Ivy Tech Kokomo and Logansport Phi Theta Kappa chapters earn regional awards

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Last Updated on March 26, 2018 by cassnetwork

KOKOMO, Ind. — The Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Service Area Phi Theta Kappa chapters, Alpha Phi Pi (APP, Kokomo) and Beta Gamma Zeta (BGZ, Logansport), and their members earned several awards and honors at the honor society’s annual Indiana Region Convention held recently in Terre Haute.

Alpha Phi Pi received five awards: Most Outstanding Chapter; Outstanding College Project (Faculty and Staff Appreciation); Outstanding Honors in Action Project; Continued Excellence Award (three years in a row, 5 Star); and College Project and Honors in Action Project recognitions. Member Adam Bird received the Most Outstanding Chapter officer Award.

Beta Gamma Zeta also was honored with five chapter awards: Most Distinguished College Project, College Project and Honors in Action Project recognitions, The Continued Excellence Award as a 5-Star Chapter for the sixth year in a row, and the Most Outstanding Chapter Officer Team. Member awards went to Olivia Iles, Most Distinguished Chapter Member; Carrie Sherer, the Susan L. Jackson Award; and Carrie Sherer and Kyaw Thu, the Spiess Scholarship.

Sherer, a past president of the BGZ chapter, served as president of Phi Theta Kappa’s Indiana Region Executive Board for 2017-18 and BGZ member Elizabeth Humphrey served as the region board’s secretary-treasturer. Leo L. Studach, associate professor of science and chair of the General Studies program for Ivy Tech Kokomo who serves as advisor to the BGZ chapter, is Indiana regional coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa. Amber Williams, associate professor of psychology and advisor to the APP chapter, is a member of the organization’s Indiana Advisory Committee.

Jim Montgomery, president of APP chapter, and Sherer are both candidates for international offices at Phi Theta Kappa’s 2018 international convention April 19-21 in Kansas City, Mo. Montgomery is running for the position of international president and Sherer is seeking the vice presidency of the organization’s International Division III, which includes 318 chapter from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Wisconsin.

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been recognizing and encouraging excellence among community colleges since it was founded in 1918. Today, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in higher education with more than three million members and 1,275 chapters located in 50 states, U.S. territories, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, United Arab Emirates, and the Republic of Palau. The recognition and scholarship opportunities that Phi Theta Kappa brings to an institution, its faculty advisors, and most importantly to its student members are unparalleled by any other student organization.

SOURCE: News release from Ivy Tech Community College

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