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 Concord, 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.
Thirty-nine
Heald College students were inducted as charter members in a ceremony held
on the Concord Campus on September 10. Barb Murray, Chapter Relations Manager,
served as the Phi Theta Kappa headquarters representative for the chartering
ceremony. Valerie Price, Director of Student Services, Alfred Badger
and Alissa Duff, Student Services Advisors, will serve as advisors for
the new Beta Sigma Gamma 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.
