Phi Theta Kappa Appoints Four Regional Coordinators
Jackson, MS - Kay Helms, a speech instructor at Athens Technical College
in Georgia, Charlie Klein, a mathematics instructor at De Anza College
in California; Amy Wolgamott, a speech instructor at Meridian Community
College in Mississippi, and Arshi Nisley, an English instructor at Laramie
County Community College in Wyoming, have been appointed Regional Coordinators
for the Georgia, Nevada/California, Mississippi/Louisiana, and Nebraska/Wyoming
Regions by Phi Theta Kappa's Executive Director, Rod A. Risley.
Each
of Phi Theta Kappa's 29 regions is directed by a Regional Coordinator who
is also an experienced chapter advisor. Regional Coordinators facilitate
the integral relationships among chapters in the region, between Phi Theta
Kappa and the chapters, and between the Society and the two-year colleges
within the region.
Helms, winner of a 2008 Distinguished Advisor
Award, has served as Phi Theta Kappa advisor to the Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter
at Athens Technical College for six years. Klein, an advisor to the Alpha
Sigma Alpha Chapter at De Anza College since 1981, has served as Chairman
of the Association of Chapter Advisors. Wolgamott, who is working on her
Ph.D. in community college leadership, has served as advisor of the Nu Epsilon
Chapter at Meridian Community College since 2004. Nisley, a certified
instructor in Phi Theta Kappa's Leadership Development Studies program,
has served as advisor of the Alpha Omega Zeta Chapter at Laramie County Community
College since 2007.
"Serving as Regional Coordinator provides
significant professional leadership opportunities and significant
exposure for the individual's college," Risley said. "Education leaders
throughout the state will come to respect their leadership ability, as
we have at Phi Theta Kappa. Kay, Charlie, Amy, and Arshi's participation
in Phi Theta Kappa's international conferences and programs will position
their colleges in the educational arena as institutions committed to providing
students and faculty with quality academic programming."
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.
