Wayne Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter was recognized at the honor society’s recent regional conference.
The Upsilon Chi chapter was awarded the designation of Five Star Chapter, the highest level of achievement for a PTK chapter, at the Spring 2015 Carolinas Regional Conference in Wilmington, N.C.
The Five Star Level acknowledges the chapter’s activities on campus and in the region. PTK chapters mark five levels of engagement that progress from local, campus involvement to regional and international involvement. Chapters are recognized for the highest level in the “Five Star Chapter Plan” for which they completed all requirements in addition to completing and reporting all of the requirements of the levels below that level.
The chapter also received a Carolinas Region Service Project Participation Award and a Carolinas Region Honors in Action Project Participation Award.
Upsilon Chi members Brittany Moorhead of Smithfield and Tony Murphy of Pikeville were named to the PTK Carolinas Region Hall of Honor. Both were graduated from WCC this spring, Moorhead receiving an Associate in Science degree and Murphy earning an Associate in Applied Science in Forest Management.
The chapter’s advisors are Medical and Office Administration Department Chair Vicky Lassiter, Foreign Language Instructor Susana Garcia, and English Instructor Jeanine Callaway.
PTK members represent the top 10 percent of students enrolled in two-year schools. To be invited into the society, WCC students must show academic achievement with a minimum grade point average of 3.5 and have completed at least 16 hours of associate degree course work. They also must demonstrate good citizenship characteristics.
PTK recognizes and encourages scholarship by providing opportunities for the development of leadership and service, an intellectual climate, lively fellowship for scholars, and stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence. Members receive special recognition during their commencement ceremonies and are eligible for transfer scholarships.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, plus Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 134,000 students inducted annually.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,500 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 90 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.