Chapter Awards
Honors in Action, Theme 3: Quests of Human Expression
Beta Beta Tau, Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Honors in Action, Theme 4: Exploring the Natural Environment
Alpha Rho Omega, South Georgia State College
Honors in Action, Theme 7: Health and Medicine as Frontiers
Alpha Psi Omicron, Georgia Highlands College
Distinguished Honors in Action Project
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Distinguished College Project
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Distinguished Chapter Award
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Distinguished Chapter Officer Team
Kappa Sigma
South Georgia State College
Member, Officer, and Advisor Awards
Distinguished Chapter Officer
Janet Walker
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Distinguished Chapter Officer
Shane Kiral
Beta Sigma Sigma
Georgia Military College
Regional Awards
Georgia Distinguished Administrator
Dr. Renva Watterson
Alpha Psi Omicron
Georgia Highlands College
Georgia Distinguished Administrator
Dr. Cynthia Evers
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Georgia Distinguished Alumnus
Curtis Todd
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Georgia Hall of Honor
Shelby Joji
Alpha Chi Delta
Augusta Technical College
Georgia Hall of Honor
Samuel Yeomans
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Sarah Anne Staples Award
Janet Walker
Beta Beta Tau
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Horizon Award
Carrie Holzmeister
Beta Sigma Sigma
Georgia Military College, Columbus
Horizon Award
Ame Wilkerson
Kappa Sigma
South Georgia State College
Congratulations to Justin Jones on his Publication in “Nota Bene.”
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Heather Herbert
Our congratulations go out to Justin Jones, chapter president for Georgia Highlands, and a Georgia Regional Officer. His poem, “Lunacy,” was selected for publication in the 2014 edition of Nota Bene. 2014 is the third year in a row a Georgia member has been featured.
Visit the Nota Bene archive to read Justin’s poetry, as well as other superb poems, short stories, and essays. Again, huge congratulations to Justin for his accomplishment!
Congratulations to Georgia’s Coca Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars
Posted on November 3, 2014 by Heather Herbert
The Georgia Region is proud to honor the following members:
- Jana Hamilton — Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
- Mary Lucas — Georgia Military College, Augusta
- Ralph Mueller — Darton State College
- Sharon Rice — Georgia Highlands College, Marietta
- Michael Vanderberg — Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville
The Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship program provides new Phi Theta Kappa members with financial resources to help defray educational expenses while enrolled in a college in order to develop leadership potential through participation in Phi Theta Kappa programs.
The program awards up to 200 scholarships of $1,000 each, a total of $200,000 in scholarships annually. Of these awards, 25 scholarships are earmarked for current members of the military or military veterans.
Members may begin applying for this scholarship in March, and applications are due in May each year. An independent team of judges reviews the applications to determine scholarship recipients.
Award Winning Projects
Posted on May 21, 2014 by Anna Johnson
Beta Beta Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa,
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Honors in Action: Issue One-It’s All in Your Mind: Foundations of Competition/Competition and Psychology
Honors in Action Project: The Peer (Attitude) Trap – Bullying
We have all heard stories about how parents try to provide an unfair advantage for their children in a variety of areas (education, athletics, the arts, etc.). This project brings the problem of “cheating parents” to the forefront by investigating the foundations of competition and calls for increased awareness and implementation of remedies to this problem. What we did was look at how bullying has impacted children, as well as adults in the home, workplace and school. We researched the emotional and physical impact of bullying and the resources available to bring awareness to this problem and solutions.
Our team looked as not just the psychological effects but the social effects of bullying as well. We divided our research into three areas, school, family, and workplace. With the collaboration of the instructors of our Social Sciences Division, we presented a panel discussion on bullying, offered resources and handouts to our campus life and the community.
Beta Beta Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, Atlanta Metropolitan State College
The Distinguished Honors in Action Project Award recognized the top chapters whose entries demonstrated excellence in academic research, leadership roles, service learning and collaboration.
Beta Beta Tau’s Honor in Action team kept the HiA rubrics to the forefront as we developed our topic. Where we were asked for 8-10 resources in total, we set a goal for 8-10 for each phase of our research, which included websites, books, journals and databases. Each phase of our study topic had a different leader. We developed and included the following as part of our study topic.
Leadership Development:
- Workshop by Social Sciences faculty on survey/interview techniques
- Seminar on public presentation/discussion moderation techniques by Speech/Communications professor
- Workshop by Academic/Library faculty on research methods and citation
- Project Management videos in Competitive Edge
Leadership Roles:
- Developing a chapter research team
- Serving as panel discussion moderator(s)
- Recruiting and coordinating the presenters
- Publicity and public relations for the event
- Event planning
Collaboration:
- Education, Social Sciences, Librarians, professors and other educators in my community
- Professional organizations in my community
- Education/academic clubs/organizations on AMSC campus
- Parent/teacher organizations in the community
- Phi Theta Kappa members during chapter meetings about organizing several informational anti-bullying displays on campus
Our chapter may have developed the study topic, but we were all inclusive in the delivery of it, so the benefit was not just campus-wide but community-wide.
Distinguished Chapter
The Distinguished Chapter Award recognizes chapters that submit Hallmark entries in both the Honors in Action Project and the College Project. The average of the two scores determines the top 10 percent of the overall ranking of all chapters.
These scores are determined by an independent panel of judges, both in the region and internationally. You must make sure that you look at the rubrics and determine if you have achieved the highest points possible for each project. Before we submitted our Hallmark entries, we review our entries and had others not associated with the chapter review them and rank them according to the rubric points. This gave us an opportunity to tweet and/or improve on what we had. Diversity and going beyond what is expected makes good submissions.
Tips and Suggestions
Continue to develop opportunities not just within the chapter but outside the chapter. Determine the strengths and weaknesses of your members. Allow every member an opportunity to develop and learn leadership skills by delegation. Set small short-term goals that everyone can develop. Encourage members and non-members to complete the Leadership Study program through Facebook. And for members to complete the Five-Star Competitive Edge program. Make sure that your chapter is well rounded in activities that promote service, leadership, fellowship, and scholarship.
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Photos and Written Summary Submitted by Janet Walker, Regional Officer of Chapter Relations.
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to Regional Vice President Amelia Bagwell, winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship!
