2004 FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT
National Order of Omega
December 5, 2004 

  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 forty-two (142) fellowships: thirty-nine (39) doctoral, twenty-two (22) master’s, and eighty-one (81) graduate assistant totaling $94,500. 

On December 3, 2004, 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 sixteen (16) 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 Hollywood, CA. 

Announcement and Application Guidelines 

Email and postcard announcements for the Fellowship awards were mailed in September 2004 and reminder email and postcard announcements in October 2004 (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 24, 2004  reviewed the fellowship recipients, including cover letters, resumes, recommendations from graduate advisors/supervisors, and graduate transcripts. 

The Executive Council selected the following sixteen (16) Fellowship Recipients formally recognized at the annual Recognition Reception sponsored by the National Order of Omega on Friday, December 4, 2004 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in Hollywood, CA.

$1,000 Doctoral Recipients (4) 

Carolyn Whittier                      Elon University
Grahaeme Hest                        Florida State University
Darnell Bradley                        Northern Illinois University
Cassie Gerhardt                       University of North Dakota

$750 Masters Recipient (2) 

John Duncan                            University of Michigan
Seth Ressl                                The University of Texas at Arlington

$500 Graduate Assistant Recipients (10) 

Jill Franklin                                The University of Texas at Arlington
Katie Witham                            Southwest Missouri State University
Ester Stokman                           University of Tennessee
Lynne McCaul                           Ohio State University
Misty Garrett                              Northwestern State University
Jennifer Fuller-Creeck                Central Missouri State University
Susan Pelo                                Bowling Green State University
Bryan Figura                            Bowling Green State University
DeMethra Bradley                    University of Vermont
Chrysalis Buller                         Bowling Green State University