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.
Two Phi Theta Kappa members have each received $1,000 scholarships from the International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute (IPSLEI).
Ten Phi Theta Kappa members have received the 2018 Pearson Scholarship for Higher Education and a $5,000 scholarship.
Jazmin Garcia, a student at Northeast Texas Community College in Texas, has been named the 2018 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Two Phi Theta Kappa members have each received $1,000 scholarships from Phi Theta Kappa and GEICO.
Boards of Trustees from four colleges were awarded the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Board of Trustees Awards during a luncheon October 26 at the Association of Community College Trustees’ (ACCT) Annual Leadership Congress in New York City.
Siara Wells has been named Staff Accountant at Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Twenty-five Phi Theta Kappa members will have their writing published in the 2018 issue of Phi Theta Kappa’s online literary journal, Nota Bene. Five of the students have received scholarships for their exemplary entries.
One thousand Phi Theta Kappa members will receive a free semester of Cengage Unlimited, a new subscription service for online college course materials, through a partnership with Cengage and PTK that seeks to remove barriers and increase access to learning.
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.
Nearly $200,000 has been awarded to 150 college students nationwide for their selection to the 2018 Coca-Cola Academic Team.