Two Community College Faculty Members Appointed to Honors Committee
Dr. Betsy Hertzler of Mesa Community College in Arizona and Professor Paul
Roscelli of Canada College in California have been appointed to Phi Theta
Kappa's Honors Committee as Honors Study Topic Experts. They will serve
two-year terms on the Honors Committee, effective July 2005.
Expertise
in the upcoming Honors Study Topic was considered in the selection of the
committee appointments. The 2006-2008 Honors Study Topic, Gold, God
and Glory: The Global Struggle for Power, will explore the human drive
for power and the multiple dimensions of power.
"We are privileged
to have Dr. Hertzler and Professor Roscelli as members of our Honors Committee,"
said Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod A. Risley. "Their vast teaching
experience in the areas of western civilization, world religions, economics,
accounting and law will be invaluable to the Committee in exploring this
topic, Risley said. "We welcome their expertise as a dedicated Phi Theta
Kappa advisors and as highly respected members of their community college
faculties."
Dr. Hertzler serves as Maricopa District Faculty
Coordinator, Campus Honors Coordinator and member of the history faculty
at Mesa Community College.
An active member of National Collegiate
Honors Council, she has also served as a seminar leader for the Phi Theta
Kappa Honors Institute.
Dr. Hertzler received a B.A. degree
from Washington University, an M.A. degree from the University of New Mexico,
a Master of Counseling degree from Arizona State University and a Ph.D.
in Educational Leadership degree from Northern Arizona University.
Professor
Roscelli serves as an Associate Professor at Canada College and Secretary
of the Academic Senate.
He has served as a seminar leader for
the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Institute and as a presenter for the Nevada/California
Regional Honors Institute. Professor Roscelli is also a member of the Cato
Institute, a non-profit public policy research foundation, and serves
on several college committees.
He received a B.S. degree in
Accounting from San Francisco State University, a J.D. degree from the
University of Santa Clara School of Law and an A.B. degree in Political Economics
from University of California, Berkeley.
The Phi Theta Kappa
Honors Committee,
composed of Phi Theta Kappa regional coordinators, faculty advisors and
consultants, biennially selects the Society's Honors
Study Topic, an interdisciplinary study used by chapters and
colleges as the basis for honors study in colloquies, courses, seminars
and the Honors Satellite
Seminar Series.
The Honors Committee publishes the
Honors Study Topic
Guide, a resource for exploring the Honors Study Topic, and assists
in planning the Society's Faculty
Scholar Conference and Honors
Institute, a weeklong summer conference focusing on the Honors
Study Topic.
Phi Theta
Kappa, the largest honor society for higher education, has more
than 1.5 million members at 1,200 community colleges in all 50 states, U.S.
territories, Canada and Germany.
For more information on the
appointments and Phi Theta Kappa Honors Programs, contact Jennifer
Rogers, Director of Honors Programs at 601.984.3541.
