ODK - The Leader - Spring 2016

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Spring 2016

“To Recognize Leaders Among Leaders”

LIVE FROM COLLEGE PARK, IT’S PERFORMING ARTS By: Brogan Sheehey, ’16 ince The Barking Dog, a local bar, closed its doors dance to classical music to Indie Rock and Pop. in 2013, College Park residents have wondered Apart from the performing arts aspect of the venue, what will become of the spot on Baltimore Avenue.

Wollesen hopes that the restaurant will “elevate the food Coming in January 2017, MilkBoy+ArtHouse will shake and dining experience” in College Park, a town which curthe scene as an eclectic restaurant and bar focused on inrently houses a plethora of pizza establishments. MilkBoy volving both students and the wider community with the Philly’s menu is packed with contemporary comfort food performing arts. items such as mac This new project n’cheese, fried serves as a unique shrimp, and bacon partnership between balls. Wollesen notes the Clarice Smith that the new College Performing Arts Park location will Center and MilkBoy, contain a similar a restaurant/night menu with a focus club/recording stuon transforming eatdio that has seen ining into an artistic credible success at experience. its Philadelphia venThe University ue. Martin of Maryland also A rendering of the new MilkBoy+ArtHouse venue (courtesy of MSR Design) Wollesen, the showed its dedication Executive Director to performing arts this February and March, as UMD’s of The Clarice, noted that the new venue will be “a little School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies hosted bit MilkBoy, a little bit Clarice, and a little bit College the play Baltimore as part of the Big Ten Theatre Park.”

Consortium’s New Play Initiative for women playwrights.

The restaurant and bar will host live performances Baltimore, written by Kirsten Greenidge, explores the and film work from Clarice students, international artists, story of a racially charged incident that occurs in a student and other local and regional artists. Performances will span a wide variety of performing arts, ranging from Art House continued on page 2

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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE LEADER...

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A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP

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A GLANCE AT ODK STUDENTS ACROSS 5 PILLARS

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ODK’S LEADERSHIP IN ATHLETICS PANEL

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A Q&A WITH THE SIGMA CIRCLE’S LEADER OF THE

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CALVERT COTILLION: A TRADITION WORTH PRESERVING

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Message from the President Greetings ODK! e are not sure where the time went – but the spring semester is well underway and it is an exciting season for the Sigma Circle!

Calvert Cotillion came early this year and we had a blast planning this tradition with the Senior Council and dancing the night away. We re-

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LEADER OMICRON DELTA KAPPA SIGMA CIRCLE 2015-2016 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS SARAH NIEZELSKI

BROGAN SHEEHEY

President

Public Relations Coordinator

IAN MORITZ

MARCO CARRALERO

Vice President

Membership Coordinator

JULIA WAINGER

TONY TRINH

Communications Coordinator

Webmaster & Social Media

EMILY FRAIK

EMILY SCHWEICH

Philanthropy & Community Service Coordinator

Webmaster & Social Media

BROOKE SUPPLE CHRIS FRYE

lasts, we are overjoyed when thinking about everything we will always be able to hold on to. The lessons we learned in and out of the classroom, how to cheer on our friends, classmates and fellow Terps through thick and thin, and what it means to serve and lead others; are all woven into who we are. Neither walking across a stage nor moving halfway around the world could ever change that.

I am incredibly thankful to have had the opportunity to serve as the president of the Sigma Circle and I look forward to the bittersweet weeks coming up. We eagerly await the National Day of Service and are delighted to welcome our new officers in May. Please stay caught up on all of our upcoming events and announcements on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ODKSigmaCircle.

Likewise, we would love to hear from you! Please share your life updates, both professional and personal, with us. We can’t wait to hear what you have been up to!

Warmly, Sarah Niezelski ODK Sigma Circle President

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cently tapped 48 new members into ODK and selected the underclassmen for the Top Ten Freshmen and Sophomore Leader of the Year awards. Selections were a humbling experience as we were reminded of the breadth and depth of passion, leadership, and commitment on this campus. We were thrilled to induct our new members in the beginning of April.

