Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Fort Scott Community College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
has been chartered on the campus of Fort Scott Community College's Miami
County Campus in Kansas.
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.
Eleven Fort Scott Community College students
were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held on the Miami County Campus
December 4. Buddy Jo Tanck, Associate Dean of Miami County Campus, and Art
Houser, Social Science Instructor, will serve as advisors for the new Beta
Rho Lambda 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.
