{"id":110407,"date":"2022-11-27T00:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110407"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:41:03","slug":"success-story-nmc-student-seeks-to-lead-international-honor-society-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110407","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: NMC student seeks to lead international honor society"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Adult learner champions inclusion of nontraditional students<\/h2>\n<h3>April 7, 2021<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amber Marsh\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ad8f30b30a0a00b85461fa2816466030amber-marsh-2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" \/>This Saturday, <strong>Amber Marsh<\/strong> will find out if she&#8217;ll spend the next year as a vice-president of an organization seeking to advance the success of more than 200,000 community college students&#160; in 11 countries worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a position the Kalkaska County resident, licensed cosmetologist, mother and NMC student never imagined herself seeking two or three years ago. But the difference NMC&#8217;s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the international community college honor society, has made in Marsh&#8217;s own life has compelled her to try and advance its mission still further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I know this gives people tools for success,&#8221; said Marsh, who&#8217;s president of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/student-services\/student-life\/student-groups\/phi-theta-kappa.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMC&#8217;s chapter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &#8220;(PTK) is an organization that has helped me to grow, push me, challenge me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s been a decade since an NMC chapter member has sought international office, said chapter adviser <strong>Kari Kahler<\/strong>. She believes Marsh, one of three finalists for NMC&#8217;s district vice presidency, has a good shot at being the first from the college elected to the international level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Phi Theta Kappa\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/add082fe0a0a00b85461fa28a85adf35ptk_greekletters-200-2.png\" width=\"200\" \/>&#8220;She has embraced the ideals of Phi Theta Kappa. Her heart is service,&#8221; Kahler said, adding that under Marsh&#8217;s leadership, NMC&#8217;s chapter was just named the most distinguished among 31 chapters in Michigan. &#8220;She&#8217;s just in it for all the right reasons.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the conference is mostly virtual, Marsh and other finalist candidates will be in Orlando for the vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this year&#8217;s election prioritizing inclusion, Marsh thinks she&#8217;s a fitting candidate. She&#8217;s studying business administration and hopes to one day start her own business in the beauty industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I want to be a voice for nontraditional students, for trade students,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marsh&#8217;s interest in advocacy and policy traces to a 2019 conference she attended at the Roosevelt Institute in New York as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rooseveltinstitute.org\/roosevelt-network\/what-we-do\/fellowships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forge Fellow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She&#8217;s now on the national leadership board for the institute founded by the former U.S. president. PTK invited her to present on her trip, and wound up extending an invitation for membership, which requires at least a 3.5 grade point average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think I could afford the ability to be in a scholarly organization,&#8221; said Marsh, who also runs a food and clothing pantry at Forest Area Schools, where she graduated from high school and where her two children now attend, and founded a women&#8217;s conference in Kalkaska.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But she&#8217;s found PTK dovetails well with her interests in community. One project she led was sewing reusable cloth face masks for residence hall students, to reduce the waste of disposable masks. She&#8217;ll be joining the NMC Foundation Board as a student member, and is also a member of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/strategic-planning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strategic planning steering committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launching this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I just have a passion for PTK and how it grows community at NMC,&#8221; Marsh said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adult learner champions inclusion of nontraditional students April 7, 2021 This Saturday, Amber Marsh will find out if she&#8217;ll spend the next year as a vice-president of an organization seeking to advance the success of more than 200,000 community college students&#160; in 11 countries worldwide. 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