2006 FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT
National Order of Omega
December 15, 2006 

  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 sixty-seven (167) fellowships: forty-one (41) doctoral, twenty-three (23) master’s, and one hundred and 3 (103) graduate assistant totaling $99,750. 

On December 2, 2006, 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 nine (9) 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 Atlanta, GA. 

Announcement and Application Guidelines 

Email and postcard announcements for the Fellowship awards were mailed in September 2005 and reminder email and postcard announcements in October 2006 (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 in November 2006  reviewed the fellowship recipients, including cover letters, resumes, recommendations from graduate advisors/supervisors, and graduate transcripts. 

The Executive Council selected the following nine (16) Fellowship Recipients formally recognized at the annual Recognition Reception sponsored by the National Order of Omega on December 2, 2006 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in Atlanta, GA.

$1,000 Doctoral Recipients (1) 
 

Jeff

Howard

The University of Virginia's College at Wise

$500 Graduate Assistant Recipients (15) 

Aliya	Beavers	Bowling Green State University
Angela	Bong	The University of Iowa
Lamar	Bryant	Northwestern State University
Lucas	Christain	The University of Iowa
Amy	Colvin	University of Tennesee
Anthony	DiChiara	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Jamie	Ehlinger	University of Kansas
Robin	Fleishman	Vanderbilt University
Jenni	Glick	Bowling Green State University
Mary Kate	Lobough	Eastern Illinois University
Roy	Lowdenback	Bowling Green State University
Melinda	McIntire	Bowling Green State University
Darris	Means	Clemson University
Lauren	Moran	Baldwin-Wallace College, Bowling Green State University
Jessie	Stapleton	University of Wisconsin - La Crosse