NEMCC HONOR SOCIETY RECEIVES AWARD FOR BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY THROUGH LITERACY AND EDUCATION . . . ONE BOOK AT A TIME. – Dr. Ray Harris of Booneville, advisor for Northeast Mississippi Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society presents Rusty Whitten of Corinth, chapter president, and Joel Barron of Red Bay, Ala., chapter recording secretary, with a $200 check the chapter received from Better World Books for collecting the most college textbooks among all the colleges in the state of Mississippi at the close of the spring semester. Northeast’s Iota Zeta members participated in the international service project/fund raiser with Better World Books and the National Center for Family Literacy to collect textbooks for Katrina evacuees. Phi Theta Kappa members collected college textbooks on campus during spring book buy-back and are currently conducting a fall book drives. Phi Theta Kappa is an international organization composed of 1100 chapters at colleges in the United States and Canada and headquartered in Jackson, Miss. The honor society seeks to foster the development of leadership and service, to provide an intellectual climate for the exchange of ideas and to encourage the establishment of scholarships for advanced education. Phi Theta Kappa is recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges as the official honor society for two-year colleges.