Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical Campus
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been chartered
at Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical Campus in Red Wing.
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.
Thirteen Minnesota State College students
were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held on the Southeast Technical
Campus on April 13. Christopher Stout, History instructor, will serve
as advisor for the new Beta Rho Mu 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.