Soon after Inductions we hosted our first Athletics Leadership Panel called "Coaches Commentary: Leadership on the Field" featuring Sasho Cirovski, Missy Meharg, Mike London, and Cathy Reese. We enjoyed hearing the stories of these coaches and their teams, and were happy to see so many ODKers in attendance. We will wrap up April with our Fun at the Fountain on Maryland Day, April 30th from 10am to 4pm and hope to see you there!

As many of us enter the countdown to graduation, we can’t help but notice all of the lasts - our last time registering for classes, last basketball game in the student section, and last late night chat on the fountain, to name a few. In the midst of these

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dormitory. The play follows the journey of both the residents and Resident Assistant as they struggle to deal with the incident and its implications.

The play was commissioned by the Big Ten as part of its initiative to promote women playwrights and prompt the discussion of diversity and other subject matters relevant to college students. Leslie Felbain, the show’s director, notes that this play is unique because the main characters are students just like those who attend

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the University of Maryland.

Baltimore is also unique in that all cast members were required to participate in a semester-long course called “Personal and Community Identification,” which focused on questions about diversity and identity. Felbain hopes that the performance will prompt and continue discussions from both students and the community about diversity.

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Message from the Faculty Secretary Hello Sigma Circle Alums! reetings from College Park! Hope all is well wherever you are! We have had a snowy winter on campus, but we are finally thawing out and ready for spring!

It has been a busy spring so far for ODK. We had a spirited selection meeting in February discussing almost 300 applicants. We selected a robust group of 48 – 2 alums, 4 faculty/staff, 1 grad student and 41 undergraduate members. One of the highlights of tapping week was being able to tap ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt when he came to campus for a forum on diversity in golf. He was quite surprised and the officers who attended the tapping were thrilled to meet the famous alum! We also got to travel to a working farm in Monkton, Maryland to meet and tap alumni farmer Pat Patterson.

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Festive fun was had by all at the annual ODK and Senior Council sponsored Calvert Cotillion in February! Seniors and ODKers danced the night away at the Riggs Alumni Center at our very own version of the senior prom. See the highlights on page 5.

We were very excited to host an ODK lecture of fabulous Leaders in Athletics on April 7. National Championship winning coaches and ODKers Sasho Cirovski (men’s soccer), Missy Meharg (women’s field hockey) and Cathy Reese (women’s lacrosse) joined ODKer and new Assistant Football Coach Mike London to share their experiences and lessons learned about leadership on and off the playing field. Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox will be featured in May in the Voices of Social Change Lecture Series, cosponsored by ODK. Thanks to all who continue to support ODK through their time and generous financial gifts. We had a successful Giving Day at UMD on March 3, 2016 and ODK alums were

some of the leading gift participants! To further expand our development efforts, we will be launching an ODK Sigma Circle Philanthropy Board this spring to help raise funds for leadership development efforts, lectures, scholarships, induction and graduation activities. We hope you will join us in making ODK the best possible leadership experience for today’s student leaders!

Save the date for Maryland Day 2016 on April 30 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm – as always, join us at the ODK Fountain to watch adorable children collect floating turtles. Also, looking ahead – mark your calendars to join us for our annual Homecoming Leadership Reception on Saturday, October 1 at 10:00 am in the Grand Ballroom of the Stamp before the Terps take on the Boilermakers of Purdue!

Brooke L. Supple ODK Faculty Secretary

SUPPORT THE ODK SIGMA CIRCLE WITH A CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP! Sponsorship benefits include: • • • • • • •

Opportunity to network with ODK members and alumni as well as UMD campus leaders Speaking opportunities Recognition at the ODK Sigma Circle Induction Ceremonies & Receptions Tabling at signature UMD events with access to thousands of UMD students Inclusion in e-communications, social media, and printed materials Logo exposure and brand awareness Invitations to ODK Sigma Circle events and programs Please contact us for more information: Ed Kenny - edkenny@umd.edu – 301-405-0322 Roz Moore - rozmoore@umd.edu - 301-314-3694 3

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LEAVING A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP: DRU BAGWELL’S PLANNED GIFT TO THE SIGMA CIRCLE sk Dru Bagwell almost anything about Maryland and his answer begins and ends with the students.

