Attending the National Conference and being inducted into Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is one of the biggest student organizations at PVCC. Alpha Epsilon Tau is the official name for PVCC’s chapter. This year, the PTK President Daisy Dudley and all fellow PTK officers, including myself attended the National PTK Catalyst 2022 held at Denver, Colorado. The event started on April 7 and ended on April 9. During the PTK first general session, there were 1,233 chapters present, approximately 350,288 members. There were many great education forums including applying for scholarships, transfer sessions, and starting a college project. 

This year, PVCC hosted the 42nd induction ceremony on April 13 at 3 p.m. 130 new members were inducted this year. President Frank Friedman attended this event to remark on his last year serving as the president of PVCC. 

The guest speaker for the event was Bruce Robinson, a retired information literacy professor and a previous PTK adviser. Robinson made a speech that encouraged students to be more active members in PTK, such as holding an officer position to make PVCC a five-star chapter. In addition, Robinson encouraged all PTK members to attend both PTK regional and national conferences to enrich their knowledge of PTK and use the knowledge that they learned from it to improve their PTK chapter. 

My position in PTK is the vice president of scholarship. My fellow PTK officers and I collaborated to host a scholarship night on April 29, to help both current members and transfer members to apply for PTK scholarships.