Dr. Joan Fedor Named International Honorary Member of Phi Theta Kappa

Jackson, MS - Dr. Joan Fedor, longtime advisor, Regional Coordinator and Honors Program Committee Member, was named an International Honorary Member during the Society's 2008 International Convention in Philadelphia.

Dr. Fedor, a longtime faculty member at Highline Community College in Washington, became the charter advisor of the Phi Theta Kappa chapter there and went on to serve as a Regional Coordinator and a member of the Honors Program Committee. Her Phi Theta Kappa chapter racked up impressive wins for its outstanding honors programs, especially for an honors colloquy that became a model throughout the Society.

When Dr. Fedor retired from teaching, she accepted Phi Theta Kappa's invitation to remain on the Honors Committee, and today has served longer than any other current member.

Dr. Fedor and her late husband Bob Fedor were among the first persons to endow Honors Institute Lectures. Because of their generous support, Phi Theta Kappa members have heard lectures from many distinguished presenters, including one of the most popular speakers in Honors Institute history, Arun Gandhi.

"Perhaps more than most, Joan understands exactly what the Honors Institute can mean to students, who have never had the opportunity to travel...whose lives revolve around balancing school and work and family, who had few chances to absorb ideas, for academic debate and discussion - until they were exposed to the Honors Institute," said Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod A Risley in presenting the award.

International Honorary Membership is conferred by vote of Phi Theta Kappa's International Officers.

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, 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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