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Emily Davenport Strives To Make Order of Omega More Visible On Campus

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Julianne Grauel Student Contributor, Carnegie Mellon University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CMU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

On a typical day around campus, you can spot an endless supply of greek letters on t-shirts, necklaces, and posters. You know about the panhellenic sororities, the multicultural sororities, the business fraternity but maybe not the greek honor societies. President of Order Omega, Emily Davenport, explains the organization and what it hopes to accomplish in the future. 

HC: What is order of omega?
Order of Omega is a leadership and honor society representing the top 3% of the Greek Community. We recognize juniors and seniors who have exemplified high standards in scholarship and leadership throughout their academic career and who are involved both on campus and off. The Lambda Eta chapter at CMU is one of over 500 nationally recognized Order of Omega chapters.
 
HC: What does Order of Omega do on campus?
 Order of Omega is unique among Greek organizations in that it creates a common forum for the leaders on our campus to discuss issues with our community across Greek lines. We are also working on becoming more involved in the campus community by hosting speakers focusing on personal and career development.
 
HC: Who is eligible to join?
In order to be eligible for Order of Omega a student must be a member in good standing of a Greek organization, an active student with Junior or Senior status and have a GPA within the top 10% of the Greek Community. Our current GPA standard is a 3.25. 
 
HC: How many people are in it right now?
We currently have 33 active members. 
 
HC: Why did you want to be president?
I wanted to make Order of Omega more visible on campus and help it realize its goal of becoming a community forum. I think our current executive board is doing a wonderful job and making great progress. Keep your eyes peeled for our events and speakers on campus soon!

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Julianne Grauel
Julianne Grauel is a sophomore Professional Writing major at Carnegie Mellon University and is originally from the California Bay Area. At Carnegie Mellon she is a peer tutor for writing and an active sister in her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta. This past summer, she interned at Gentry Magazine and hopes to work for a magazine after college. Julianne loves football, sushi, sunshine, and dance parties. She probably consumes far too much Red Mango froyo and can’t get enough of Project Runway. In her free time she likes to travel, watch sports center, take spinning classes and, most of all, shop.