Mississippi Advisor Elected Secretary of Phi Theta Kappa Association of Chapter Advisors
Jackson, MS - Billy Wilson, a Phi Theta Kappa advisor and faculty member
at Holmes Community College - Goodman Campus in Mississippi, was recently
elected to serve as Secretary of the Association of Chapter Advisors (ACA)
during Phi Theta Kappa's 2009 Convention in Grapevine, Texas.
The
ACA is a non-dues paying organization that meets annually during the Convention.
ACA Officers assist in planning the program for the annual ACA meeting and
may be called upon to serve on various committees and act as facilitators
for advisor enrichment. The Officers are also asked to give feedback to
the Headquarters Staff on a variety of Society issues and programs. Each
ACA Officer serves a three-year term beginning in the position of Secretary
then advancing to Vice Chair and Chair positions.
Wilson has
served the Society as a chapter advisor for a total of 16 years, first at Meridian
Community College and then at Holmes Community College for the past five
years. He has recently served as a Faculty Scholar, leading the Advisors
Seminar Group for the Society's last Honors Institute. In 2008 he was named
a Distinguished Advisor and his chapter was recognized as First Runner-up
to the Society's Most Distinguished Chapter in both 2008 and 2009. Wilson
is also a former member of Phi Theta Kappa's Headquarters staff, serving
as Director of Honors Programs.
Other 2009-10 ACA Officers
are Paul Roscelli, Canada College, California, Chair; and Larry Polk,
Richland College, Texas, Vice Chair.
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.
