Omicron Delta Epsilon Alpha Chapter celebrates academic excellence in economics with latest cohort of faculty and students.

 

Faculty advisors and ODE members Dr. Claret Ruane, Professor of Economics at the UOG School of Business and Public Administration (SBPA) and Dr. Kuan-Ju Chen, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the UOG College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS) delivered welcoming remarks.

They were joined by ODE officers Christian Valencia, ODE President and Assistant Economist at the Guam Department of Labor and Celia Anderson, ODE Vice President and Financial Analyst at the Guam Economic and Development Authority.

Six new members inducted

The new inductees included one faculty member and five students:

• Dr. Kenneth Choie, Professor of Practice in Businesses at SBPA.
• Sean McManus, BBA, General Pathway
• Keana Mesubed, BBA, General Pathway
• Troy Santos, BBA, Professional Pathway in Finance and Economics
• Jasmine Quichocho, BBA, Professional Pathway in Finance and Economics
• Charles DeSpain, BBA, Professional Pathway in Finance and Economics and President of the Triton Investments student organization

McManus, Mesubed, and Santos will be graduating from UOG later this month.

“This year’s induction reflects the continued momentum of the ODE-UOG chapter in fostering academic excellence and professional development in economics.,” said Ruane. “With these new members joining a growing network of accomplished scholars and professionals, ODE-UOG strengthens its role as a hub for economic inquiry and leadership within the region.”

This year’s induction ceremony was followed by a dinner reception sponsored by SBPA’s ICBEIT annual international conference series. During the ceremony, Ruane recognized existing ODE members in attendance and other guests before presenting the achievements of the ODE-UOG Chapter this current academic year, which included hosting three international conferences and seminars:

• International Seminar on Sustainable Agriculture, August 24-26, 2024
• SBPA’s 19th annual International Conference on Business, Economics and Information Technology (ICBEIT) in Mactan, Cebu on March 22-23, 2025
• International Agribusiness Symposium, April 9, 2025
  
  

About Omicron Delta Epsilon

The Omicron Delta Epsilon UOG chapter was chartered in April 2019 and now has 53 members. It takes pride in being a selective honor society in the study of economics and in its members being accepted to graduate programs at Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Economics, Georgetown University, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Ritsumeikan University in Japan, De La Salle University–Manila in the Philippines, and the UOG Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) program. Its main objectives include:

• Conferring distinction for high scholastic achievement in economics;
• Stimulating and promote student interest in all aspects of economics; and
• Pursuing economic research that is relevant, ethical and impactful to the profession and/or to the local community as consistent with UOG’s land grant mission.