Phi Theta Kappa History

Trace the history of the Society's national and international events and initiatives with the Phi Theta Kappa History. Learn where the first Convention was held and trace the locations and hosts of past Conventions through the present. Find out what the Honors Study Topic was at the first Honors Institute in 1968 and trace them through the present Honors Study Topic and Institute. See the International Service Programs Phi Theta Kappa has taken on since the first one in 1984. Read about the National and International Presidents, starting with the first president, Ruth Barnard, in 1929.

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