New Year and New Activities

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1 P h i T h e t a K a p p a : B e t a G a m m a E p s i l o n C h a p t e r F EBRUARY 2015 New Year and New Activities PRESIDENT S CORNER Greetings to the most wonderful chapter in the world! I hope you are all staying safe and warm out there with all this crazy weather we have had the last few weeks. Driving and walking lately has been quite a challenge to say the least. Please remember there are Ohio Region scholarships that you still have time to apply for and win! We are having our Annual Awards Convention in Columbus next month. This is also a wonderful opportunity to see how wonderful all of the Ohio chapters are and how much fun learning can be. I sincerely hope that all of you try to make it to the International Convention at least once in your lifetime. It is an amazing experience that simply cannot be explained with words, you have to go and experience it for yourself. What you will see when you walk into the opening ceremony is breath taking. The energy, the excitement, the camaraderie, the fellowship, the learning, I truly hope all of you make an effort to join us in San Antonio this year. Please join us at our next meeting on February 21, 2015 to help welcome our new members at the Informal Induction. Remember we have many opportunities for you to volunteer to do something for our chapter. There is the Activities and Service Fair booth, the Spring Fling table and graduation coming up. Please make it a goal to become more involved if you are not already. You as members is what makes our chapter exemplary, we really are the envy of other chapters (not to brag) and your participation is very much appreciated by everyone. Until next time, make what you do count! By Becky Race Phi Theta Kappa President

2 Advisors Corner By Cheri Barth Welcome to our new Phi Theta Kappa members! Here we are well into the Spring 2015 semester I hope all is going good for everyone! The Fall semester was packed full of leadership, scholarship, service and fellowship activities/ events. We are now waiting to hear back from the Region and International on our chapter s Hallmark entries. We have so much to be proud of in all that we have accomplished and lives we have impacted. Year #2 of the Honors Study Topic Frontiers and the Spirit of Exploration is underway. We will begin planning our chapter s next Honors is Action program based on one of the nine themes at our next meeting. There are still plenty of great happenings scheduled for this semester for all to be involved we ll make sure to keep you up to date on what is going on through ANGEL and this great newsletter. Welcome to our new Phi Theta Kappa members! You won t regret joining the best student organization on our campus. Keep an eye out for others that may be eligible and invite them to join our terrific society. Take care and have a great semester!! Page 2

3 Ohio License Plates Don t Forget to get Signatures for retention of the Phi Theta Kappa Ohio License Plate Remember Scholarship money helps! Hope to See you at the Meetings, From our Co-Advisor SCHOLAR BOWL Dave Annual trivia game testing your Phi Theta Kappa knowledge! WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2015 WHERE: Ohio Regional Convention WHAT TO BRING: 2 people from your chapter who know Phi Theta Kappa international & regional information DISCLAIMER: No current and previous Regional Officers, International Officers, Advisors, International Officer Candidates, alumni, and those who have previously represented their chapters in Scholar Bowl are eligible to participate. Information to study for answering Scholar Bowl questions can be found in all the topic links listed under the about tab (upper left by home symbol) at and the Ohio Region Handbook at Page 3

4 LA Straw INC. is hosting a seminar Switching Gears and Moving Forward Saturday March 28 th at Stark State Campus 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Room M100 This is a student designed and implemented workshop specifically for non-traditional female students struggling to create a work/life balance and make real the promise of higher education. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for women to come together articulate their vision of success, identify the barriers they face and connect with resources that can remove those barriers. Building a life is hard, having to rebuild regardless of the circumstance is much harder. The guts we had as a youth just isn t enough at this stage, but what does it take? Christina Hagan was a senior at Malone University, studying business and political science, a high school tennis coach, an amateur baseball player and a restaurant server when she was appointed to the Ohio House of Representatives. Now 26, Representative Hagan is making history as she goes. She is the youngest female to have served in Ohio s legislation and is currently the second youngest Republican female state representative in the Nation and will begin our seminar discussion with her amazing story.

5 Phi Theta Kappa LOOK FOR US ON FACEBOOK P HI THETA K APPA: BETA G AMMA E PSILON C HAPTER Go to Beta Gamma Epsilon chapter at Stark State College under Phi Theta Facebook.com view the website. Join the fun. Share your stories and pictures. Cold Winter Days