Ms Josephine Kibe, a former lecturer and administrator at the University was admitted into the Gamma Chapter (New York) of the Omicron Delta Epsilon, which is an International Honors Society in Economics. She was admitted in recognition of her high scholastic achievement in the field of economics.
The Omicron Delta Epsilon is one of the world’s largest academic honor societies and was created through the merger of two honor societies, Omicron Delta Gamma and Omicron Chi Epsilon. Omicron Delta Gamma (The Order of the Artus) was founded in 1915 by John R. Commons of University of Wisconsin and Frank Taussig of Harvard University. Omicron Chi Epsilon was founded in 1955 by Alan A. Brown while he was a student at City College of New York.
The objectives of the Omicron Delta Epsilon are:
1. The recognition of scholastic attainment and the honoring of outstanding achievements in economics
2. The establishment of closer ties between students and faculty in economics within colleges and universities and among colleges and universities
3. The publication if its official journal, ‘The American Economist’
4. The Sponsoring of panels at professional meetings as well as the Irving Fisher and Frank W. Taussig competitions
Ms Kibe is currently pursuing a PhD in Economics at Fordham University in New York, USA. She was the first Executive Programs Director at the Business School. She also taught Economics and Management in the School of Accountancy.