He admits his bias—having served the student community in Student Affairs for nearly 30 years— but insists that before everything else the students truly are the heart of this institution.

Dru’s unlikely career began when he was in law school, a career path that he describes as “perfectly good– ideal, actually” but lacking a “connection point”. A friend mentioned a new Master’s program in College Student Personnel. It was an emerging field at the time but it struck a chord with Dru. It turned out that the program was the spark that he needed. He completed the program and went on to work in student affairs at Tennessee and Wisconsin before he made his way to Maryland at the prompting of his good friend and mentor William “Bud” Thomas, Jr., then Vice President of Student Affairs.

A member of ODK from his days at Tennessee, Dru had a special interest in reinvigorating Sigma Circle.

With just four members in 1975 there was a lot of work to be done, but Dru

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I invite you to join me in supporting ODK Sigma Circle through your will or estate plans. The process is easy and like our names on the Fountain, you will leave a permanent legacy benefiting our future leaders.

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Former Faculty Secretary Dru Bagwell

wasn’t put off. He has special appreciation for ODKers. He has great respect for their contributions throughout campus, not just in a single extra-curricular activity or exclusively in their course of study, describing them as “leaders among leaders”. Dru was elected the faculty secretary (serving from 1975 to his retirement in 2001) and continues to work with students, alumni and campus leadership to grow the membership and programming.

As Sigma Circle took off, he dreamed of creating a lecture series that would demonstrate the values of ODK and enrich the entire campus community. Thus the ODK Lecture

Series was born, bringing high caliber national and world leaders to campus for the benefit of students, faculty, staff and alumni. Dru’s impact was so great that upon his retirement students and supporters of ODK created the Drury G. Bagwell ODK Lecture Fund.

Over the years Dru has given regularly to areas across campus, most of them ODK-related. He has also made a commitment in his will to benefit the lecture series fund named in his honor. His gift will ensure that the lecture series is able to continue to fund top-notch speakers well into the future.

If you’re interested in making a gift to the ODK Lecture Fund or giving to Maryland through your will or estate, please contact Jim Rychner at at 301.314.7918 or jjr@umd.edu.

ODK HOLDS A LEADERSHIP IN ATHLETICS PANEL By: Ian Moritz, ’16 n April 7th, the Sigma Circle hosted a Leadership in Athletics panel. The panel consisted of four University of Maryland Division One Coaches and members of ODK, who all shared their leadership stories with the goal of inspiring and improving campus leadership.

By viewing leadership through a different lens, ODK members were

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challenged to consider their own leadership strategies and philosophies. This is important because leadership looks different in different disciplines. For example, leadership in pillar one, Scholarship, requires different skills and behaviors than leadership in pillar five, the Creative and Performing Arts. In a Circle of diverse leaders, this event provided the opportunity to see leadership in

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Pillar Two, the discipline of athletics.

We can use this view to identify differences and use those differences to critique our own leadership.

Men’s Soccer Coach, Sasho Cirovski, Field Hockey Coach, Missy Meharg, Assistant Football Coach Mike London, and Women’s Lacrosse Coach, Cathy Reese, Athletics Panel continued on page 5

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Athletics Panel from page 4 shared their leadership stories with current and former members of ODK, undoubtedly stretching their thoughts on how to be an effective leader.

The event was made possible through the lecture fund that was created by former ODK Faculty Secretary, Drury G. “Dru” Bagwell. The fund benefits the campus by bringing leadership insights directly to the campus community.

LEADER Over the past few years, the fund has brought lectures from Judy Shepard, Cornel West, Gloria Steinem and many other high caliber leaders. If you would like to donate to the fund, please visit: http://ter.ps/LectureFund.

CALVERT COTILLION: A TRADITION WORTH PRESERVING By: Chris Frye, ’16 n Friday February 28th, ODK hosted this year’s Calvert Cotillion in conjunction with the Senior Council.

