Chapters, Members Recognized as 2008 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 2008 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 2008 International Convention in Philadelphia were the Phi Theta Kappa chapters from Skyline College in California and Arapahoe Community College in Colorado and members Ashley Odell, Manchester Community College, Connecticut and Ryan Knobf, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

The 2008 Honors Case Study Challenge entries were based on articles appearing in USA TODAY relating to the 2006-2008 Phi Theta Kappa Honors Study Topic, The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges, and Consequences.

The chapter's entry from Skyline College, "The Global Struggle for Water," examined the challenge of water sustainability in the future. The chapter also won the Honors Case Study Challenge in 2007.

The Arapahoe chapter's entry was titled "The U.S. and China: Growing Issues of Interdependence," and explored this question of balance between opportunity and caution.

Odell's entry, "The Evolving Role of Women in Higher Education," focused on the roles of women in every aspect of higher education -- from social to classroom.

Knobf's entry, "The Distorted Line Between Patriotism and Faith," scrutinized the ever-blurring line separating church and state in recent current events.

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.

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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