Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at College of the Desert
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
has been chartered at College of the Desert in California.
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.
One hundred fifty-nine
College of the Desert students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony
held on campus October 27. Steven Acree, Assistant Professor of Communication/Visual
Arts, and Wendy Hinrichs Sanders, Professor of Early Childhood Education,
will serve as advisors for the new Beta Rho Iota Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
Membership fees for all charter members were paid for by the
college, Acree said.
To receive an invitation to membership
in Phi Theta Kappa students must have completed at least 12 hours of coursework
that may be applied to an associate degree, must generally have a grade point
average of 3.5; and adhere to the standards of the Society.
In
order to charter a chapter of Phi Theta Kappa a college must be a regionally
accredited institution offering associate degree programs.
Members
of Phi Theta Kappa may apply for more than $36 million in transfer scholarships,
provided exclusively to Society members by more than 680 senior institutions.
In addition Phi Theta Kappa offers members numerous opportunities for
participation in honors programs, leadership training, and service to
their communities.
