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Bower Foundation Partners with Phi Theta Kappa to Strengthen Mississippi’s Healthcare Workforce

Mississippi is benefiting from a new partnership between Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) and the Bower Foundation. The partnership aims to help hardworking, high-achieving Mississippi community college students complete their degrees in nursing and allied health fields. The initiative, funded by the Bower Foundation, provides PTK member scholarships to 600 students across the state.

Phi Theta Kappa Publishes Third Student Leadership Journal

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has published Change Makers: Phi Theta Kappa Journal of Student Leadership, the first journal showcasing leadership among community college students. View the 2022 issue here.

Phi Theta Kappa Publishes Sixth Undergraduate Research Journal

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) has published academic research conducted at by students at 18 colleges in the sixth edition of Civic Scholar.

95 Chapters to Receive Fall 2023 Honors in Action Grants

Honors in Action combines academic research, problem solving, and action-oriented service to address real-world challenges in our communities. Developed to support student engagement in Honors in Action programming, the Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Grant helps bridge the financial gap between ideas and action. Honors in Action grants offer chapters a chance to request…

Michael Rodriguez Receives PTK’s 2023 Presidential Scholarship

Michael Rodriguez, recent graduate of Hillsborough Community College in Florida, has received the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) President’s Award for Leadership Excellence, a two-year transfer scholarship of up to $30,000 each academic year. He served as PTK’s 2022-2023 International Vice President of Division II, one of the highest leadership positions in the organization. “As an…

36 Chapters to Receive Spring 2023 Honors in Action Grants

Honors in Action combines academic research, problem solving, and action-oriented service to address real-world challenges in our communities. Developed to support student engagement in Honors in Action programming, the Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Grant helps bridge the financial gap between ideas and action. Honors in Action grants offer chapters a chance to request…

Blakeway to Serve on Phi Theta Kappa Board of Directors

Liam Blakeway, a student at Lone Star College-Cyfair in Texas, has been named Student Representative to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) Board of Directors. Blakeway graduated with an associate of science degree from Lone Star College in May 2023 and is now taking additional classes in education at the college. While his initial…

Phi Theta Kappa Recognizes 208 Colleges for Exemplary Transfer Pathways

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 208 colleges and universities to its 2023 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support community college transfer students. The Transfer Honor Roll is determined by 40 key metrics related to the support and success of transfer students, including college cost…

90% of Jack Kent Cooke Scholars are PTK Members

We are thrilled to congratulate the 2023 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars! Sixty high-achieving community college students received the prestigious scholarship this year, and 54 JKC scholarship winners are Phi Theta Kappa members! Presented by The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF), this highly competitive national transfer scholarship awards students up to $55,000 a year to complete…

Yasuda Selected as Phi Theta Kappa’s 2023 Founders Medal Award Recipient

Maverick Yasuda, a student at Waipahu High School Early College and Leeward Community College in Hawaii, has been named the 2023 Founders Medal Award recipient. Yasuda received a $1,000 scholarship and the 2023 Founders Medal Medallion at the commencement ceremony for Leeward Community College last Friday, May 12. This award recognizes one graduating PTK member…

Cengage, Phi Theta Kappa and American Association of Community Colleges Award $100K in Scholarships to the Nation’s Top Community College Students

BOSTON and JACKSON, Miss. – April 3, 2023 – Twenty of the nation’s top college students have been named to the 2023 All-USA Academic Team and will each receive a $5,000 scholarship. Students were selected for their intellectual rigor, academic achievement, leadership, and civic growth, and for extending their educational experiences to better themselves, their…

Six College Presidents to Receive Shirley B. Gordon Award

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) will recognize six college presidents with the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction during PTK Catalyst 2023, the Society’s annual convention in Columbus, Ohio, April 20-22. To be eligible for this award, college presidents and CEOs must have served in their role for at least five years. Recipients are…