 | The History of Omega Phi Kappa The Beginning: The story of Omega Phi Kappa began in the summer of 1994 when Travaras Geter, a sophomore at Sacred Heart University, became an orientation leader for the incoming freshman class. During his time as an OL, Travaras met an incoming freshman by the name of Eric A. Wood. It was not until these two men met once again during the school year that they would change the Sacred Heart University community and the nearby town of Bridgeport, Connecticut forever. Male students at Sacred Heart rushed the fraternities that fit their personalities best and in which they had something in common with the other members. Feeling the pressures of a predominately white institution, Eric and Travaras, like many other students, saw a lack of representation from the different cultures, nationalities, and ideas that were a part of the Sacred Heart University community.
The Dreamers : During October of 1995, Travaras shared his idea of starting a new fraternity which quickly caught the attention of Eric. Soon after, Eric approached Travaras, and asked him about the first steps in starting a new fraternity at Sacred Heart University. Both of these men put into ac Unity and Diversity: After the basic framework was complete, Eric and Travaras knew that more men would be needed in order for Omega Phi Kappa to be successful. Finding motivated individuals was not difficult for Eric and Travaras since both were highly social and also involved in many campus activities. The founders adopted Unity, Diversity, and Knowledge as the guiding ideals because these men were closely unified and represented many walks of life including culture, nationality, and ideas.  ROW 1: Lamount Deaderick; Tremaine King; James Thomson; Eric A. Wood; ROW 2: Jorge Rivera; Dennis Lee; Rene Sanchez; Christopher Sherman; ROW 3 Travaras Geter; Carlos Mojica; Lester Sutton; Joel Felicio Founders not shown: Dejuan Brown; Steve Clement; Matt Sauer; Sean Senui |
tion the ideas that flowed from each other’s creative minds. They met in their dormitories a few nights later and went through all the Greek letters in order to decide which could best represent this new fraternity. Finally after much considerations and combinations they choose the 24th, 21th, and 10th letters of the Greek alphabet thus giving Omega Phi Kappa a name. Being the President of UJAMA, Travaras had an understanding of organizational management and student government which aided him in constructing our first constitution. 
