Faculty Win PTK kickball tournament
Photography by Tyler Gaines
Tyler Gaines, staff writer
On a windy Friday afternoon, April 6, PVCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa hosted a kickball tournament at PVCC. Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is an honor society that is prominent in two-year colleges. Internationally, it is considered to be a high honor to be a part of this society.
In addition to the tournament, there were many other games and festivities on tap for the day, including dodgeball, frisbee, capture the flag, tug of war, egg races, sack races, and dizzy izzy.
Food was provided by Mouth Wide Open, a food truck run by PVCC Associate Professor of English Justin Wert. Seating was available on the bleachers near the soccer field across from the Dickinson building for those wanting to just spectate.
“We organize volunteer stuff at the school. We do other projects to keep us at a certain status,” James of PTK said. This happened to be the first year this event took place, and plenty of students and faculty showed up. Everyone gathered around for photos to commemorate the day, and afterwards teams of students and faculty were set up for the kickball tournament.
Among some of the faculty members present were David Lerman, director of student success and retention, Todd Platts, assistant professor of sociology, and Justin Wert, who was manning the food truck. The rules were more or less set up as the game went along to make it more fun and interesting.
The faculty won in a close game, but the ultimate goal at the end of the day was for everyone to get involved and to have fun. The PTK honor society hopes to have more events like this in the future.
