Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Northeast Lakeview College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been chartered
at Northeast Lakeview College in Texas.
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.
Fourteen
Northeast Lakeview College students were inducted as charter members
in a ceremony held on the campus on November 5. Dr. Mary Hood, Texas Regional
Coordinator, served as the Phi Theta Kappa headquarters representative
for the chartering ceremony. James Miller, Fine Arts Instructor, and Andrea
Soriano, Academic Support Specialist, will serve as advisors for the new
Beta Sigma Delta 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 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.