Calvert Cotillion is one of the University of Maryland’s oldest traditions, dating back several decades. After disappearing in the 70’s and 80’s, it was revived in the 90’s to help the senior class commemorate their last year at Maryland.

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Guests enjoying Calvert Cotillion in the 1930s

All effort was made to make this year’s Cotillion the best one yet. ODK and Senior Council worked very closely together, from the initial planning stages all the way to clean-up at the end. It was held in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, The ODK Executive Board takes a break from dancing for this photo complete opp! with a red carAthletics backdrop. pet and photo backdrop. A An extensive social media adstudent DJ kept the guests vertising campaign took place in dancing throughout the the weeks leading up to the event, evening and the professionand even continued during the al photographer helped dance. Attendees who tweeted with capture the magic and atthe hashtag #CalvCot and mosphere of Calvert #CalvCot16 were eligible to win Cotillion. tons of great prizes, including Guests entered Riggs UMD clothing, a Maryland flag, Alumni Center on a red and even a diploma case! Needless carpet, where they checked to say, students were pretty excited in and mingled with about winning these prizes! friends during cocktail Calvert Cotillion continues to hour. They were sure to be one of the highlights of the take several photos on the Senior Year experience, and will red carpet entrance and in continue to be for many years to front of the Maryland come.

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A GLANCE AT ODK STUDENTS ACROSS 5 PILLARS By: Grace Toohey, ’16, and Tony Trinh, ’16 Pillar #1: Scholarship Name and Major: Iowis Zhu, Double Major in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Minors in Public Leadership and Iowis Zhu, a Technology Leader in Pillar #1 Entrepreneurship Achievements: Winner of the Spirit of Maryland Award, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellow Next year he plans to matriculate into a MD/PhD program, where he will study to become a physician-scientist.

He is currently considering several schools that are located across the country.

He is most excited to meet new people outside of Maryland, as well as expand his medical knowledge and scientific training. He hopes to be able to blend the two in the future by being able to both treat patients and also lead a research team in investigating critical biomedical issues.

UMD prepared him by helping him develop into a well-rounded student through the diverse experiences through the Honors College and Study Abroad programs. In addition, he has gained valuable leadership experience through various UMD organizations; these skills are vital for physician-scientists, who are expected to be leaders in their respective fields of study.

He will most miss the strong collaborative environment here at College Park. Students and organizations are extremely willing to help each other, even across departments and colleges.

He’ll also miss how much students here are able to play such a large role in their own education through shared governance in the University

Senate, serving on student advisory boards, and even just submitting useful feedback about their own classes.

Most of all, he’ll miss all of the great friends he was able to make here.

Pillar #2: Athletics Name and Major: Samantha Schweickhardt, Major in Microbiology Achievements: Division 1 Softball Student-Athlete earning consistent Samantha Schweickhardt, a All Academic honLeader in Pillar #2 ors, Teaching Assistant for introductory biology labs Next year she will teach chemistry to high school students in rural Arkansas with Teach For America.

TFA is especially recruiting STEM teachers because as of right now, only 8% of Arkansas students from low-income families will graduate with a college degree by age 24, and less than 10% of those students are "college ready" in the sciences.

She is most excited to get thrown into a completely new environment and really do her best to make a difference! She’s excited to push herself and hopefully inspire her students!

UMD prepared her with an amazingly diverse student body. Because of UMD's diversity, she has really learned to appreciate and communicate with people from all backgrounds. This is especially crucial when trying to understand her students and work towards education equality!

She will most miss the Maryland pride and community. She loves being a part of something bigger, cheering in the student section, and reppin' Maryland’s flag. She'll just have to

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teach her students all about it and convert them to Terps fans!

Pillar #3: Campus and Community Service Name and major: Michael Barnett, Major in Marketing & Supply Chain Management Achievements: President of Michael Barnett, UMD’s Chapter of a Leader in Pillar the American #3 Marketing Association, (TerpAMA) Philanthropy Chair of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity Next year he will be a member of the Unilever Future Leaders Program in Customer Development/Marketing, which is a three year rotational program within the company. There, he will serve in four different marketing related positions.

