Jackson, Mississippi – Dr. Daniel Phelan, President of Jackson College in Michigan, has been appointed to serve on the Society’s Board of Directors, effective December 9, 2015.

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 2015 Frank Lanza Scholars. Twenty community college students were selected to receive up to $2,500 each for completion of associate degrees.

Phi Theta Kappa is excited to kick off a new year with the introduction of the 2016/2017 Honors Study Topic, How the World Works: Global Perspectives. The topic will serve as the focus of the Honors in Action program for the next two years, January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2017.

Phi Theta Kappa recently recognized staff members who have reached milestone years of service with the honor society during a year-end All-Staff Meeting at the Center for Excellence.

’Tis the season for preparing your Hallmark Award applications. The Honors Study Topic has been explored; extensive research has been conducted; Honors in Action and College Projects have been planned and implemented. You’ve made it to the final step: preparing the submission entry.

Learn more about the latest updates to the ptk.org website.

The candidate application to seek International Office in Phi Theta Kappa is now available and for the first time is an online submission form. The deadline to complete the application is 5 p.m. CT on February 24, 2016.

Recent statewide Community College Completion Corps (C4) events in seven states — Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania  — led 16,156 two-year college students, faculty and staff members, and community college administrators and trustees to sign the pledge to complete their associate degrees or support students in their completion efforts.