Complete the Degree Processing Card and take it to the Business Office on the Mays Landing campus, Cape May County Campus or Worthington Atlantic City Campus and pay the $30 degree processing fee by February 19. This deadline MUST be met if you want your name to appear in the newspaper and the commencement program whether or not you participate in commencement. If you have any outstanding obligations to the college, they must be paid before applying for your degree.

After receiving your application, the Enrollment Services staff will complete a degree audit. You will be notified by letter that either your audit is satisfactory pending completion of your spring classes, or your audit is unsatisfactory and directions on how to proceed.

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For those of you who wish to purchase Phi Theta Kappa Graduation Regalia, go here. You wil be required to login to purchase anything.

The Hites Transfer Scholarships, the largest offered by Phi Theta Kappa, were established through a $1 million endowment funded by the Hites Community College Scholarship Foundation and donations from Society constituents. Contributions
are now being accepted for a second $1 million endowment. Visit the online
Press Room for more
information.

“This is the largest scholarship endowment in Phi Theta Kappa’s history, and it could not have come at a better time,” said Dr. Rod A. Risley, Phi Theta Kappa’s Executive Director.

“When the Hites Foundation first came to us, no one could have predicted the economic challenges now facing both students and colleges,” Dr. Risley continued. “The Hites Scholarships will help meet a need that becomes more crucial every day, and because of the Hites Foundation, generations of Phi Theta Kappa members will be able to pursue their educational goals and achieve their dreams.”

Hites Transfer Scholarship Applications must be submitted online by the end of the day of March 1, 2010. Winners will be announced in August.

Only Phi Theta Kappa members may apply for Hites Scholarships. To be eligible, a member must be enrolled in community college through March 2010; have a 3.5 GPA, and must have completed a minimum of 50 semester credits. Complete eligibility information is available online.

Members submit applications online, by using the username and password supplied in an email at the time of their induction – the same username and password required to access CollegeFish.org. Students who do not know their username and password may take the “lost password” link for a replacement.

The application requires advisor certification, two letters of recommendation and a transcript, in addition to short essay answers and a 500-word essay. Visit the Hites Transfer Scholarship webpages to complete an application.

Date: February 9, 2010
Location: Mays Landing D Bldg., D-131
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Special Request: Brainstorm fundraising ideas and present them at the meeting.

Tentative Agenda is as follows:

1. Need alternate Student Government Associate (SGA) Representative

2. Advisor’s Report

3. Treasurer’s Report

4. SGA Report(s)

5. Update on Operation: Healthy Food Bank project

6. Red Cross Blood Drive — need volunteers & donors

7. Fundraiser ideas!

Meeting is rescheduled for Tuesday, February 9th at 12:30 PM in Room D-131.

Please brainstorm fundraising ideas. And if you plan to attend the International Convention, remember to bring in your 75.00 deposits!

Tentative Agenda is as follows:

1. New SGA officer and substitute needed

2. Advisor’s Report

3. Treasurer’s Report

4. SGA Report

5. Update on Operation: Healthy Food Bank project

6. Blood Drive

7. Fundraiser ideas!

Happy New Year! We want to let you know that this year’s Transfer Open House is scheduled for Friday, February 19th from 12-4pm. This program will give students the opportunity to speak with people from the offices of Admission, Financial Aid, Career Services, and Student Life, as well as professors from various academic departments. Students will also be able to tour the campus with a current Emerson student. We would appreciate it very much if you would share this information with any Phi Theta Kappa students who might benefit from the academic programs here at Emerson College.

For registration and directions to campus, please visit our website at http://www.emerson.edu/admission/open_house. If you or your students are unable to attend the Open House, we invite you to visit our campus on another day. You may book an information session and tour online at http://undergraduate.visit.emerson.edu/.

Just a reminder: the deadline for fall term transfer applications is March 1st. Your students may want to start the process now so that their credentials arrive by the deadline date. For their convenience, they can apply online at http://www.emerson.edu/admission/undergraduate/admission/transfer.cfm. Once they have applied, we suggest that they check the status of their application weekly to make sure it is complete: https://interactive.emerson.edu/credcheck.

