Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) will recognize 28 college presidents with the Paragon Award for New Presidents during PTK Catalyst 2023, the Society’s annual convention in Columbus, Ohio, April 20-22. To be eligible for this award, college presidents and CEOs are new in their role having served less than 3 years. Recipients are nominated…
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) is recognizing 294 chapters for their efforts to bring life-changing benefits and opportunities of PTK membership to even more students on their campuses in 2022. The Beta Delta Chi Chapter at Cabarrus College of Health Sciences’ Concord Campus in North Carolina saw the highest percentage of eligible students become Phi…
Twenty-four Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) members will have their writing published in the 28th editition of PTK’s literary journal, Nota Bene. Six will receive scholarships for their exemplary entries.
Nota Bene showcases the outstanding writing of community college students. More than 800 entries were submitted to the 2022 competition.
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) has published academic research conducted at by students at 18 colleges in the 2022 edition of Civic Scholar.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has published Change Makers: Phi Theta Kappa Journal of Student Leadership, the first journal showcasing leadership among community college students. View the 2022 issue here.
Honors in Action combines academic research, problem solving, and action-oriented service to address real-world challenges in our communities. Developed to support student engagement in Honors in Action programming, the Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Grant helps bridge the financial gap between ideas and action. This year, thanks to the generous donation of The Andrew…
Keziah Ancheta, from Waipahu High School Early College in Hawai’i, and Dayriana Sanders, from Arapahoe Community College in Colorado, have been named Student Representatives to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) Board of Directors. A dually enrolled student, Keziah is a senior in high school and will graduate with her Associate in Arts Degree…
Taylor Fukunaga, recent graduate of Waipahu High School Early College in Hawaii, has received the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) President’s Award for Leadership Excellence, a two-year transfer scholarship of up to $30,000 each academic year. Taylor served as PTK’s 2021-2022 International Vice President of Division IV, one of the highest leadership positions in the organization,…
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) President and CEO, Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner, has been appointed to serve on the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) Board of Directors. The AACC is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community colleges, representing more than 1,000 two-year, associate degree-granting institutions and nearly 10.3 million credit and non-credit students….
Kelly Givens, a student at John Tyler Community College, has been named the 2022 Founders Medal Award recipient. Givens will receive the award from Phi Theta Kappa CEO Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner at her graduation ceremony on May 13, 2022. This award recognizes one graduating PTK member who has best expressed the value of a community…
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 171 colleges and universities to its 2022 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support transfer students. The Transfer Honor Roll is determined by 40 key metrics related to the support and success of transfer students, including college cost and financial…
Growing up in Mulvane, Kansas, Phi Theta Kappa alumna Danielle Rourke had been a gamer since she was a little girl. “I loved it and wanted others to like it with me, especially other girls, but at the time it was predominantly a boy’s activity,” she said. But now working for multinational technology company Dell…