For the third consecutive year, the Austin Peay State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, was named a Circle of Distinction.
APSU was among 15 of 306 total circles (generally referred to by most honor societies as chapters) recognized nationally for overall excellence during the 2009-10 academic year.
The APSU Circle was presented with a certificate to illustrate the achievement.
The APSU Circle was chartered May 4th, 1979, and has initiated more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and community leaders into membership in its 31-year history.For membership into ODK, students must demonstrate high standards of leadership and academic merit in any of the following five areas: scholarship; athletics; campus and community service, social and religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media; and creative and performing arts.
For more information about the APSU Circle of ODK, contact Greg Singleton, dean of students, by telephone at 931-221-7005 or by e-mail at singletong@apsu.edu.