He is most excited about the opportunity to craft his career in the manner he chooses. At Unilever, your future development and career path stems from your personality and ability to work with team members.

Unlike some members of the senior community, he loves the idea of ambiguity at the beginning of his career because he gets to test out multiple roles before he turns 25. Not many companies in the world can offer that opportunity as well as global positions!

UMD prepared him through the countless programs offered to the undergraduate community as well as leadership opportunities in the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Smith allowed him to flourish as a business professional in his own way.

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5 Pillars continued from page 6 Dean’s Student Advisory Council (DSAC), he was able to forge connections to the industry's best companies and expand his network (and horizons) in a way he could never have imagined.

He will most miss the atmosphere of this campus. The sheer beauty of this campus as well as the feeling you have each day walking between buildings is what you yearn for in a college experience. Not only does the rich history of our campus intertwine in students’ daily lives but the feeling of belonging in College Park will always stay with him. This community was the reason he chose to attend the university four years ago and it will continue to be what keeps him rooted to this university years after he has left.

Pillar 4: Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media Name and Major: Marina Lola, Double Degree in Broadcast Journalism and Theatre Achievements: Vice President of Marina Lola, a Leader in Pillar #4 the Undergraduate Theatre Artists Society Next year she will be a production assistant at News4, the local NBC affiliate in northwest Washington D.C (also known as NBCWashington).

The main part of her job is running scripts and helping the shows get off their feet, but she also gets to write online articles and scripts for the shows. She also works for the desk listening to police scanners and helping the desk managers to find stories.

She is most excited to really apply what she’s learned in class to an actual journalism job. The journalism school has taught her many skills from video to writing to web graphics and now she gets to implement those skills in her job.

UMD prepared her by giving her the skills she needs. UMD has taught her diving technique and this job is her springboard. She gets to use her skills to figure out her exact career path and that is very exciting.

She will most miss everything about UMD! Mostly the opportunity to just learn and study in an open environment. Where she is going encourages more learning, which she loves, but she has learned so much about herself in these past four years and she hopes to continue growing as she enters the workforce.

Rebecca Mount, a Leader in Pillar #5

Pillar 5: Creative and Performing Arts Name and Major: Rebecca Mount, Major in Theatre Achievements: Artistic Director of Kreativity Diversity

LEADER Troupe, Writer and Co-Director of play, “The Bored of Education” at The Clarice Next year she will be working for either a radio station or a music venue.

There’s a venue close to home in Baltimore that she’s particularly interested in, which is scheduled to open at the end of the year. She would love to be a part of the team that makes this project a reality, and help to create a space for local artists to thrive.

She is most excited to work full-time with people who share her passion for music, and to put her stage management training to use.

UMD prepared her through the theatre program, which allows her to take what she learns in the classroom and immediately try it out in a practical setting. She’s been on a stage management team four times, directed a theatre troupe of 25 people, and wrote and co-directed an original work. She’s learned not only the hard skills needed for these positions, but also great lessons about collaboration and leadership.

She will most miss the amazing faculty, especially those in the theatre department. They are all so invested in their students’ lives -- not only in their professional development, but also on a personal level. She is so thankful for their guidance over the last four years.

A Q&A WITH THE SIGMA CIRCLE’S LEADER OF THE YEAR By: Emily Schweich, ’16 016 Colonel J. Logan Schutz Sigma Circle Leader of the Year Award recipient Kayla Coutts is a senior University Honors dance major, business minor, and pre-health student. She is a recipient of the College of Arts and Humanities Dean's Senior Scholar Award and a

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Maryland Summer Scholars Research Program Award. Kayla has served as captain of the women’s club soccer team, dance event coordinator for Best Buddies, and a tutor for the Maryland English Institute.

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Studies mainstage dance productions, Kayla served as Dance Captain for Spring Awakening, and her choreography was selected to be performed at the American College Dance Association Conference. She is the Assistant New Member Educator of Q&A continued on page 8

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What advice would you give to budding leaders?

