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3 Things That Surprised Me About Honors Institute

Colorado member Mariah Mayhugh blogs about her first Honors Institute, sharing some of her favorite experiences and the three things that surprised her most about the event.

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PTK Appoints Torrence to Presidential Advisory Board

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named Dr. Michael Torrence, president of Motlow State Community College in Tennessee, to its Presidential Advisory Board.

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I AM PTK: Mouhamad Diallo

As Iowa alumnus Mouhamad S. Diallo prepares to start graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley this fall, he shares how community college readied him to attend the selective school.

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PTK Appoints Godwin to Presidential Advisory Board

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named Dr. Angeline Godwin, president of Patrick Henry Community College in Virginia, to its Presidential Advisory Board.

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PTK Appoints Staats to Presidential Advisory Board

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named Dr. Raymond Staats, president of Craven Community College in North Carolina, to its Presidential Advisory Board.

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Podcast Features PTK, Two Members

Check out this podcast from Hudson County Community College about Phi Theta Kappa and featuring two inspiring members.

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15 Nursing Majors Receive Hurst Review NCLEX Scholarships

Fifteen Phi Theta Kappa members have been awarded Hurst Review NCLEX® Scholarships to help cover the cost of NCLEX exam fees and study materials.

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5 Ways to Promote Your Chapter

Trying to recruit more members? The Five Star Advisor Plan offers multiple sessions on marketing your chapter and building relationships, including these five tips.

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Why Five Star? We’ve Got 5 Reasons

Just as a five-star restaurant review conveys excellence, so does the Five Star Chapter Plan.

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Phi Theta Kappa Publishes Community College Research Journal

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has published academic research conducted by students at 16 community colleges in Civic Scholar: Phi Theta Kappa Journal of Undergraduate Research.

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Meet Honors Institute Speaker Erica Kodish

Television writer and showrunner Erica Shelton Kodish shares the challenges she has faced as a woman in the ever-transforming entertainment business and offers her advice for breaking into the industry.

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5 Reasons to Recruit PTK Members This Summer

Many of your students may have graduated, but thousands will enroll in classes this summer, giving you a new crop of prospective members to recruit.

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Meet Honors Institute Speaker Sue Reynolds

In 2012, Sue Reynolds was morbidly obese — she couldn’t tie her own shoes. She started yet another diet; this time, it stuck. Combined with exercise, she lost more than 100 pounds the first year.

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New Transfer Scholarship: Sierra Nevada University

Sierra Nevada College (SNC) is Nevada’s only accredited, private, four-year institution, and it’s located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the shores of Lake Tahoe. It’s also the only four-year college in Nevada to offer a Phi Theta Kappa transfer scholarship.

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After Typhoon, Northern Marianas Chapter Sees Record Growth

In late October 2018, the Northern Marianas Islands were slammed head-on by Super Typhoon Yutu. Meteorologists said it was “Earth’s strongest storm of 2018,” with maximum sustained winds of about 180 miles per hour — so strong, in fact, that instruments measuring the winds gave out.

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Elliott to Serve on Phi Theta Kappa Board of Directors

James Elliott, a student at Delaware Technical Community College, has been named student representative to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Board of Directors.

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Meet Honors Institute Speaker Crystal Chissell

Project Drawdown is a research and communication organization offering 100+ solutions to reverse global warming. It also produced the best-selling environmental book of 2017, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.

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Meet the 2019 Most Distinguished Chapter

The Alpha Epsilon Phi Chapter from Bergen Community College in New Jersey has racked up numerous Hallmark Awards over the last several years, but at PTK Catalyst 2019, it took the top prize: Most Distinguished Chapter.