Delta Omega Epsilon Explained

The Delta Omega Epsilon Organization (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΔΩΕ) is a professional and honor-based fraternity. ^[1] Delta Omega Epsilon was founded on April 15, 1985, by Richard Pelestri and Sal Leone along with an inaugural class of 25 members at The College of Staten Island in New York City.

Delta Omega Epsilon was the first organization to be chartered at the university and was created to spread knowledge of the civics and its various professions to enhance its local communities.

Membership

, Delta Omega Epsilon has more than 369 members who are civic-minded. Membership is open to any man who meets the requirements, regardless of religion, race, or nationality.

Being primarily a professional organization, Delta Omega Epsilon does not operate nor maintain an organization house as lodging quarters for members nor for any other persons. However, a chapter may maintain rooms for meetings at the discretion of its members.

Officers

The current Executive Board President and CEO is Aaron Calderon of the Eta chapter. The executive board consists of the President, Vice President, Sergeant at Arms, Secretary, Treasurer, Chapter Coordinator, Alumni Coordinator, & Event Coordinator. Following the 2020 ΔΩΕ Executive Board Elections and Constitutional Referendum, the Executive Board was elected to serve 25 year terms expiring on April 15, 2045. Each position has a two term limit. The executive board has been aggressively expanding in select geographic regions to make the organization national by the end of 2023 and international by 2024. ^[2]

History

• On April 15, 1985 at 12:38pm, ^[3] the Delta Omega Epsilon Organization was founded by Richard Pelestri, Sal Leone, and an inaugural class of 25 members at the College of Staten Island, thus constituting the Alpha chapter.
• On September 7, 1995, Seth Meyerson, Joseph Congedo, and an inaugural class of 12 members formed the Beta chapter of Delta Omega Epsilon at the State University of New York at Delhi.
• On September 8, 1996, Chris Delgado and an inaugural class of 6 members formed the Gamma chapter of Delta Omega Epsilon at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
• On November 15, 1998, Ralph Torres and an inaugural class of 7 members formed the Delta chapter of Delta Omega Epsilon at the State University of New York at Cobleskill.
• On February 28, 2002, Mike Mansky, George Mawyin, and an inaugural class of 15 members formed the Epsilon chapter of Delta Omega Epsilon at the State University of New York at Morrisville.
• On November 1, 2002, Dibar Gamboa and an inaugural class of 4 members formed the at-large Zeta chapter of Delta Omega Epsilon in Central New York.
• Andre Lynch and an inaugural class of 4 members formed the Theta chapter of Delta Omega Epsilon at the State University of New York at Canton during the spring of 2011.
• On February 10, 2011, the organization's Phoenix chapter was nationally incorporated by Dibar Gamboa, Ariel Pichardo, and Teru King.

Symbols

The official symbols of the organization are the Phoenix representing rebirth and the bottlenose dolphin representing the organization's roots at The College of Staten Island. Delta Omega Epsilon's colors are sterling silver and black.

Additional symbols include doubloons and key

Flower is the Black Petunia, tree is the California redwood, jewel is the Diamond and the mascot is the Bottlenose dolphin.

The Founding Coordinates of 40° 36′ 0″ N, 74° 9′ 0″ W is of great importance to the organisation and is a core component of essential organisation activities. ^[1]

Activities

The programs of the organization are centered around its mission statement: "To spread knowledge of civic and its various professions to enhance its local communities. Civics for all!"

Chapters

These are the chapters of Delta Omega Epsilon. Chapters at colleges do not require enrollment at the school. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1985		Staten Island, New York	Active
Beta	1995		Delhi, New York	Inactive
Gamma	1996		Oneonta, New York	Inactive
Delta	1998		Cobleskill, New York	Inactive
Epsilon	2002			Inactive
Zeta	2011	Central NY at large	Central New York	Inactive
Eta	2011		Jamaica, Queens, New York	Active
Theta	2012	State University of New York at Canton	Canton, New York	Active
Iota	–2016		Bridgeport, Connecticut	Inactive
Kappa	2017	New York/New Jersey/Maine at large	New York City, New York	Active
Lambda	2021	Utah at large	Salt Lake City, Utah	Active
Mu	2022	Alaska at large	Juneau, Alaska	Active
Nu	2023	Mississippi at large	Jackson, Mississippi	Active
Xi	2024	Iowa at large	Urbandale, Iowa	Active

Notes and References

1. Delta Omega Epsilon Constitution Page 1
2. Delta Omega Epsilon Records Year 35 Page 16
3. History of Delta Omega Epsilon Pages 1 - 6