Chapters, Members Recognized as 2005 Honors Case Study Challenge Winners
JACKSON, MS - Two Phi Theta Kappa chapters and two Phi Theta Kappa members
have been chosen as recipients of the 2005 Honors Case Study Challenge Awards.
Each winner will receive a $500 scholarship award, and their winning entries
have been published on USA TODAY's collegiate
website.
Recognized at the 2005 International Convention
in Texas were the Phi Theta Kappa chapters from College of DuPage in Illinois
and Skyline College in California, and members Karen Sue Heywood from Moberly
Area Community College in Missouri, and Christopher Allen Marshall from
Itawamba Community College in Mississippi.
The 2005 Honors
Case Study Challenge entries were based on articles appearing in USA TODAY
relating to the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Study Topic, Popular Culture:
Shaping and Reflecting Who We Are.
The chapter's entry
from College of DuPage, Generation Poker, looked at the new popularity
of poker and its effect on today's youth.
The Skyline chapter's
entry was titled Nutrition Is Not A Fad, and examined the importance
of diet and popular culture's tendency to find humor in obesity. The chapter
also won the Honors Case Study Challenge in 2004.
Heywood's
entry was The Digital Child, which focused on the effectiveness
of technology as a learning tool.
Marshall's entry, The
Emergence of the Documentary, explored the unprecedented impact
of such documentary films as Fahrenheit 9/11 on contemporary society.
The
Honors Case Study Challenge is sponsored annually by Phi Theta Kappa and
USA TODAY. The competition marks a joint effort by Phi Theta Kappa and USA
TODAY to encourage newspaper readership among college students, to provide
opportunities for members to research topics, and to encourage civic awareness
and participation.
Headquartered in Jackson, Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society includes 1,200 chapters on two-year and community
college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany and U.S.
territorial possessions. Approximately 100,000 students are inducted
annually.
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