Phi Theta Kappa

Risley Calls for Help for Other Regions

Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod A. Risley has called on all chapters and members who are able and willing to donate to the American Red Cross for Midwest flood relief, in honor of the Society’s Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Minn-Wi-Kota regions. Areas in the states of Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, already devastated by flooding, are bracing for more rains as rivers continue to rise.

“These regions have a history of helping others, both Phi Theta Kappa chapters and persons in need all around the world,” said Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod Risley. “Now it is our turn to help them.”

To make a donation to Red Cross Midwest flood relief in honor of Phi Theta Kappa, mail your contribution to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013; indicate that this is designated for Midwest Flood Relief, and is a tribute gift honoring Phi Theta Kappa. Gift acknowledgements should be sent to Rod Risley, 1625 Eastover Drive, Jackson, MS 39211. Donations made on-line may also be acknowledged as tribute gifts.

Individuals, chapters and regions donating to the flood relief are also asked to notify Phi Theta Kappa of their gifts, for listing on a special webpage. Amounts will not be listed.

Beta Delta Upsilon Member Receives Special Recognition

Maureen McCormick Boulier, a member of the Beta Delta Upsilon chapter at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Maine, earned special recognition at KVCC’s May 17th commencement at the Augusta Civic Center as the oldest student to receive an Associate’s degree in Nursing from the college.

While at KVCC, Boulier did clinical work at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta and Waterville, the Sebasticook Valley Health Care Facility in Pittsfield, River Valley Home Care in Fairfield, and the Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital near Augusta. As a newly registered nurse, she will begin work at Togus in July.

Congratulations to Maureen and all of our other non-traditional students who are achieving their dreams!

Alpha Delta Omicron Member Recognized for Leadership

Erica Carr, a member of the Alpha Delta Omicron chapter at Middlesex (MA) Community College in Bedford, Massachusetts, was recently named presented the 2008 Dorothy O’Connell Unsung Hero Award at MCC’s Leadership Recognition Ceremony. The award recognizes a student who demonstrates unselfish devotion to Middlesex and his or her fellow students.

A member of the MCC Class of 2008, Carr was a Liberal Arts & Sciences major with a Communications Concentration. She received the Unsung Hero award for her work as Senior Editor of The Campus Report, MCC’s student newspaper. According to the newspaper’s advisor, Carr kept the newspaper alive this year, which was filled with many challenges never before experienced by the paper, while taking a full load of regular courses and maintaining her spot on the Dean’s List. As Senior Editor, she solicited stories, ads, and photographs from the MCC community and made many difficult but worthwhile decisions under working under intense pressure.

Alpha Delta Omicron, which was chartered in 1979 and is one of New England’s oldest chapters, recently inducted 148 new Phi Theta Kappans during MCC’s annual Honors Night. Membership in the chapter requires a cumulative 3.7/4.0 GPA or higher.