Two Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Advisors Win 2009 Mosal Awards
Two Phi Theta Kappa chapter advisors have been chosen to receive 2009 Mosal
Awards, which carry stipends of $5,000 each for personal professional
development.
Recipients include Gigi Delk, Tyler Junior College,
Texas and Dan Bailey, Ashland Community and Technical College, Kentucky.
Delk's Mosal Award project is "New Tricks for an Old Programmer:
Teaching in the Gaming and Simulation Development Paradigm." She will
study the interactive entertainment business, particularly video games
and simulations, to evaluate and learn how to use the newest programming
and scripting languages currently being used in the industry with an eye
toward gaining a better understanding of industry trends and teaching
gaming and simulation in her computer science classroom.
Bailey
received his award for a project entitled "Closing the Circle: Tracing
the Footsteps of My Father During World War II." He will travel to Saipan,
Tinian, Okinawa, and Nagasaki to trace the path of the 10th Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division from June 15, 1944, until the end of the occupation of Nagasaki
in 1946. Bailey will conduct terrain walks of the three great battles to
experience the history, culture, language, traditions, and current life
to give context to his studies of the battles of Saipan, Tinian, and Nagasaki
and to broaden his personal horizons.
Mosal Awards were presented
during Phi Theta Kappa's Convention in Grapevine, Texas. The Mosal Awards
are named for the Society's late Executive Director Emeritus, Dr. Margaret
Mosal.
Advisors with at least three years of service prior to
the 2010 Convention may apply for 2010 Mosal Awards. Applications are available
now online at the Phi Theta Kappa website.
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.
