Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Goodwin College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
has been chartered at Goodwin College in Connecticut.
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.
Forty-seven Goodwin
College students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held on
campus January 29. Kimberly A. Reese, Assistant Professor of Science,
will serve as advisor for the new Beta Rho Delta 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.
