Two Phi Theta Kappa Alumnae Receive Truman Scholarships
JACKSON, MS - Phi Theta Kappa alumnae Lalita
D. Booth of Florida and Caraleigh
Holverson of Illinois have been named 2008 Truman
Scholars.
Booth became a member of Phi Theta Kappa
at Seminole Community College in Florida, and now attends the University
of Central Florida where her major is Finance and Accounting.
Holverson
was Vice President for Leadership of her Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Triton
College in Illinois. She is majoring in International Politics at Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C. Holverson was named to the All-USA Academic
First Team in 2005, and was Illinois New Century Scholar.
Truman
Scholarships, named in honor of President Harry Truman, may provide up
to $30,000 for graduate studies. Approximately 80 scholarships are awarded
annually to college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who
are committed to careers in public service.
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.
