1999 Scholarship Report

1999 SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT

National Order of Omega

December 4, 1999

Announcement and Application Guidelines

Announcement and applications guidelines for the scholarship 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 (total 425) chapters of the National Order of Omega Chapters via the National Order of Omega mailing directory. Postcard reminders were mailed in mid-September 1999 to the AFA and National Order of Omega mailing directories (1,182). Additionally, the scholarship award announcement and application guidelines were available on the new National Order of Omega website (www.orderofomega.org).

During the summer Board of Directors meeting in July 1999 the scholarship program was expanded and renamed as follows: ten (10) $750 Parker F. Enright Scholarships, forty (40) $500 Patrick W. Halloran Scholarships, and up to seventy-five (75) Dr. Kent L. Gardner Scholarships.

A total of one-hundred-fifteen (115) scholarship applications (109 Order of Omega chapters) were received by the October 29, 1999 postmarked deadline and reviewed by the 1999 Scholarship Committee.

Year	Applications	Scholarships	$750	$500	$100	Total
1985	36 (no AFA mailing)	10	NA	10	NA	$5,000
1986	49	12	NA	12	NA	$6,000
1987	69	12	NA	12	NA	$6,000
1988	37 (no AFA mailing)	14	NA	14	NA	$7,000
1989	97	17	NA	17	NA	$8,500
1990	102	25	NA	25	NA	$12,500
1991	102	25	NA	25	NA	$12,500
1992	109	25	NA	25	NA	$12,500
1993	98	30	NA	30	NA	$15,000
1994	114	40	NA	40	NA	$20,000
1995	113	50	NA	50	NA	$25,000
1996	124	50	NA	50	NA	$25,000
1997	112	112	NA	50	62	$31,200
1998	109	100	NA	50	50	$30,000
1999	115	109	10	40	59	$33,400
Totals	1,386	631	10	450	171	$239,600

Committee and Selection Process

The Scholarship Committee was composed of student affairs staff and a graduate student in the higher education program (student affairs area of study) at Texas Tech University including:

Ethan Logan Assistant Dean of Students (Greek Life)

Katie Marshall Assistant Dean of Students (Greek Life)

Michael Shonrock Co-Chair (Ex-Officio)

Cheryl Shubert Associate Director of University Center/Campus Activities & Programs

Tom Shubert Director of University Center

Elizabeth Wade Graduate Assistant (Greek Life)

The Scholarship Committee reviewed the Scholarship application guidelines during a breakfast meeting on September 29, 1999; reviewed 115 applications from November 11, 1999 through November 29, 1999 (representing 109 chapters and 6 duplicate applications); and finalized recommendations during a committee meeting on December 1, 1999.

The Scholarship Committee recommended and approved ten (10) $750 Scholarships, forty (40) $500 Scholarships, and fifty-nine (59) $100 Scholarships be awarded from the National Order of Omega for 1999.

On Saturday, December 4, 1998 members of the Executive Council, including Board of Directors and Province Advisors attending the annual AFA/NIC Conference in Denver, Colorado reviewed the one-hundred-nine (109) Scholarship recipients.

1999 Scholarship Committee $750 Parker F. Enright Scholarship Awards (10)

1999 Scholarship Committee $500 Scholarship Patrick W. Halloran Awards (40)

1999 Scholarship Committee $100 Scholarship Dr. Kent L. Gardner Awards (59)