Texas Advisor Elected Secretary of Society's Association of Chapter Advisors

Jackson, MS - Larry Polk, a Phi Theta Kappa advisor and faculty member at Richland College in Texas, was recently elected to serve as Secretary of the Association of Chapter Advisors (ACA) during the Society's 2008 International Convention in Philadelphia.

The ACA is a non-dues paying organization that meets annually during Convention.
ACA Officers 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. The Officers are also asked to give feedback to the Headquarters Staff on a variety of Society issues and programs. Each ACA Officer serves a three-year term beginning in the position of Secretary then advancing to Vice Chairman and Chairman positions.

Following his one-year term as Secretary, Polk will serve as ACA Vice Chairman and eventually Chairman.

Polk has served the Society as a chapter advisor for 33 years, and served as Advisor Representative on the Board of Directors from 1994-2000. He has served as a Faculty Scholar, presenter for the Chapter Officer Leadership Academy and facilitator for Advisor Roundtable Discussions during the International Convention. Polk is also a certified instructor in the Leadership Development Studies Program. He received the Distinguished Advisor Award in 2007 and also in previous years.

Other 2008-09 ACA Officers are Rob Carey, Pima Community College, Arizona, Chairman; and Paul Roscelli, Canada College, California, Vice Chairman.

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates 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.

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