The Shadow
CLIFTON FORGE, Va. (VR) – The Mountain Gateway Community College Alpha Eta Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, recently donated 227 pounds of pet food to the Alleghany Humane Society. The donations were raised by asking the MGCC community to vote for their favorite decorated door – an annual holiday tradition at MGCC sponsored by the PTK Honor Society – with pet food donations. PTK members delivered the food on December 10.
Phi Theta Kappa was established by Missouri two-year college presidents in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society serves to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities of individual growth and development through honors, leadership and service programming. Today, PTK is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1.3 million members and 1,100 chapters located in 50 United States, U.S. territories, Canada, Germany and Japan. In 1929, the American Association of Community Colleges recognized PTK as the official honor society for two-year colleges.
Students eligible for membership in PTK must have completed at least 12 credit hours of coursework in their designated program of study with a minimum GPA of 3.5. Co-advisors for PTK are Lee Anne Bowling and Rachael Thompson. For more information about PTK, contact Lee Anne Bowling at labowling@mgcc.edu or Rachael Thompson at rthompson@mgcc.edu.
