Phi Theta Kappa

Meeting Minutes
Fall 2004

• December 1
• November 17
• November 3
• October 20
• September 16
• September 1

• One of the things we have left to do to attain 5 Star status is to compete for both International and Regional Hallmark awards. One paper can be entered for both. In the past we have used the officers to do this. There are plenty of examples of papers. Let me know which one you want to do, and try to get it done before the semester is over. It won’t take much more than an hour or two to complete. We need 5 submissions. The 4 Hallmarks, Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship, and then one from the following: Distinguished member, distinguished officer, or distinguished advisor. PTK Deadline February 25 Entries must be received at PTK Headquarters by 5:00 p.m., CST. Late, emailed or faxed entries will not be judged. For further information you can visit the Phi Theta Kappa website at www.ptk.org and look under Hallmark Awards Let Stephen Nicoloff know which one you decide to do, or if you want to collaborate on all of these as a team.
  
  
• Our Adopt-a-Family Project, we are still collecting money for our family, Thanksgiving went great we gave our family a 70.00 gift card, for Christmas we will be collecting non-perishable food items and money please bring your non-perishable food items to G-134 in the Math Department to our advisor Stephen Nicoloff or if you would like to donate money you can give it to him or you can go to the cashiers office and let them know that it is a Donation to go into the Phi Theta Kappa account we will be delivering this to our family for Xmas by December 23 in the morning.
  
  
• Next Semester we will try to have our meetings every week time and day to be determined.
  
  
• There are some officer positions that will be opening up as our current officers will be leaving PVCC to continue their education. Positions open are going to be
  • President,
  • V.P. of Leadership,
  • V.P of Scholarship,
  • V.P. of Fellowship
  if any of you are interested or any of the current officers would like to change positions please see Stephen Nicoloff.

• Our Adopt-A-Family program PTK has joined up in this program this Holiday season and we would like to collect some canned food items and non-perishable holiday food items for our family, if you would like to help out please contact any one of the PTK Officers, or our advisor Stephen Nicoloff by e-mail Stephen.nicoloff@pvmail.maricopa.edu if you would like to help.
  
  
• New Officers, as the school year ends some of our PTK members are moving to continue their education, if anyone is interested in an officer position going into the next semester please come to the next meeting on December 12,2004 at 5:00pm in the KSC upstairs, we will be holding nominations at that time if you have any questions about the positions you can speak with Stephen Nicoloff or one of the current officers.
  
  
• We will be having a Domestic Violence Speaker, Raquel Balcazar from the Sojourner Center for Domestic Violence, time and date is to be announced watch for further information to come.
  

• on November 12, 2004 the formal induction ceremony will be held in the KSC room 208 at 3:00pm, all members are invited to come, please RSVP with Stephen Nicoloff by e-mail at Stephen.Nicoloff@pvmail.maricopa.edu, if you would like to come and help set up or bring any refreshments please stop by at 12:00pm to help out. There is going to be speeches given by PTK members our President Sarah Leech, and our VP of Leadership Eva Rosevear, also members of our faculty will be speaking Dr. Kickles, and Paul Dale will be addressing the new PTK inductees.
  
  
• Phi Theta Kappa will be helping out with the Adopt a Family program this holiday season, we
  will be donating food, clothes, and personal care items to our family there will be more details on this to come.
  
  
• Also there are still a few other events going on there are still the satellite seminars there are two coming up in the month of November the first one this month is
  • November 9: Satellite Seminar "Courting Disaster? Changing Values about Love, Sex, and Marriage" Dr. Stephanie Coontz 5:30 - 7:30 PM Turquoise Room
  • November 16: Satellite Seminar " Sports in Popular Culture" Dr. Richard Lapchick 5:30 - 7:30 PM Peridot Room
  if you are interested in going please contact please let Shelly or Jenny in the Honors Office at SCC (480) 423-6525
  
• The PTK Honors Institute is coming up on November 5&6 this will be held at Scottsdale Community College.
  

