Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association Chartered at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
JACKSON, MS - An alumni chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been
chartered at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.
Twenty-one
University of South Florida students were inducted as charter members
of the alumni association in a ceremony held on the Sarasota-Manatee Campus
on October 6, 2009. Student Affairs Coordinator Anne Dobson will serve
as the advisor, and Michelle Reynolds of the Nu Zeta chapter at State College
of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, will serve as the charter president for
the new alumni association of Phi Theta Kappa.
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.
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.
Members of Phi Theta Kappa may apply
for some $37 million in transfer scholarships, provided exclusively to
Society members by approximately 700 senior institutions. In addition
Phi Theta Kappa offers members numerous opportunities for participation
in honors programs, leadership training, and service to their communities.
University-based
Alumni Associations make up more than half of the Society?s 110 alumni associations.
These organizations are well-suited to assist Phi Theta Kappa members
with the transition from community college to university life. They are
also helpful to the University as Phi Theta Kappa alumni members can serve
as ambassadors in recruiting and outreach efforts to potential students.
