Arizona Advisor Elected Secretary of Society's Association of Chapter Advisors
Jackson, MS - Robert Carey, a Phi Theta Kappa advisor and faculty member
at Pima Community College, East Campus, in Tucson, Arizona, was recently
elected to serve as Secretary of the Association
of Chapter Advisors (ACA) during the Society's 2006 International
Convention in Seattle.
The ACA is a non-dues paying
organization that meets annually during convention. ACA officers serve
as liaisons between their fellow advisors and the Phi Theta Kappa International
Headquarters staff. They also assist in planning the program for the annual
ACA meeting, and may be called upon to serve on various committees and act
as facilitators for advisor enrichment during Phi Theta Kappa's annual
International Convention.
Following his one-year term as
Secretary, Carey will serve as ACA Vice Chairman and eventually Chairman.
Carey has served the Society as a chapter advisor for eight years, and is
a certified instructor in the Leadership Development Studies Program.
He has also served as an Honors Institute Seminar Leader and Chapter Officer
Leadership Academy presenter. Carey received the Paragon Award in 2002,
the Giles Award in 2004 and was presented with a Distinguished Advisor Award
during the 2006 International Convention.
"Serving as a Phi
Theta Kappa advisor has been one of my most rewarding
professional
experiences," Carey said. "I am deeply honored to be given this opportunity
to serve my fellow advisors."
Other 2006-07 ACA Officers are
Dan Bailey, Ashland Community and Technical College, Kentucky, Chairman;
and Gigi Delk, Tyler Junior College, Texas, Vice Chairman.
Phi
Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is
the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,200 chapters
on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States,
Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the British Virgin Islands and
U.S. territorial possessions. More than two million students have been
inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students
inducted annually.
