Jefferson State’s Beta Lambda Delta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society traveled to Denver, Colorado on April 7-9 to participate in the annual PTK Internatonal Convention.
The chapter earned numerous awards, including “First Finalist to the Most Distinguished Chapter Internationally” out of more than 1,300 chapters worldwide.
“Phi Theta Kappa is the official honor society of two-year schools and it is the largest honor society in the world with more than 1,300 chapters,” said Jefferson State’s Shelby-Hoover Campus PTK Advisor Dr. Liesl Harris. “It is an honor to receive any awards during the convention, but for our chapter to achieve this level of success, it is quite an accomplishment.”
The Chapter earned the following awards:
- First Finalist to the Most Distinguished Chapter in Phi Theta Kappa (ranked #2 out of over 1,300 chapters!)
- Distinguished College Project
- Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award
- Distinguished Honors in Actin Project
- Beta Alpha Continued Excellence Award (must be named a Distinguished Chapter for three years in a row–11 chapters received this Award)
- Continued Excellence Award for Advisors–Liesl Harris
- Distinguished Advisor Team–Libby Holmes and Liesl Harris
For more information on Jefferson State’s Phi Theta Kappa chapters, please contact these chapter advisors:
– Jefferson and St. Clair-Pell City Campuses – Matt Boehm, [email protected]
– Shelby-Hoover and Clanton Campuses – Liesl Harris, [email protected]
For more information on Phi Theta Kappa International, please visit www.ptk.org.
