Faculty Advisor Newsletter

Biennial Convention
John R. Commons Award
ODE  Display Booth at ASSA
Invited Student Session at ASSA 
Faculty Reception at ASSA
Academic Year 2007-2008 Fee
Central Office Location
Graduation Cords, Stoles and Medallions
Membership forms

Biennial Convention

The next Biennial Convention will be held in January 2010.

John R. Commons Award

The next award will be made in 2009 and presented at 2010 ASSA meeting.

ODE  Display Booth at ASSA

ODE will again be represented at the annual meeting of ASSA in San Francisco, January 2009.   Please come visit us.

ODE Faculty Advisor Reception

The ODE Faculty Advisor Reception at the ASSA meeting in San Francisco will be annouced when details are finalized.

Invited Student Session at ASSA 

          The ODE Invited Graduate Student Session in San Francisco (January, 2009) will be announced when details are finalized.

Academic Year 2007-2008  Fees

The membership fee for the 2007-2008 academic year is $32.00.  All other prices are as follows.  All gold clad (Kase) jewelry items cost $20.00; 10K gold jewelry items are $140.00. The cost of plaques is now $30.00. For both the jewelry and plaques, the price shown includes shipping. Students can order any of these items online using PayPal.

Central Office Location

Please remember, when mailing materials to the central office, that the office relocated to Hattiesburg, MS in 1998.  We are still getting some materials mailed to our Tuscaloosa address.  The post office will no longer forward the mail.  The Hattiesburg address is:

    ODE
    PO Box 1486
    Hattiesburg, MS  39403

If you would like address labels with the address, please let us know and we will mail them to you.

Graduation Cords, Stoles and Medallions

GRADUATION CORDS
The Central Office has graduation cords (royal and gold) available.  The cost is $10.00 for a set sent to one location.  For multiple cords sent to the same location the prices are:

     2-20    $9.00 each
     > 20    $8.00 each
    

GRADUATION STOLES
Recently, we began offering gold stoles with royal blue screen printing.  On one end of the stole is the ODE key with the word HONORS on the other end.  The cost of the stoles is $15 for one.  For multiple stoles sent to the same address the prices are:

     2-10    $14.00
     > 10    $13.00

GRADUATION MEDALLIONS
The Medallions are bronze with a basel around the outside and the ODE key in the middle.  They are on blue ribbon.  The cost of these is $35.00.

If you would like to order any of these items for your ODE members for graduation, please let us know.   

Membership forms

New membership forms have been printed with the correct prices for dues and for the jewelry and plaques. 

Please destroy all obsolete forms. Use of these forms may result in underpayment, which can delay processing. 

You do not have to use the 2-part form that we provide.  You can go to the website, under forms, and download a form.  The second part of the of the form is for your records, so if you use the web form, just make copies for your file.