Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Mississippi Delta Community College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
has been chartered on the Greenville Higher Education Center campus of
Mississippi Delta Community College.
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.
Thirteen Mississippi Delta Community
College students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held on
the Greenville campus December 2. Pamela Venton, Instructional Advisor/Counselor,
and Jorene Pettiet, English Instructor, will serve as advisors for the
new Beta Rho Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
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.
