MCC Daily Tribune
Phi Theta Kappa's International Convention Chapter Awards
The Phi Theta Kappa chapter officers and advisors attended Phi Theta Kappa’s Virtual International convention this weekend. I am so please to share the news below with you.
Phi Theta Kappa has over 1200 chapters in the world. The awards below are awarded to chapters who excel in chapter activity in their local and regional community. The officers have to write Hallmark Essays that reflect their accomplishments. The essays are scored by PTK Headquarters staff using rubrics. The students gain valuable research, teamwork, goalsetting, and writing skills.
Distinguished Honors In Action Awards – 50 Chapters received this award
Honors in Action Projects incorporate academic research and analysis, action (service or advocacy), collaboration, and impact. Each project is based on a theme from the 2020/2021 Honors Study Topic, To the Seventh Generation: Inheritance and Legacy.
Alpha Theta Iota Chapter, Monroe Community College
Theme 1 – The Heirs of Our Ways
Bridging the Digital Divide
Distinguished Chapter Award - 27 chapters received this award.
To be considered for a Distinguished Chapter Award, a chapter must submit entries for both the Honors in Action Project and College Project Award. Selection of the Distinguished Chapters is based solely on the written entries for these Hallmark Awards. The scores in each of the two Hallmark categories are equally weighted to determine a chapter’s overall ranking. Awards are presented to the top 10 percent of chapters entering the Honors in Action and College Project categories.
Top 100 chapters. Each chapter's ranking is solely based on its equally-weighted Honors in Action and College Project scores.
Alpha Theta Iota Chapter, Monroe Community College
Distinguished Advisor Award
Advisors are recognized for the significant contributions to the growth of the individual members, service as the chapters advocate on campus, and encouragement of the chapter to be involved locally, regionally, and internationally. The advisor is nominated by the Phi Theta Kappa officers.
Professor Scott Rudd
Phi Theta Kappa Officer Team
Co- Presidents
Sherinne Cauwels and Freshta Masoud
Vice President Team
Julia Babcock
Ahilan Guruparan
Tiffany Harmon
Heonmin Lee
Karen Lewis
Amel Mahi
Maryam Masoud
Zuhra Masoud
Lizette Porter
Amelia Williams
Kari White
Christian Zirbel
Advisor Team: Colleen Caruana, and Scott Rudd
Administrative: Sharon Rappenecker
We are so very proud of them, and we will celebrate all of their accomplishments in the next couple of weeks.
I would like to thank each of you for your support. The collaborative efforts of the Academic Services, Student Services, and the MCC Association provides the chapter with the resources they need to make a difference in the community.
Jodi Oriel
Office of Student Life & Leadership Dev.
04/15/2021