OCTC Phi Theta Kappa Awarded at Regionals

Owensboro, KY (03/30/2018) — Owensboro Community and Technical College's Alpha Xi Gamma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, earned multiple awards at the 2018 Kentucky Regional Phi Theta Kappa Convention held March 23 - 24, 2018 at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College. Phi Theta Kappa is the International Honor Society for two-year colleges and OCTC's chapter has been active since 1988.

The OCTC Chapter was awarded the Outstanding Chapter in Kentucky Award, received third place in the Outstanding Officer Team Award and was runner up for the Honors in Action Project Award. They earned first place for the College Project, which was a project the team developed to increase diversity awareness on OCTC's campuses.

Individual Student Honors were Outstanding Officer first place-Jennifer Campbell and Outstanding Officer third place-Dustin Millay. Dr. Tim Dick, Science faculty and the faculty advisor for Phi Theta Kappa, received the Outstanding Advisor award and Horizon Advisor award.

The 2017-2018 team is made up of OCTC students Naomi Belcher, Jennifer Campbell, Savanna Canary, Elizabeth Krampe, Katarina Mayer, Dustin Millay, Annie Miller, Joseph McBride, and Alex Mindrup all of Owensboro. Faculty advisors are Dr. Tim Dick and Connie Johnson.

The state convention awards allowed the OCTC Chapter to be eligible to compete for awards at the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention to be held in Orlando, Florida, on April 8-10.

Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of the two-year colleges, has recognized academic excellence since 1918. The Society is comprised of more than 1,250 chapters at community, technical and junior colleges in all 50 of the United States, in Canada, Germany, U.S. Territories, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Palau and the British Virgin Islands, making it the largest and most prestigious honor society serving two-year colleges. Membership is based primarily upon academic achievement. The organization offers a myriad of opportunities for scholarships, intellectual enrichment and personal development through programs based on the Society's Hallmarks.