• Tuesday October 26th from 1:00pm- 2:30pm to Have lunch with administration of PVCC? We were asked to have one member, from PTK to go. If you are able, please RSVP to Ryan Martin by Friday Oct. 22ndat 602-787-7242 or ryan.martin@pvmail.maricopa.edu RSVP must include 4-5 Questions/comments from student for Administration related to academic programs, campus environment, student services, master planning, etc.questions/comments will remain anonymous, unless the author chooses to reveal him/herself. Oct.22nd must turn in Questions/comments. To the SLC. The format will include a structured dialogue with the questions provided ahead of time followed by informal question/answer. During the informal Q &A, students are also welcome to share personal stories or anything else they'd like to add, so they are not limited simply to the questions they provide ahead of time. You will be having lunch with Dr. Kickles, Mr. Bendotti, Dr. Jance Saldana-Talley, and Dr. Dale.
  
  
• Music Festival for PTK at Glendale Community College. A Music Festival in your area and he needs volunteers to help build stages and maintain the generators. He is trying to raise money so a he can renovate a home to help children in that area. The Festival will be held at 12th street and Broadway from 3pm to midnight on October 29th. This is all the info I know but if you are interested you can contact Mike at past47th@hotmail.com and his phone is (623) 979-5229.
  
  
• Alpha Sigma Nu of CGCC set a challenge to all Arizona Region chapters to increase Domestic Violence Awareness in their communities. As of right now, we have three chapters that have said they would like to participate. They are: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Eta Delta, and Beta Gamma Chi. You can contact Kristen Reinke, Alpha Sigma Nu Chapter President e-mail address is ptk.pres@cgcmail.maricopa.edu or any of the PVCC PTK officers,
  
  
• Psi Gamma of Scottsdale Community College would like to extend an invitation to any chapter not currently receiving the 2004 Honors Satellite Seminars. The dates are
  • October 26: Satellite Seminar "The Empire of Images: Growing Male and Female in a World Dominated by Popular Culture" Dr. Susan Bordo 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Turquoise Room,
  • November 9: Satellite Seminar "Courting Disaster? Changing Values about Love, Sex, and Marriage" Dr. Stephanie Coontz 5:30 - 7:30 PM Turquoise Room,
  • November 16: Satellite Seminar " Sports in Popular Culture" Dr. Richard Lapchick 5:30 - 7:30 PM Peridot Room,
  if you are interested in going please contact please let Shelly or Jenny in the Honors Office at SCC (480-423-6525).
  
  
• We also discussed the AZ Honors Institute that will be hosted by Alpha Eta Delta and Psi Gamma this event will be held on November 5-6, 2004 at Scottsdale Community College it is a two day event and we would like at least two PTK members to be there to count for a fellowship so who ever is interested please see Sara Leech or Stephen Nicoloff,
  
  
  
• Alpha Beta Chi at Pima Community College in Tucson is cordially inviting your chapter to attend our first annual Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Fellowship event! It will be held a the Desert Museum here in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, October 23rd at 9:30 AM to noon. We will meet at the front entrance between 9:15 and 9:30. We will then enter all together and tour the Museum as a group.
  
  
  We are hoping to foster friendships and interaction with other chapters and thought this would be an excellent opportunity to host a sister chapter event! Admission into the museum for adults is 9.00 per person, but the Museum has kindly given me 2.00 off coupons to distribute to interested chapters. If you have members who are serious about attending, please let me know and I will mail the coupons to you or have them available on the day of the activity.
  
  
  We highly encourage you to bring your friends and family to this event. Children 6 - 12 years old have 2.00 admission. Children under 6 receive free admission. There are several restaurants located on site for food and refreshments. Bringing water, sunscreen and good walking shoes is recommended. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is located at: 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743. The phone number is: 520-883-2702. The Desert Museum is unlike any other museum in the world! Although is it called a museum, it is really part zoo, part museum and part botanical garden.
  