Alpha Chi Omega and has previously served on the executive board. She plans to attend Columbia University for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and is a semi-finalist for the Fulbright Scholar Program in South Africa. I sat down with Kayla to talk about her leadership on campus and plans for the future.

What does winning the Colonel J. Logan Schutz Sigma Circle Leader of the Year mean to you?

To be completely honest, I was like, “Hmm, I wonder if I should apply, there’s definitely going to be better people out there.” It’s really great to be recognized as someone with so many interests that has taken leadership roles in all of those interests.

What is one of your proudest accomplishments in the past four years?

I took a kinesiology class that was about adaptive physical activity and we had to write a proposal for a physical activity class for any type of disability. With Best Buddies, I was able to have dance events here working through the dance program. I’ve been able to teach a couple of classes where I work with them and include other dance people in the teaching process. I’m really about collaboration and intersection of different fields, so that was really a great thing for connecting the two sides.

What do you think makes a good leader?

I don’t think a leader is someone that necessarily takes charge, but someone who’s willing to listen, take whatever you have in front of you and use everyone’s strengths and weaknesses. Instead of coming in with an idea and being set in stone and concrete, a good leader works with people and sees how they can better what

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they’re weak in and uses their ideas rather than their own ideas.

I don’t think leadership is necessarily about a title. I think it’s more like bringing people together over something that you believe is honest, around your values, but also taking the values of the people you’re with into consideration, too.

How might leadership look different in the performing arts than in other fields?

The leadership aspect is about taking charge of yourself and finding your artistic voice or who you want to be as a person. You’re the person in charge of your growth, and if you’re not going to push yourself you’re not going to grow, no matter what the professors want from you, what assignment you have. You have to be very proactive, and if you have a goal, it’s your job to get to that point. The process of challenging myself to find out who I really am has very much carried over into how I’ve developed into a leader and as a person in all of my activities. Because I took selfownership, the many opportunities I’ve had in this program have developed, and it’s those things that I haven’t taken self-ownership in that have slipped by.

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Be proactive about any opportunity. Live in a way that you’re not going to have regrets. If there’s something out there that you could see yourself not getting, still go for it anyways. Failure is okay in life, that’s another thing I think dancing has taught me. I came here as a perfectionist, thinking, “I can’t get anything wrong.” It’s okay to be wrong. Use whoever you’re leading, use what you’ve got. It’s not all on you. Being a leader is about fostering the growth of the people that you’re leading. It’s not necessarily making it all about you.

What are your plans for the future, and what are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?

While I’m in physical therapy school, I hope to also work a little bit with my mom’s organization, a nonprofit that gives scholarships to kids with disabilities who want to pursue the arts…My hope is to in some way expand that nonprofit organization while also being a practicing clinician as a physical therapist.

I applied to the Fulbright Scholar Program. I’d be teaching English in an underdeveloped impoverished area in South Africa if I get it. I’m trying to use everything I’ve experienced in college and everything I’ve experienced before then in that possible opportunity, whether I would be developing a dance program at a local school or developing a soccer program for girls, because it’s not very popular in South Africa for women to play soccer. Going to Columbia, I hope that the education they give me and its location in diverse New York City will allow me to take advantage of whatever opportunities are provided or I can find and make for myself.

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We are so grateful for all of our alumni and friends who support the Sigma Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa.

Thank you for all of your continued involvement and support!

Steward of the Fountain Society Dru Bagwell Kyle Beardsley James E. Bond D. Stuart Bowers Sue Briggs Zimri Diaz Devin Ellis The Honorable Gordon England Eric S. Francis Michael Freiman William Fourney Susan Wachs Goldberg & Bob Goldberg Barry Gossett Marc Greenberg

Alden Gross Rick Jaklitsch The Kenny Family Kelly Kish Phil Livingston Lisa & Paul Mandell Deven McGraw Hillary & Doug Mintz Ann Tatsios Mowrey Dawn Nichols James Osteen Caroline Carrick Pisano Philip Rever Joyce & Phil Schneider

