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18 College Presidents to Receive Shirley B. Gordon Award

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) will recognize 18 community college presidents with the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction during PTK Catalyst 2019, the Society’s annual convention, April 4-6 in Orlando, Florida.

Swimming Upstream

Editor’s Note: This post was written and submitted by Won Joon Kang, International Vice President for Division 1. At Kenyon College in 2005, David Foster Wallace began his commencement speech by stating the following: There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who…

New Transfer Scholarship: King University

King University has joined more than 750 four-year colleges and universities in offering a transfer scholarship exclusively to Phi Theta Kappa members. King was founded in 1867 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It is located in Bristol, Tennessee, the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, and sits right on the Virginia-Tennessee state line in…

Williams to Lead Phi Theta Kappa STEM and Workforce Programs

Dr. Johannah B. Williams has been named Associate Vice President of STEM and Workforce Programs at Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK).

Phi Theta Kappa Receives $440,000 Grant from Woodward Hines Education Foundation

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has received a grant of more than $440,000 from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) to fund membership in PTK for more than 6,000 high-achieving students attending Mississippi’s two-year colleges and demonstrating financial need.

I AM PTK: Brandon Green

Brandon Green can think of three times when he almost lost his life to gun violence. Growing up across the South Side of Chicago, moving from “one bad place to another,” he would sometimes find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. But as he got older, he began to understand that his…

New Transfer Scholarship: Ashford University

Ashford University, an online university based in San Diego, California, offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees* — and now Phi Theta Kappa members can save 15 percent on tuition and receive waivers on technology and course materials. Ashford’s technology meets you where you are, letting you research, study, and participate in class from a…

E-Nable: A Guide to Creating 3D-Printed Prosthetics

Editor’s Note: This post was written and submitted by International President Elda Pere. The cost of prosthetics nowadays reaches up to tens of thousands of dollars. As a result, many amputees are forced to live without the means of making their lives easier for this two hands-, two legs-based world. “Project E-Nable” is a movement…

I AM PTK: Natalie Seales

Natalie Seales is wrapping up her first semester at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University near Washington, D.C. She’s a long way from her Mississippi home, but she’s studying in her favorite city in the world, and Phi Theta Kappa helped her get there. Natalie isn’t intimidated by new cities — her…

5 Building Blocks for Transfer Success

Editor’s Note: This post was written and submitted by International Vice President for Division 4, Philippe Schicker. The building blocks to a successful transfer journey are as necessary as vowels are to our language — and as easy to remember. With scholarship deadlines, finals week, and college application deadlines approaching, I am breaking them down…

Phi Theta Kappa/IPSLEI Award 2018 Public Safety Scholarships

Two Phi Theta Kappa members have each received $1,000 scholarships from the International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute (IPSLEI).

Ten Named 2018 Pearson Scholars

Ten Phi Theta Kappa members have received the 2018 Pearson Scholarship for Higher Education and a $5,000 scholarship.