Omicron Delta Kappa is honored to sponsor the annual Leadership Awards Ceremony. Since 1977, Elon’s Circle of OΔK has recognized students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills while maintaining high academic standards. The Circle’s core components include academics, multicultural experience, athletics, campus and community service, social and religious activities, campus government, creative and performing arts, and journalism, speech, and mass media.

2020 Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2020 Awardees! We are proud of your accomplishments and leadership both in and outside the classroom. Thanks to our campus partners for supporting this year’s leadership awards. We invite you to view below the commendations recorded by our campus partner presenters.

Jose Antonio L. Delgado

Award: Student Media Award
Presenter: Colin Donohue

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Timothy Q. Boles

Award: Leadership Studies Award
Presenter: Chris Leupold

Award: Martha Smith Award for Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies
Presenter: Becca Bishopric Patterson

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Morgan C. Shapero

Award: Leadership Studies Award
Presenter: Chris Leupold

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Caroline E. Penfield

Award: Hilaire Pickett ’08 Leadership Grant
Presenter: Melanie Bullock

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Kathryn B. Gerry

Award: The PERCS Outstanding Ethnography Award
Presenter: Amy Allocco

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Samantha E. Eastman

Award: GlaxoSmithKline Women in Science Scholar Award
Presenter: Mary McManamy

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Ons Y. Bouali

Award: GlaxoSmithKline Women in Science Scholar Award
Presenter: Mary McManamy

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Courtney T. Guthrie

Award: Katharine duPont Weymouth Scholarship
Presenter: Raj Ghoshal

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Andrew T. Veilleux

Award: W.L. Monroe Christian Education and Personality Award
Presenter: Janet Fuller

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Caren S. Aveldanez

Award: W.L. Monroe Christian Education and Personality Award
Presenter: Janet Fuller

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Michelle R. Russell

Award: Truitt Center Reconciliation Award
Presenter: Janet Fuller

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Megan Hernandez-Greene

Award: Ella Brunk Smith Award
Presenter: Janet Fuller

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Katherine D. Klinger 

Award: Ella Brunk Smith Award
Presenter: Janet Fuller

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Fiona R. Zahm

Award: Martha Smith Award for Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies
Presenter: Kirstin Ringelberg

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Ashley R. Billie

Award: Iris Holt McEwen Community Service Award
Presenter: Sarah Williams

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Shariq R. Ali

Award: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Presenter: Jon Dooley

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Arianne E. Payne

Award: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Presenter: Jon Dooley

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Becky Olive-Taylor

Award: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Presenter: Jon Dooley

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Jovani Mendez-Sandoval

Award: Newman Civic Fellows Award
Presenter: Mary Morrison

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Gilbert H. Schultz

Award: John W. Barney Memorial Award
Presenter: Aswani Volety

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Marjorie Anne Foster

Award: The PERCS Outstanding Ethnography Award
Presenter: Amy Allocco

Award: William Moseley Brown Leadership Award
Presenter: Melanie Bullock

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