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The NNU School of Business is pleased to announce their recent acceptance as charter members in Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), the International Honor Society in Economics. NNU is the Delta Chapter of Idaho and recipient of the 672nd charter in the history of the organization. NNU joins Idaho State University (1968), Boise State University (1976) and University of Idaho (1994) as the only colleges or universities in Idaho with an ODE Charter. Students interested in joining Omicron Delta Epsilon are encouraged to contact NNU’s Faculty Advisor, Dr. David Chaplin.
On September 20th at 3:00p.m. in Helstrom 203, President Alexander will present NNU’s new charter to Faculty Advisor, Dr. David Chaplin. Josh Siverson, Senior in Business Administration and Economics, will be the first student inducted into ODE at NNU.
The Objectives and History of ODE are provided below:
Objectives:
The objectives of Omicron Delta Epsilon are recognition of scholast0ic attainment and the honoring of outstanding achievements in economics; the establishment of closer ties between students and faculty in economics within colleges and universities, and among colleges and universities; the publication of its official journal, The American Economist , and sponsoring of panels at professional meetings as well as the Irving Fisher and Frank W. Taussig competitions.
History:
Omicron Delta Epsilon, one of the world’s largest academic honor societies, was created in 1963 through the merger of two honor societies, Omicron Delta Gamma and Omicron Chi Epsilon. At the time of their merger both societies had 28 chapters. Omicron Delta Gamma’s chapters were primarily in the Midwestern and Pacific states while the chapters of Omicron Chi Epsilon were concentrated at Colleges and Universities along the Eastern Seaboard and in Texas.
Omicron Delta Gamma (The Order of Artus) was founded in 1915 by John R. Commons, University of Wisconsin and Frank Taussig, Harvard University through the union of the economics societies of their Universities. The intent of the society was the encouragement of a closer academic and social relationship between honor students and faculty on an informal basis, facilitating the exchange of information and views.
Omicron Chi Epsilon was the younger of the two organizations but of equal chapter strength at the time of the merger, having been founded in 1955 by Alan A. Brown while he was a student at City College of New York. From its inception, the Society sought to provide means not only to confer suitable honors on the more promising students but also to encourage scholarship by organized meetings at conferences and through the publication of its official journal.
