Delaware Technical and Community College inducted 409 students into Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year college students, during a series of ceremonies held in April.
The induction marks an important recognition of academic achievement for community college students. The ceremonies took place across the Georgetown, Stanton, Wilmington, and Dover campuses.
At the Georgetown campus, 90 students joined the Alpha Epsilon Epsilon chapter. The Stanton campus celebrated the induction of 118 new members into the Alpha Epsilon Zeta chapter. The Wilmington campus welcomed 115 inductees to its Alpha Zeta Kappa chapter, while the Dover campus added 86 new members to its Alpha Beta Kappa chapter.
Guest speaker Shay Fischer, a former PTK president at the Dover campus, addressed those gathered: “Looking at all of you today, I realized that PTK is a lot like a penny press machine. That is what PTK represents: the moment you decide you aren’t just ‘spare change’ — you are a scholar with a specific purpose. To the new inductees: You have survived the pressure. You have been transformed. And today, you are officially part of a collection of scholars that is rarer and more valuable than any minted coin.”
Phi Theta Kappa was established by Missouri’s two-year college presidents in 1918 to recognize and encourage academic achievement among community college students and to provide opportunities for individual growth through honors programming focused on leadership and service. In 1929, it was recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges as the official honor society for two-year colleges.
To become members of Phi Theta Kappa at Delaware Tech, students must be enrolled in an associate degree program with at least twelve completed college-level credits and hold a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5; maintaining membership requires keeping an average above 3.25.
