Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Heald College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been chartered
at Heald College in Salinas, California.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor
Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor
society in 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.
Forty-five
Heald College students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held
on the Salinas Campus July 31. Charles Klein, Nevada/California Regional
Coordinator, served as the Phi Theta Kappa headquarters representative
for the chartering ceremony. Denise Cook, Counselor and Adriana Mora,
Advisor/Counselor, will serve as advisors for the new Beta Rho Upsilon
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.
