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Omicron Delta Kappa - Fall 2026 Initiation Ceremony and meeting RSVP
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Fri, Nov 6, 2026
5 PM – 6:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
Webb Center, SGA Student Chambers, Room 1302
1301 W 49th St, Norfolk, VA 23508, Norfolk 23529, United States
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Congratulations on your acceptance into Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) – the national leadership honor society! Please be reminded that new members must participate in the ODK @ ODU initiation ceremony. This will be a hybrid ceremony for both campus and distance learning students. Attire is business professional and/or business casual.
To participate in person, please join us Friday, November 6, 2026 from 5:00 – 6:30 PM, Webb University Center, SGA Student Chambers, Room 1302, including a reception to follow.
Parking has been reserved in the VIP Circle at Webb Center, Lot 26 with entry beginning at 4:00 PM.
For new members and speakers, please arrive no later than 4:45 PM to allow time to line up in the hall for the processional, as initiates will sit together in the front of the room.
To participate via zoom, please find the included web conference/zoom link. Please note, participates via Zoom will have a portion to unmute and verbally accept the membership on camera.
For current members, help us welcome our new initiates and volunteer to play an active role in the ceremony! Support our Omicron Delta Kappa circle as we present everyone with the emblems of membership.
Thank you all and we are looking forward to seeing all of your smiling faces!
Sincerely,
Your ODK at ODU Officers
https://odu.zoom.us/my/tcummings114?omn=93360262812
Where
Webb Center, SGA Student Chambers, Room 1302
1301 W 49th St, Norfolk, VA 23508, Norfolk 23529, United States
Speakers
Remica Bingham-Risher
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence and Engagement at ODU
Old Dominion University
Remica Bingham-Risher is an educator, writer, and an in-demand speaker at festivals, libraries, bookstores, colleges and universities. She is a native of Phoenix, Arizona, and is an alumna of Old Dominion University and Bennington College.
She is the author of five books: Conversion, What We Ask of Flesh, Starlight & Error, and Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books and Questions That Grew Me Up. Her most recent book, Room Swept Home, was a finalist for the Library of Virginia Book Award, was chosen as an Honor Poetry Book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), and won the L.A. Times Book Prize.
Her newest project is a book of personal essays, entitled Devotion: Toni Morrison’s Black Dreaming and Our Infinite Love, forthcoming in 2029. She has worked as an educator for more than two decades. For 13 years, she served as the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Director at ODU as well as taught in the English and Women’s Studies programs. Prior to her time here, she served as the Writing Competency Coordinator at Norfolk State University. Currently, she is the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence and Engagement at ODU.