Lee Thornton The Honorable Joseph Tydings Joana & Jason Ward Joel Willcher Gail Smelkinson Willoughby & Wayne Willoughby Mark Sobel Marc Solomon Bruce J. Winter Julia Young & Eric Young ODK Executive Officers 2012-2013 ODK Executive Officers 2014-2015

Founders Circle (Gifts of $1,000 or more) Dru Bagwell Susan & Brian Bayly D. Stuart Bowers Teresa Flannery

Eric S. Francis Barry Gossett Philip Livingston Dawn Nichols

Elizabeth Nuss Joana & Jason Ward Gail Smelkinson Willoughby & Wayne Willoughby

Louise & Robert Kenny Deven McGraw Faye & W. Donald Soderberg

Naina Soni

Leaders Circle (Gifts of $500 or more) Carlo Colella Moriel Daniel Paula & Jeffrey Hathaway

Supporters Circle (Gifts of $100 or more) Dirk Allen Michele Barone Hunn Richard Bourne James Brown, III Andrew Cahoon Karen DeMatteo Zimri Diaz Devin Ellis Amanda Fitzgerald Catherine Hamel James Hill, II Marianne Jeesook Lee Kimberly & Derek Johnson William Johnson Christopher Jones

Brooke & Ed Kenny Christine Kenny Elizabeth Kenny Kelly Kish Richard Koffenberger Nicholas Kovalakides Gary Lonergan Sally & Ronald Mace Jane McCarl Ann Tatsios Mowrey Joan Patterson Rowena & Don Piper Praneet Puppala Calliopi Ratcliff Denise Rosen

Daryn Rush Marilyn & Robert Schaftel Debbie & Michael Schwab Rodney Smith Nancy Solomon Fred Wachter Pedro Wasmer Ruth Watkins Rebecca Weir Arlene Wexler Edwin Whitney Alexander Wilson Kiera Zitelman

Sally & Robert Fischer David Greenspan Jong-On Hahm Alicia Luster Christina Martin Katherine McAdams Nicholas Nicholas Emilio Pardo Adrian Remsberg, Jr.

Charles Rhudy Edward Rider Robert Rossomondo Timmy Ruppersberger William Scott Charles Sneiderman Beryl & Carl Tretter Dale Watson Norman Wereley

A. Roby Lal Roz Moore Richard Mortimer Ruth Ann Newton

Katharine Pawelko Sara Walsh

Members Circle (Gifts of $50 or more) Diane & Paul Barrett Jessica & Kyle Beardsley Lance Billingsley Jeffrey Cleveland Ernesto Cuesta Stephen Dubnoff Louise & Lee Dumars Julie & Roy Eskow Edward Fink

Other Contributors to Sigma Circle James Bond Vivian Boyd Valerie Kipnis Eisenstein Jeffrey Grim

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FALL 2015 INDUCTEES Sade Ayinde Michael Barnett Adip Bhargav Samantha Bingaman Arielle Bitton Ariel Bourne Victoria Bowcutt Lorenzo Choudhary-Smith Ryan Chow Benjamin Cornwell Henry Danchi Marina di Marzo Shane Falcinelli Kevin Fan Austin Feng Julia Gao Rachel George Alexandra Givan Zeke Gonzalez

Ilana Green Ryan Greene Natalie Griffin Michelle He Benjamin Hsieh Kaiwei Hsu Noah Israel Jonathan Kau Anastasia Kouloganes Zhi Lin Andrew Liu Alicia Loh Meghan Mahoney Erin McCaffrey Bridget McManus Laura Miller D. Paul Monteiro Rebecca Mount Lauren Norris

Benjamin Parks Nichole Pedowitz Robin Portman Patrick Prommel Meghna Ramaswamy Samantha Reilly Samantha Schweickhardt Ellie Silverman Zoe Stukenberg Laura Tan Tessa Trach Azsanee Truss Joseph Tuchman Joel Vazquez Mireille Verdonk Mackenzie Walls Christopher Wong Andie Yoon Leanne Youn

