Kyleigh Kinsella walked into her first college classroom in August 2017 at age 16. She had completed homeschooling courses less than a month before and quickly fell in love with the challenges of college classes. Kyleigh began homeschooling when she was in ninth grade. Though she enjoys learning, she had become bored with school and…
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has appointed five college faculty members to serve on its Honors Program Council and help direct its honors programming for the next four years.
The Alpha Sigma Zeta Chapter at Onondaga Community College (OCC) in New York has watched its member acceptance rate increase over the last few years. Chapter advisor Dr. Annie Tuttle attributes this to a few key things, including old-school, in-person communication. Below, she shares what’s working for her chapter. (Editor’s Note: The following was written…
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…
Editor’s Note: This post was written and submitted by Philippe Schicker, International Vice President for Division 4. Last week, Phi Theta Kappa held its annual Honors Institute for members across the country. This year, students got to enjoy general sessions, seminars, and the hunt for knowledge at the beautiful campus of Villanova University. The campus…
During its spring conference, the Indiana Region celebrated a few milestones: At least six chapters increased membership by 5 percent or more, and more students completed Five Star Competitive Edge than in the previous seven years combined. We asked Regional Coordinator Dr. Leo Studach to tell us how the region achieved these highpoints. In both…
Alessandra Chimienti always looked up to people who left their home countries to travel or live abroad and learn a new language, but she never thought she’d be one of them. She grew up in a small town in Puglia, in southern Italy. After earning the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in education with highest…
Dr. Lillie McCain, former advisor to the Alpha Omicron Iota Chapter at Mott Community College in Michigan, has been a driving force behind Phi Theta Kappa’s Leadership Development Studies Program. She was born in Teoc, a small community in Carroll County in the Mississippi Delta. A descendant of slaves owned by the family of Arizona…
Summer is the ideal time for your chapter to start planning its Honors in Action Project. This is an opportunity for you to use real-world problem-solving skills to develop an in-depth, action-oriented project based on your research of a theme of the Honors Study Topic, Transformations: Acknowledging, Assessing, and Achieving Change. Remember: you are studying…