order of Omega established the Fellowship program for Greek Advisors at the Master’s and Doctoral levels in the amounts of $500 and $1,000 to be presented in the spring 1988. The Fellowship selection was rescheduled by the Board of Directors in July 1988 for December 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). The Board of Directors established a Graduate Assistant fellowship program in the amount of $500 and amended the Master’s Fellowship to $750 in July 1993. 

Since 1988 the Board of Directors, Executive Council, and Province Advisors have awarded one hundred twenty-six (126) fellowships: thirty-five (35) doctoral, twenty (20) master’s, and seventy-one (71) graduate assistant totally $84,000. 

On December 13, 2003, the Executive Council along with members of the Board of Directors and Province Directors attending the annual meeting of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) recognized fourteen (15) fellowship recipients at the Graduate Assistant, Master’s, and Doctoral levels in the amounts of $500, $750 and $1,000 respectively at our annual Recognition Reception in San Antonio, TX. 

Announcement and Application Guidelines 

Email and postcard announcements for the Fellowship awards were mailed in September 2003 and reminder email and postcard announcements in October 2003 (with instructors to visit the National Order of Omega website www.orderofomega.org) to Greek Advisors and Graduate Assistants via the Association of Fraternity Advisors mailing directory and to active and inactive chapters of the National Order of Omega via the National Order of Omega mailing directory.  

Fellowship Selection 

The Executive Council of the National Order of Omega via a conference call on Wednesday, November 19, 2003  reviewed the fellowship recipients, including cover letters, resumes, recommendations from graduate advisors/supervisors, and graduate transcripts. 

The Executive Council selected the following fourteen (14) Fellowship Recipients formally recognized at the annual Recognition Reception sponsored by the National Order of Omega on Saturday, December 13, 2003 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in San Antonio, TX.

$1,000 Doctoral Recipients (3) 

Terry Casey                          Jacksonville State University

Rosa Rizzo                            St. John's University

Betty J Taylor                        The University of Texas at Austin

$750 Masters Recipient (1) 

Kevin Kerr                            Clemson University

$500 Graduate Assistant Recipients (10) 

Amanda Assalone                 The University of Tulsa

Michelle Castro                    Bowling Green State University

Tom Hicks                            Bowling Green State University

Nathan Leopard                    Miami University

Georgianna Martin                 Bowling Green State University

Tyler Page                             Clemson University

Michael Steele                        Clemson University

Donny Swanson                      St. John's University

Donald Weber                        Bowling Green State University

Sandra Mira                            Florida International University