History of The Order of the Gavel

The Order of the Gavel was founded in 1984 by Dr. Sandra Sullivan, the then Vice President of Student Affairs. Dr. Sullivan believed that the division and university should recognize the important contribution of the leaders of the major student organizations by creating a special honor society. There were originally 13 student organizations installed as charter members. The Order was founded as an undergraduate honor society but as time passed and the influence of graduate student organizations grew, there was a groundswell of support to include graduate organizations which were added in the mid nineties. Today there are 25 undergraduate and graduate student members from governance, media, leadership, the corps, and programming organizations.

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