Press Release

Jackson, MS - Twenty two-year college students have been named to the 23rd annual All-USA Community College Academic Team, honored for their outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership.

Jackson, MS – Professor Velda Arnaud, Business Instructor at Lane Community College in Oregon, has received Phi Theta Kappa’s first Marshall Award, which carries a stipend of $5,000 for personal leadership development. Jane H.

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Jackson, MS - Twenty-five college administrators will be honored with 2013 Distinguished College Administrator Awards, presented by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society during the Annual Convention in San Jose, California, April 4-6.

Jackson, MS – Fifty community college students from the United States, Canada, and the Federated States of Micronesia have been named 2013 New Century Scholars – receiving a total of $100,000 in scholarships.

Jackson, Mississippi - Twenty Phi Theta Kappa members have been selected as 2013 Guistwhite Scholarship recipients and will be recognized and invited to a special reception during Phi Theta Kappa’s Annual Convention in San Jose, California, April 4-6.

Jackson, MS – Middle States Regional Coordinator Pattie Van Atter, Coordinator of Instructional Support Services at the Wilmington Campus of Delaware Tech & Community College, has been chosen as Phi Theta Kappa’s 2013 Board of Directors Alumni Achievement Award winner

Captivating speakers, a cooking class and a tour of antebellum homes were on the agenda as the 2013 Faculty Scholars gathered at Phi Theta Kappa Headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi, to prepare for the

New features coming in February to websites powered by Phi Theta Kappa will make your website login easier to remember, allow you to log in using Facebook and simplify the process of navigating from site to site.

JACKSON, MS – Phi Theta Kappa has chartered a new chapter at Brown Mackie College in Oklahoma City. In a January 5 chartering ceremony held on campus, five students were inducted as charter members of the Beta Upsilon Eta Chapter.

Jackson, MS – Ryan Austin Palmore, Phi Theta Kappa’s 2012-2013 International President and a student at IVY Tech Community College in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been appointed to serve on Phi Theta Kappa’s Board of Directors, Executive Director Dr. Rod Risley has announced.

Twenty-five community college instructors have been selected from among nearly 3,000 chapter advisors to serve as Phi Theta Kappa’s 2013 Faculty Scholars. The scholars were selected through a rigorous application process based

Hagerstown, MD – Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Dr. Rod Risley told the crowd attending Hagerstown Community College's Completion Symposium October 12 that the U.S. has some catching up to do in terms of education and completion.

Jackson, MS - Literary works from 13 Phi Theta Kappa members have been chosen from 809 entries for publication in the 2012 edition of Nota Bene, the Society's honors anthology. Authors of the four most outstanding entries received $3,000 in Nota Bene scholarships.

JACKSON, MS - Ten two-year college students have been named recipients of the 2012 Phi Theta Kappa Hites Transfer Scholarship, receiving a total of $75,000 to assist in the attainment of baccalaureate degrees.

Jackson, MS – Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), with the generous support of CAE Healthcare and L-3 Communications, Inc., have awarded $50,000 in scholarships to the 2012 Frank Lanza Scholars.

Jackson, MS - Professor L. Sauda Smith, Professor Lisa York, and Professor Josephine Fritts have been appointed to Phi Theta Kappa's Honors Program Committee.

A total of 50 Phi Theta Kappa members are among the 60 recipients of the 2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships, the nation's largest private scholarship program.

JACKSON, MS – The International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute (IPSLEI) is partnering with Phi Theta Kappa to establish an endowment for a scholarship to be named in honor of Dr. Richard L.

JACKSON, MS - Dr. E. Ann McGee, President of Seminole State College in Florida and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation Board of Trustees, received a 2012 Fulbright Community College Administrator Seminar Program Award that recently took her to Russia for meetings with higher education administrators to determine opportunities for partnerships with U.S. community colleges.

JACKSON, MS - The Phi Theta Kappa Foundation has named former METI CEO Lou Oberndorf as a member of the Board of Trustees. The Foundation was created to direct the Society's fundraising and development programs.

Jackson, MS – Twenty students have been named to the 22nd annual All-USA Community College Academic Team, honored for their outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. Each team member will receive a $2,500 scholarship.

Jackson, MS – Outgoing Phi Theta Kappa Regional Coordinators Kay Helms, Dr. Nancy Woods and Dr. Dan Houghtaling were honored for their service during the Society’s 2012 Annual Convention April 12-14 in Nashville.

Jackson, MS – Candace Eldridge, a speech communications professor at Collin College and Tarrant County College in Texas, was elected to serve on Phi Theta Kappa’s Alumni Advisory Council during the Society’s 2012 Annual Convention in Nashville April 12-14.

Jackson, MS –Twelve retiring college presidents/campus CEOs were honored with the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award during Phi Theta Kappa's Annual Convention in Nashville  April 12-14.

Jackson, MS – Dr. Liesl Ward Harris, a faculty advisor from Alabama, was elected 2012-2013 Secretary of the Association of Chapter Advisors (ACA) and Kentucky faculty advisor Dan Bailey was re-elected to serve a second term on the Society’s Board of Directors during Phi Theta Kappa's 2012 Annual Convention in Nashville April 12-14.