By 2025-2026 International President Lulu McGowan Imagine walking into a new campus—tall buildings, packed hallways, and unfamiliar faces everywhere. It’s exciting, but also overwhelming. Where do you fit in? As a dual-enrollment student, you already know what it means to push yourself. Balancing high school and college is no small feat. The good news? Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)…
Reporting by Dustin Wunderlich, Yakima Valley College Ambassador David H. Shinn has traveled the world following assignments in Lebanon, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Cameroon, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia. Shinn received three State Department Superior Honor awards for his work, which included responding to famines, enhancing food security, peacekeeping efforts and initiating a public campaign against…
Accepting membership in Phi Theta Kappa helped introvert Zoe Horne break out of her shell and become a leader.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) is recognizing 464 chapters for their efforts to bring life-changing benefits and opportunities of PTK membership to even more students on their campuses in 2021. The Iota Zeta Chapter at Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Booneville Campus in Mississippi saw the highest percentage of eligible students become Phi Theta Kappa…
PTK’s last in-person Catalyst was in 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Since the pandemic started, we’ve been working hard to plan a convention that would fit everyone’s needs…and guess what? We did it! This year, your chapter can attend in-person, virtually, or combine both options for a hybrid experience in our most inclusive PTK Catalyst yet!…
Thank you to everyone who participated in Phi Theta Kappa’s second Scholar Dash 5K! Nearly $50,000 was raised, creating more than 830 Golden Opportunity Scholarships to cover the membership fee for deserving students. It was a fierce competition among PTK’s 29 regions, and three stood out as the top fundraisers: Illinois took the top prize,…
PTK’s Fall Awareness Week is Sept. 20-25, and we have 7 ideas for how you can get involved.
Make inclusion part of your chapter’s mantra and join the 2019-2020 International Officer Team to celebrate PTK Inclusion Day, Thursday, January 30.
As International President James Elliott attended a recent induction and graduation ceremony at Eastern Correctional Institution in Maryland, he was reminded yet again that he is not alone — that both an education and PTK membership can have a profound impact on an inmate’s life.
PTK isn’t just for transfer students! As you recruit new members this fall, make sure you understand how to target career and technical education students in your outreach — and why you should.
Tennessee member Jazzmin Mitchell is heading to Lipscomb University this fall with a full ride — and it wouldn’t have happened without the Golden Opportunity Scholarship.
As you recruit new PTK members this fall, make sure you’re emphasizing diversity and creating an inclusive environment.