The Mu Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Kansas City Kansas Community College has been recognized as a 2021 REACH Chapter.
The REACH (Recognizing Excellence in Acceptance and Completion with Honors) Awards program recognizes Phi Theta Kappa chapters that excel in membership development and recruitment campaigns.
The program rewards chapters for maintaining or increasing their membership acceptance rate by 15 percent or higher during the 2020 calendar year. As part of the recognition, KCKCC will receive three Phi Theta Kappa graduation stoles, which can be distributed to chapter officers or members to be worn during graduation. The Mu Delta Chapter was one of 28 in the state of Kansas to be recognized this year.
“In light of COVID and having fewer Phi Theta Kappa students on campus, I was shook,” said Dr. Stacy Tucker, director of the Honors Education Program – Phi Theta Kappa at KCKCC of the recognition. “It is an honor to be a chapter that was named among the 1,081 chapters listed as a REACH Chapter.”
PTK is an international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs. It also includes associate degree-granting programs offered by four-year college. To be eligible for membership, students must have completed at least 12 hours of associate degree course work with at least a 3.5 grade point average.
Tucker said PTK offers a variety of benefits for students including transfer scholarships, an official PTK seal on a student’s diploma, notation of PTK membership on a student’s transcript, recommendations for college and job applications and having the privilege of wearing a PTK gold stole and tassel at graduation. In addition, once students are a member of PTK, they are always a member.
“In Fall 2020, our chapter decided to offer membership applications online, so students could join PTK without coming to campus,” she said. “This application also gave students the ability to learn more about Phi Theta Kappa.”
For more information about Phi Theta Kappa, visit www.ptk.org.
- From Kelly Rogge, KCKCC public relations manager