Member Success

Thirty years after graduating from high school, Debra Young stepped onto the Allen Community College campus in Burlingame, Kansas, as a college student.

Phi Theta Kappa alumnus Mark Svensson is hitting the road with his wife Ismini to complete acts of good works in all 50 states.

Phi Theta Kappa members Shaneka and Anthony Langhorne knew they could get more out of life with an education. But an Ivy League education? Something like that wasn't even on their radar. But in the fall, they will both become students at Columbia University.

Phi Theta Kappa member Billy "B.J." Ammons had a secret dream growing up: one day, he would attend a prestigious four-year university. But because he faced many challenges throughout middle and high school, Ammons continued to see this goal for what he felt it was - a secret, and a dream.

The Alpha Kappa Kappa Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa from the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey, recently held a Commit to Complete Signing Day and Community College Completion Corps (C4) Summit. They gathered 219 signatures for completion commitments.

Jacqueline Champs and her 10-year old son made an agreement: If she would go to college, so would he. This week Champs, her son Jacquan and daughter LeToya made another commitment, pledging to complete college, during ceremonies honoring the All-Mississippi Community College Academic Team.

Social advocate, best-selling author and television host Wes Moore will be honored at the Annual Convention in Nashville as Phi Theta Kappa's Distinguished Alumnus for 2012.

Phi Theta Kappa alumnus Wes Moore will appear on the cover of the August 29 issue of Time Magazine as a representative of the new "greatest generation" of young war veterans.