The ASU-Mountain Home chapter, Beta Iota Epsilon, of the international honors society Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), recently brought home multiple awards at a regional convention. The event took place March 1-2 on the campus of the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.
Receiving the awards on behalf of the chapter were advisors Dr. Cynthia Crisel and Dr. Rebecca Baird, and chapter members Cole Taylor, Kelly Baker and Jude Dillon.
The ASU-Mountain Home PTK chapter was named a Five-Star Chapter, in addition to being awarded a Certificate of Distinction for being a top five Distinguished Chapter. The chapter also received a Certificate of Merit for a top five College Project; a Certificate of Merit awarded for second place in Honors in Action Theme 2; Mark Newsom won second place as Distinguished Chapter Member; second place Certificate of Merit was awarded to Dr. Crisel and Dr. Baird for Distinguished Chapter Advisor Team; Dr. Baird was awarded the Most Distinguished Advisor award; and the chapter was awarded the Most Distinguished Chapter Officer Team award.
The attending members also competed in the PTK Quiz Bowl and won every round against the other chapters, only going down in the final round against the advisor challenge team by one question.
Chapter advisor Dr. Baird stated, “Our marvelous students brought home several awards that demonstrate their commitment to scholarship, leadership, fellowship and service. We were so happy to have them recognized for their Honors in Action project. The project focused on ‘play’ and integrated our new baseball team’s information into that project. Without play, you can’t study. Playing to learn is a huge field in education – you enjoy learning when you play to learn. These students work together and are passionate about what they embrace. They choose their topics and choose what they want to work on. When they do that, they bring their whole game.”
Chapter advisor Dr. Crisel added, “These are just exceptional students. Half of the excitement is knowing how hard they worked this year.”
ASU-Mountain Home Chancellor Dr. Bentley Wallace congratulated the students and sponsors by adding, “The results from the regional Phi Theta Kappa conference highlight, once again, the amazing scholarly work being done by students at ASUMH.”
Phi Theta Kappa is an academic honors organization for students in two-year colleges. The purpose of the organization is the advancement of scholastic effort and rewarding of academic merit among college students. Membership is by invitation in accordance with local chapter by-laws and to be considered, a student must have accumulated 12 semester hours with at least a 3.50 GPA.
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