Month: July 2018

Hosted by Melissa Price Panelists: Robin Lowe and Erica Bold

Kathy Urban has been on both the sending and receiving sides of the transfer process — as a transfer counselor at a community college and as a non-traditional student program director at a four-year college. From both sides, it’s clear: completing a bachelor’s degree can be a long, hard road. “The majority of today’s undergraduates…

Rahul Kane has the number “34” tattooed on his chest. It’s a reminder of the amount of money he had in his pocket the day he started working as a graduate teaching assistant at Saint Cloud State University in Minnesota in 2007. It was all he had left. He had come to the United States…

The Upsilon Delta Chapter at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis had been a One Star Chapter for many years. It wasn’t inactive — the chapter consistently offered opportunities to members — but students often faced time constraints that prevented them from taking on larger tasks such as an Honors in Action Project. This changed…

Editor’s Note: This post was written and submitted by Heather Yush, Phi Theta Kappa’s Associate Director of College and Transfer Relations. During PTK Catalyst 2018, we hosted a panel presentation featuring three transfer experts: Kathy Urban, Director of Undergraduate Programs, University of Pennsylvania College of Liberal & Professional Studies Emmett Ingram, Admissions Manager, Columbia University…