American Cancer Society to Receive Alliance for Educational Excellence Distinguished Partner Award
The American Cancer Society
is the 2007 recipient of the Alliance for Educational Excellence Distinguished
Partner Award.
The American Cancer Society has worked with
Phi Theta Kappa since 2002, and has provided outstanding resources to educate
members and community college students about the need for an engaged citizenry.
ACS serves as an international resource for information on cancer research
and statistics.
ACS has also recognized Phi Theta Kappa and
its chapters for their efforts in the fight against cancer. Phi Theta Kappa
has twice been named a Top Collegiate Contributor to Relay For Life, the
major fundraising program for ACS.
ACS also supports Phi Theta
Kappa's International Convention, and has been instrumental in securing
such prominent speakers as journalists Linda Ellerbee and Cokie Roberts,
Grammy winner Patti LaBelle and singer and cancer survivor Kevin Sharp.
"Phi
Theta Kappa is pleased to present to the American Cancer Society its highest
honor available to organizations, foundations and corporations," said
Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod Risley, in announcing the award.
Risley
will make the presentation during Phi Theta Kappa's 89th International
Convention, scheduled April 12-14 in Nashville, Tennessee. Accepting
for the American Cancer Society will be Dr. Anna Johnson-Winegar, Chairperson
of the American Cancer Society Board of Directors; Reuel Johnson, National
Vice President of Relay For Life; and Kristen Solt, Vice President for Hope
Lodge, a network of free, temporary housing facilities operated by ACS
for cancer patients undergoing treatment.
Previous recipients
of the Alliance for Educational Excellence Distinguished Partner Award
have included the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the American Association
of Community Colleges and USA TODAY.