  
  No matter where you live, there's no better place on the planet to learn about the desert ecosystem and delight your senses at the same time! Regarding Phi Theta Kappa Hallmarks, this is a Fellowship and Scholarship (Pop Culture) event. If you have 5 Star Enhanced Member Requirements like Alpha Beta Chi does, then you are fulfilling one of your requirements by attending a Sister Chapter Event! Alpha Beta Chi hopes to see as many Chapters and Regional Officers as possible! Please don't hesitate to call or email me should you have any questions.
  
  
• The SLC is hosting Murder at the Groovy a Go-Go, What: Murder Mystery Party\Dinner@PVCC, When: Friday, October 29th, Time: 7:00pm until the killer is found, Where: Groovy A GO-GO (KSC Building, the Student Union Lounge), Cost: $20.00 per person, Dinner will be served, come dressed in your best 60's &70's threads, Prizes will be awarded to the best dressed dude & Chick, all proceeds go to the United Way Foundation, everyone welcome, last day to pick up your tickets is Monday October 25th. You can contact the Student Life Center 602-787-7240 or the Student Leadership Council 602-787-7249.
  
  
• Blood Drive Tuesday November 2,2004,from 8:30-1:00pm we need volunteers to help out and man the blood drive booth please e-mail Stephen Nicoloff to sign up, Last thing is Janice Munnell Raised $100.00 for the Foothills Animal Rescue in the raffle that she held to benefit the shelter.

• the Formal Induction Ceremony which will be held on November 12, 2004 in the KSC (B-Building) Room 208 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm,
• there will be two orientations held for new members who are interested in joining anyone is welcome, the first one will be held on Wednesday October 6, 2004 in KSC Room 204 at 5:00pm, the second orientation will be Thursday October 7, 2004 in Room 204,
• there has been a deadline set for October 15, 2004 for all new inductees who would like to join in Phi Theta Kappa. There will be a Meeting on Wednesday 08/22/2004, if you would like to join us we will be in the SLC in KSC Building (B-Building) Room 135 at 4:00pm we will be there till 6:00pm. We will be Stuffing Envelopes for the Induction Ceremony and can use the Help so if you are interested please stop by.
• The Emerging Leaders Deadline for the Scholarship application is due by this Wednesday Sept 22, 2004 for those who are interested in this program.
• Also there is a Student Leadership Council meeting every other Tuesday from 2:00pm-4:00pm for those who are interested in going it will be held in KSC Room 208, Our V.P. of Service Tyson Sullins will be representing PTK, anyone else is welcome to go.
• The Nominated Officers for PTK were Inducted, they are
  • Eva Rosevear was nominated for VP of Leadership.
  • Tyson Sullins is VP of Service,
  • Tabitha Stinson is Secretary.
  • And Bailey Bednarz is Treasurer,
  • and Janice Munnell is Public Relations Officer.
• Service Project ideas, our Topic to the Service Project is Popular Culture and we need 4 Projects to count towards Five Star, if you have any ideas please let us know.

• Eva Rosevear was nominated for VP of Leadership.
• Tyson Sullins was nominated for VP of Service.
• Tabitha Stinson was nominated for Secretary.
• Bailey Bednarz was nominated for Treasurer.
• Janice Munnell was nominated for Public Relations Officer.

• The AZ Honors Institute that will be hosted by Alpha Eta Delta and Psi Gamma this event will be held on November 5-6, 2004 at Scottsdale Community College it is a two day event and we would like at least two PTK members to be there to count for a fellowship so who ever is interested please see Sara Leech or Stephen Nicoloff.
  
• The AZ Regional Convention is coming up in March on the 4-6 2005 which is a Friday thru Sunday.
  
• The International Convention was also brought up this is going to be held in Dallas, TX April 14-16, 2005. Treasurer Bailey Bednarz is thinking of some fundraising ideas to raise the funds to be able to go, if anyone else has fundraising ideas please let any of the PTK officers and Stephen Nicoloff know.