SPRING 2016 INDUCTEES Doyeon An Adrienne Baer Adam Berger Brian Bertges Stefanie Biondi Alexander Bleiweis Kevin Bock Alexandra Boukhvalova Alice Chang Steve Chen Jacob Crouse Urvashi Dayalan Kristina Dziki Amanda Filie Erica Fuentes Benjamin Gastfriend

Mary Kate Gentile Ari Goldstein Hope Goodman James Hazelrig Nicolas Holocker Vishnupriya Kareddy Tracy Kiras Katharine Kong Valerie LaHoud Danielle Leopold Cindy Liu Monika Looney David Lovell Christina Luthers Trey Mason Julianne McAndrews

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Nicole Moy David Niezelski Danielle Ohl Miles Patterson Bryan Pfeffer Kristen Ponturiero Paula Rabade Julia Ring Siona Slepoy Michael Stern Lily Stevens Ekaterina Tolstaya Sydney Tommins Demetra Tzamaras Emily Weiss Christopher Yeager

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ODK Alumni Updates Thanks to all of you who keep us informed of your activities. Submit your update online at www.odk.umd.edu, or mail to 2108 Mitchell Building, 7999 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742.

Paul Beighley ’68, received the Harry Denman Evangelism Award for his work in prison ministry at the Virginia United Methodist annual conference.

Naseema Shafi ’00, was recently notified that she is receiving the Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader award. She is beyond honored by this recognition and wanted to share it with her Sigma Circle family.

Bob Rossomondo ’77 and his family

Andrew Publicover ’06, married Suzanne Graziano November 14 in Washington, DC. Andrew and Suzanne honeymooned in Mexico and are enjoying newlywed life back in DC. After a year as Special Assistant to Secretary of State John Kerry, Andrew now covers North Korea sanctions in the State Department's Office of Korean Affairs. Suzanne earned her law degree from Suffolk University in 2015 and works in legislative affairs at P.R. Quinlan.

Andrew Publicover ’06 and wife Suzanne

Maeling Murphy ’08, recently completed her Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Spring 2015. She had her first child this past April, a baby boy. She and her family visited Maryland and it was so exciting to show her husband and son her name on the fountain!

Melissa Kallas ’10, Last year, Melissa left Atlanta and the F-35 and moved back to Rockville where she

bought her first home. She is currently volunteering with Adele’s Circle and Team River Runner.

Kelsey Sutton ’14, has been working at POLITICO since June as a media reporter for POLITICO's media vertical. She was hired after a few months as an intern through the Dow Jones News Fund program and is based in New York, N.Y.

Andrew Publicover ('06) married Suzanne Graziano November 14 in Washington, DC. John O'Brien ('06) was best man, and fellow Sigma Circle alums Shawn O'Brien ('06), Joel Willcher ('06), Mike Fontz ('07), Laura Kennedy ('06), and Marsha GuenzlerStevens also joined the celebration!

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Arlene Dillon ’77 and her daughters

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Luis ’78 and Bonnie Luna

Larry Kirsch ’79, his wife Kathy, and their daughters John Fraser ’79 and his family

The Clyde Taber ’84 family

Cathy Barham Campbell ’84, husband and son, Dan and Danny

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Ron ’85 and Caryn ’84 Williams and their children Pat Cornell Ham ’85 and her family

The Berman Berger ’85 Family

Sherita Hill Golden ’90, son and husband

Julia Young ’89 and sons

George Stathis ’92, wife Jacqie and daughters

Dawn Nichols ’92 and her family

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The Stuart Ritter ’92 family

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Ken ’93, Amy, Ellie and Maddie Brown

Paul Carlson ’93 and his family

Marc Greenberg ’93, wife Wendy and sons

Ken Hall ’94 and his family Paul ’95 and Lisa Mandell

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Hillary Cherry ’97 and Doug Mintz ’95 and children

Jason ’01 and Joana Chang ’01 Ward

IN MEMORIAM Clifford L. Sayre. Jr., professor and associate dean of Engineering, passed away in January. He was inducted in to ODK in 1980 and was a devoted ODK Faculty Member for many years.

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