insidethehouse Leadership Society Holds Inaugural Breakfast A NEW TRADITION BEGAN at Morehouse last November with the inaugural leadership breakfast of the College’s Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa Society, Inc., a national leadership honor society that recognizes student leadership in scholarship, athletics, public service, mass communications and the arts. To quality for membership, students must be in the top third of their class and hold a leadership position in one of the five areas. President Walter E. Massey ’58, a circle charter member, was honored for his 12 years of service to the College. In accepting the honor, he asked the group to seek out leaders with virtues worth emulating and to remember that being a leader is not an easy task. “Real leaders take on tough challenges,” he said. “It doesn’t move one to have small vision.” The fall 2006 nominees included seven faculty and staff members, 32 juniors and seniors, and one honorary member, Ingrid Sauders Jones, director of Corporate External Affairs and senior vice president of The Coca-Cola Company, and chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation. Morehouse’s circle was founded in 2001 and is one of only four circles at historically black colleges and universities. Julian Thompson, a senior history major and circle president, said the
President Walter E. Massey ’58 is flanked by Walter E. Fluker, Coca-Cola Professor of Leadership Studies and executive director of The Leadership Center, and Julian Thompson, president of Omicron Delta Kappa Society.
circle plans to expand its reach through forums on leadership issues and sponsorships of community service events. “This College produces some of the best leaders in the world,” he said. “It makes sense for us to use what Morehouse has taught us to make (the College) and the community at large better.” ■
Two miles to combat three minutes:
Morehouse’s Breast Cancer Walk Surpasses Fund-raising Goal
The annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk drew its largest crowd ever.
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EVERY THREE MINUTES, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, a disease that was expected to affect more than 200,000 women in 2006 alone. In its annual step to help combat the disease, more than 150 members of the Morehouse College family participated in the College’s two-mile breast cancer walk on September 23, 2006. It was the largest crowd to participate in the walk since its inception. The College surpassed its $100,000 goal in total donations to the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer,” raising $21,000 and bringing its seven-year total to $108,600. In 2005, ACS honored Morehouse with the Corporate Leadership Award. ■