Phi Theta Kappa
wins big

During the last year, Phi Theta Kappa worked hard to keep our chapter in the top 25. At the end of the year, like Britney Spears would say, “Oops We Did It Again.” When went to Austin to find out just how well we performed, we were proud to be Alpha Zeta Eta, North Lake's Chapter of Phi theta Kappa.

We went to Austin for our Regional Convention and received several awards. The first award was and Honorable Mention for our yearbook. Dr Yolanda Romero, our advisor, was given the Coordinators Award, Debra Jenson was entered into the Hall of Honor and we were named a Texas Top Chapter, putting us in the top 15 out of 85 chapters.

The international competition was held in Seattle, where we competed against 1284 chapters. While the team was there, the Phi Theta Kappa International Headquarters released the new initiatives for the next two years. Our honor study topic is, “Gold, Gods, and Glory - The Global Dynamics of Power.” For the next two years we will explore the effect of power.

We also learned of our new service project, “Operation Green: Improving Our Community.” This project allows us to form a relationship with Keep America Beautiful, concentrating on cleaning up our community and educating them on how to have a better city through beautification.

While in Seattle, we really wanted to know how we measured up to all of the other chapters that had been working hard all year. Our first win was in the category of “Service.” We won one of only 30 awards given to a chapter of service. Throughout the night we would stand up over and over to yell for Texas, our own Team Alpha Zeta Eta and our Officers. Debra Jenson won Distinguished Chapter President, William Videtto won the Advisors Paragon Award, Aaron Van Audenhove won Distinguished Chapter Officer Award, Lisa Boone- Arellano won Distinguished Regional Officer award and Alpha Zeta Eta won the Distinguished Chapter Award, putting our chapter in the top 25 internationally.

Alpha Zeta Eta, as you can see, is a powerful chapter. We would love for you to join. To qualify all you need is a 3.5 GPA and 12 credit hours. We have orientation dates in the fall. If you would like to be inducted into the International Honor Society, we will put signs up all around campus to tell you when and where meetings will occur. If you would like more information we meet 4:30 every Friday in A206.

You don't have to be a member to help in our activities. Phi Theta Kappa has many transfer scholarships so if you are thinking of transferring to a four year college this is the place to be.

— Vicki Riley is the president of Phi Theta Kappa.