PTK OFFICERS ATTEND REGIONAL CONFERENCE


Officers of Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Iota Zeta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society recently attended the Mississippi/Louisiana Regional Convention on the Jefferson Davis campus of Mississippi Gulf

Coast Community College in Gulfport. Attending were (front row) Rusty Whitten, Corinth, president; Cody Burchell, Booneville, vice president for service and northern region vice president; Joel Barron, New Site, recording secretary; and Ray Harris, Booneville, advisor and (back row) Barbara Shackelford, Booneville, advisor; Sarah Shelton, Ripley, vice president for leadership; Mark Williams, Booneville, treasurer; and Allyson Cartwright, Booneville, vice president for scholarship. Northeast’s Iota Zeta chapter received a “Five Star” chapter rating at the convention, the highest rating given.

Founded in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa is an international honor society composed of 1100 chapters at colleges in the United States and Canada. International headquarters for the organization are located in Jackson, Miss. Phi Theta Kappa is the official honor society of two-year colleges.