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.

2021 Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2021 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.

Rachel A. Cifarelli

Award: Student Media Award
Presenter: Tommy Kopetskie

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Chandler Alexis Vaughan

Award: Leadership Studies Award
Presenter: Chris Leupold

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Angy Nicoll Aguilar & Darsev Kaur

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

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Sydney Rey Hallisey

Award: The PERCS Outstanding Ethnography Award
Presenter: Damion Blake

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Madison Eleanor Gray

Award: The PERCS Outstanding Ethnography Award
Presenter: Brian Pennington

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Lauren Cassidy Willingham

Award: Katharine duPont Weymouth Scholarship
Presenter: Alexa Darby

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Connor Finnegan Jenkins

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

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Srija Dutta

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

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Caroline E. Penfield

Award: Truitt Center Reconciliation Award
Presenter: Joel Harter

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Sarah Jane McDonald

Award: Ella Brunk Smith Award
Presenter: Julie Tonnesen

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Samantha Chessen

Award: Ella Brunk Smith Award
Presenter: Betsy Polk

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Jay Damian Tiemann

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

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Talia N. Gallo

Award: Iris Holt McEwen Community Service Award
Presenter: Bob Frigo

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Jubitza Figueroa

Award: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Presenter: Jon Dooley

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Yannick Twumasi

Award: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Presenter: Jon Dooley

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Sandra Lynn Reid

Award: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Presenter: Jon Dooley

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Anna Lee Gillespie

Award: Newman Civic Fellows Award
Presenter: Mary Morrison

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Meghan Eun-Seon Murray & Emily Marie Guyton Lange

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

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Eukela Little

Award: William Moseley Brown Leadership Award
Presenter: Connie Ledoux Book

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