Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at St. Louis Community College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been chartered
on the campus of St. Louis Community College's Wildwood Campus in Missouri.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi,
is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters
on 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.
Twenty-five St. Louis Community College
students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held on the Wildwood
Campus on March 12. Donald Babbitt, Business and Information Technology
Instructor, will serve as advisor for the new Beta Rho Epsilon 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.
