Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Hillsborough Community College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been chartered
on the SouthShore campus of Hillsborough Community College in Ruskin,
Florida.
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.
Nine Hillsborough Community
College students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held on
the SouthShore Campus on March 28. Dr. Craig Hardesty, Assistant Professor
of Mathematics, will serve as advisor for the new Beta Sigma Alpha 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.