This program, which reflects the scholarly ideals of Phi Theta Kappa, serves as a blueprint for developing a strong chapter and for earning local, regional, and international recognition. In this program, chapters do not compete against one another. Participation encourages excellence and recognizes progress in the attainment of goals set by the chapter.

Using the Five Star Chapter Development Plan as a guide to success, chapters can enhance their working relationship with the college administration by becoming active on the campus and in the community. On a personal level, involvement in the program will educate chapter members in the importance of deadlines and organizational skills.

The strength of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is determined by the achievements of chapters on the local level. Recognition for these achievements provides reinforcement and encourages a recommitment to chapter goals.

For this achievement, we will recieve the following Recognition:

Local
A letter will be mailed to your college president citing the significance of the chapter’s level of achievement in the Five Star Chapter Development Plan.

Regional
Your Regional Coordinator or a Headquarters representative will present the Five Star Award certificate to your chapter during your region’s annual awards presentation.

International
The names of all chapters participating in the Five Star Chapter Development Plan and their levels of achievement will be featured in the Regions Directory on Phi Theta Kappa’s website. Participating chapters will also be recognized at the International Convention.

The new schedule, following the calendar year rather than extending from Convention to Convention, was adapted after numerous requests from advisors and chapter leaders, said Dean of Academic Affairs and Honors Programs Susan Edwards.

The new Honors Program Guide is now available on the Phi Theta Kappa website. Printed Guides for advisors and chapter presidents have been sent to chapters, along with member benefit brochures, posters and other updated chapter materials.

The Guide outlines ways that chapters may use the Topic and the 10 issues to develop and carry out Honors in Action projects, which combine the Hallmarks of Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship.

Chapters will select an issue, undertake scholarly research to learn more, and use leadership skills to develop a plan of action to make a difference. Through Honors in Action, members will “Learn, Lead and Serve.”

Because all 10 issues include a Service opportunity, the “action” component of Honors in Action, Phi Theta Kappa no longer has a designated International Service Program. Instead of focusing their Service initiatives on only one area, chapters’ Service efforts will stem from their investigation of the Honors Study Topic and will be part of their Honors in Action program.

The 10 issues related to “The Democratization of Information” that are addressed in the Guide include:

1. Definition
2. Technology
3. Individual and Community
4. Language/Communication
5. Education
6. Economy and Business
7. Government and Public Policy
8. The Arts
9. Science
10. History/Future

The Hites Transfer
Scholarships, the largest offered by Phi Theta Kappa, were established
through a $1 million endowment funded by the Hites Community College Scholarship
Foundation and donations from Society constituents. Contributions
are now being accepted for a second $1 million endowment. Visit the online
Press Room for more
information.

“This is the largest scholarship endowment in
Phi Theta Kappa’s history, and it could not have come at a better time,” said
Dr. Rod A. Risley, Phi Theta Kappa’s Executive Director.

“When
the Hites Foundation first came to us, no one could have predicted the economic
challenges now facing both students and colleges,” Dr. Risley continued.
“The Hites Scholarships will help meet a need that becomes more crucial
every day, and because of the Hites Foundation, generations of Phi Theta
Kappa members will be able to pursue their educational goals and achieve
their dreams.”

Hites Transfer Scholarship Applications must
be submitted online by the end of the day of March 1, 2010. Winners will be
announced in August.

Only Phi Theta Kappa members may apply
for Hites Scholarships. To be eligible, a member must be enrolled in community
college through March 2010; have a 3.5 GPA, and must have completed a minimum
of 50 semester credits. Complete eligibility information is available
online.

Members submit applications online, by using the username
and password supplied in an email at the time of their induction – the same
username and password required to access CollegeFish.org. Students who
do not know their username and password may take the “lost password” link
for a replacement.

The application requires advisor certification,
two letters of recommendation and a transcript, in addition to short essay
answers and a 500-word essay. Visit the Hites
Transfer Scholarship webpages to complete an application