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Phi Theta Kappa welcomes its newest members
Phi Theta Kappa is now allowing part-time students to be members.
By Erika Lambreton
Last update: 5/17/06 at 8:20 AM CST
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Potential members who cannot afford the $65 lifetime membersh" SRC="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1010/thumbs/t_43ebda186ca82-38-1.jpg" target=new>The induction ceremony for the Beta Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of McAllister Fine Arts Center.
Phi Theta Kappa is an international community college scholastic honor society.
A total of 245 students are expected to be inducted.
For the first time this semester, membership is open to students enrolled in six semester hours. They must have accumulated at least 12 hours of college-level courses with a grade-point average of 3.5.
The chapter decided to include part-time students because chapters at other colleges in the Alamo Community College District allow part-time students.
The international organization has no rules excluding part-time students as members.
At the end of each semester, counselors print labels for students whose grades qualify them for membership, and Phi Theta Kappa sends letters inviting them to join.
On average, about 250 letters of invitation had been sent per semester, said Jeff Hunt chair of the theater and speech communication department.
Since deciding to open the society to part-time students, Phi Theta Kappa sent more than 1,400 letters to potential members.
The campus chapter has about 600 members, he said. They must maintain a 3.0 average.
The chapter expects to have Arthur Vargas, president of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, speak at the induction.
Others participating in the program will be college President Robert Zeigler and Executive Vice President Thomas Hoy and chapter officers.
Phi Theta Kappa was established in 1918: however, this college's Beta Nu Chapter was founded in 1932.
Members can participate in on-campus activities that include voter awareness campaigns and cancer awareness activities.
A new program has also been started, Bid for Cancer, in which members or students can donate items to be sold on e-Bay with proceeds going to the American Cancer Association.
The organization's president is business sophomore Pedro Ledezma, who has been a member since fall 2004.
"Its been fun and crazy, but (I've) met a lot of new friends, not just here but regionally and internationally," he said.
For more information, call Jeff Hunt at 733-2715 or e-mail jehunt@accd.edu.
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