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Month: December 2021

Students Inducted into Rolla PTK Chapter

December 1, 2021 | Campus News ECC Rolla

Eight students recently took part in a virtual induction ceremony to join the Beta Omicron Phi Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at East Central College in Rolla.

The keynote speaker for the event was Stevi Kay Berry, Missouri regional PTK officer and student at Ozarks Technical Community College, in Springfield, Mo.

The following students were inducted during the ceremony:

  • Adrienne Elizabeth McCane
  • Makayla J. Mullins
  • Mariah Mae Daniels
  • Mark Gibbs Trawick
  • Alexis Diana Bolich
  • Andrew Paul Shelton
  • Jessica Lynn Richardson
  • Andrea Abigail Hribar

After the ceremony, another member, Samantha Sophia Britton, joined the honor society.

PTK membership is by invitation only and students must have a 3.4 GPA as a full-time student for a semester to join. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.2 once they are inducted into the honor society.

Membership is open to all majors throughout the college, including anyone working toward a degree or certificate.

Those remaining who have been invited to join, but haven’t yet, can still do so through the end of the year.

Sheriffs office members and students with donation bags for unhoused people

ECC Honor Society Members Prepare and Donate Bags for Homeless People

December 1, 2021 | Campus News Inspiring Excellence

The Chi Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at East Central College helped bring comfort and warmth to people without housing in Franklin County.

The honor society chapter recently assembled bags filled with necessities, including toothbrushes, shaving cream, snacks, deodorant, gloves and socks. Other items for the bags are hand warmers, wash cloths, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, mints, dental floss, personal items for women and more.

There were 100 bags prepared and given to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office to be distributed to people without housing throughout the county. Any leftover bags not given to community members will be delivered to the Agape in St. Clair.

Most of the donated necessities were given to PTK by the United Bank of Union. The items were collected at the bank’s three branches in Union at the request of PTK member Rebecca Metcalf. Members of the honor society also donated items themselves.

Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton, Lt. Adam Albert and Lt. Mike de la Torre were on hand to accept the donated bags when officers from Chi Delta delivered them to the sheriff’s office Monday, Nov. 29.

The PTK project was part of the Honors in Action (HIA) program, which combines academic research, problem-solving and action-oriented service to address real-world challenges in communities.

During the HIA, students researched rural homelessness, and gained job-related experience while creating lasting impacts in the communities.

Student packing box of donated items