![]() They were all presented with cardigan sweaters as part of the ceremony, which they donned briefly before changing into military-style fatigues for the second half of the event: the step show. Two more ONU students Nichal Johnson, a junior finance major, and Gerald Harris, a junior marketing major, joined Omega Psi Phi last year, and in fact, it was Johnson who initiated the drive to connect ONU with the fraternity. Eventually, ONU hopes to have enough interested students to form a full chapter of its own.Īt the event on campus, two Omegas from ONU Holton Watson, BSBA ’20, and Yishaq Watson, a junior accounting major, joined three initiates from the University of Toledo, and one each from BGSU and Tiffin. ![]() ONU is part of a cluster with Bowling Green State University, Tiffin University, the University of Findlay and the University of Toledo. Clusters are a regional chapters that serve students from a group of colleges and universities that share geographical proximity. While the University offers numerous clubs and organization for cultural representation such as the Black Student Union, Asian American Student Union and Latino Student Union, a social fraternity with its own housing increases the level of identity and inclusion for students who would wish to join, in accordance with Omega Psi Phi’s motto: “friendship is essential to the soul.”Ĭurrently, ONU’s relationship with the fraternity is as a member institution of what is known as a cluster. Omega Psi Phi holds the distinction of being the first Greek organization to be founded at an HBCU (historically black college or university) when it began at Howard University in 1911.Īdding Omega Psi Phi to ONU’s existing Greek organizations is seen as another step in enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion on campus. The sororities include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta and Sigma Gamma Rho. ![]() The fraternities that comprise the Divine Nine are Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma and Iota Phi Theta. They constantly want to know if we have any chapters,” says Holton Watson, assistant director of multicultural development. It’s something that I get asked about a lot from high school students and athletic recruits. Ohio Northern University’s Affinity Commons was awash in royal purple and old gold on Sunday, March 27, when the men of Omega Psi Phi - one of the historically African American fraternities and sororities that make up the “Divine Nine” - held a yard show on campus to initiate new members and announce their intention of forming a full chapter on campus. ![]() Students lead effort to bring a “Divine Nine” fraternity to campus. ![]()
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