Oct 6, 2015 | Student News
Join us in the West Hall conference room for the exciting NEW student talk series! October 21 from 8:30-10 p.m. or October 22 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. October’s topic: Barriers to Women’s Education Around the World: What Can You Do?
Come join fellow students for a living room-style discussion on a specific global hot topic each month. This month’s discussion will be hosted in partnership with Phi Theta Kappa. This program is student-led with discussion prompts as well as a short video clip or news feature as a lead in. These events are designed to inform students, pique curiosity, build community and keep you in the know. No prior knowledge on the topics is required or expected. We will also provide snacks at each event so bring your friends and let’s start asking, “What’s Up World?” (more…)
Mar 9, 2014 | Intercom, Student News
On March 15 in the Fine Arts Building, room 115, beginning at 1:00 p.m. the Phi Theta Kappa NMC chapter will present a free presentation called the Women’s History Project.
The purpose of the project is to preserve and recognize the contributions by women to their families and communities in Northwest Lower Michigan. Come try your hand at guessing what our historic women are fibbing about while they share their stories. Refreshments will be provided. (more…)
Mar 15, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
NMC student Jessica Abfalter has been named one of 20 Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholars. She was chosen from a pool of 1,800 applicants by a panel of independent judges and has been extended an invitation to a special reception at the PTK Annual Convention in San Jose, California in April.
Here’s the official release from Phi Theta Kappa:
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – Twenty Phi Theta Kappa members have been selected as 2013 Guistwhite Scholarship recipients and will be recognized and invited to a special reception during Phi Theta Kappa’s Annual Convention in San Jose, California, April 4-6. Each year $100,000 in scholarship funds are awarded, with each Guistwhite Scholar receiving a $5,000 scholarship for baccalaureate studies and a commemorative medallion.
Guistwhite Scholars are chosen based on academic achievement, leadership accomplishment, and engagement in Phi Theta Kappa programs. The 20 recipients for 2013 were selected by a panel of independent judges from more than 1,800 applicants to receive this scholarship, the second highest offered by Phi Theta Kappa.
The Guistwhite Scholar Program is named in honor of the late Dr. Jack Guistwhite and his widow, Margaret Guistwhite. Dr. Guistwhite established the first designated transfer scholarship for Phi Theta Kappa members at Florida Atlantic University in 1975. The Guistwhite Scholarships were established by Phi Theta Kappa in 1992.
“Dr. Jack Guistwhite planted a seed in 1975 that resulted in more than 750 colleges and universities designating transfer scholarships for thousands of Phi Theta Kappa members,” said Phi Theta Kappa’s Executive Director Dr. Rod A. Risley. “It is fitting that we continue to honor our students who excel in scholarship and leadership in Phi Theta Kappa as Guistwhite Scholars in memory of Jack and in honor of his wife Margaret. Through their generosity and those who support scholarships through the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation, these students will receive funds to help them complete their degrees.”
The 2013 Guistwhite Scholars are:
Jessica Abfalter, Northwestern Michigan College, Michigan
Yannel Celestrin, Miami Dade College, Florida
Miranda Davis, Dyersburg State Community College, Tennessee
Katherine Dunklee, Howard Community College, Maryland
Erica Gianakon, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas
Mayra Gutierrez, Central Arizona College, Arizona
Olga Homonchuk, Normandale Community College, Minnesota
Phillippe Ly, Orange Coast College, California
Taren Nance, Wor-Wic Community College, Maryland
Angelina Nance, Clark State Community College, Ohio
Devin Oakes, Mesa Community College, Arizona
Deanna Pack, Jefferson State Community College, Alabama
Kristen Regehr, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas
Christine Sim, Delgado Community College, Louisiana
Awais Spall, Mt. San Antonio College, California
Kim Stingo, Palm Beach State College, Florida
Jacqueline Watkins, Kirkwood Community College, Missouri
Tracy Weimer, Lane Community College, Oregon
Joshua Yancey, Somerset Community College, Kentucky
Ashley Young, Hillsborough Community College, Florida
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1,280 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, Peru, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 2.5 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 135,000 students inducted annually.
