STLCC-Meramec’s honor society, Xi Lambda, a chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), won seven awards this year at the Regional Conference that took place on Feb. 26-28 in Independence, Mo.
Stephanie Stough
– Art & Life Editor –
STLCC-Meramec’s honor society, Xi Lambda, a chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), won seven awards this year at the Regional Conference that took place on Feb. 26-28 in Independence, Mo.
All four of the STLCC campuses’ respective PTK chapters traveled together to the conference. Two advisors, six officers and five members represented Xi Lambda at the convention and a total of 146 people attended the conference.
Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges and institutions offering associate degrees. The Missouri Region has 25 chapters.
President of Xi Lambda Marina Allen said the purpose of the conference was the award ceremony on Saturday night. Xi Lambda entered its hallmarks into eight different categories and won seven.
According to Allen, the articles were approximately six pages in length and focused on goal-setting, events and activities, and the impact their projects had.
“Many hours were spent from December until February as we wrote, re-wrote, edited and submitted the entries,” Allen said.
At this year’s conference, Allen won the Distinguished Chapter President award and James Egan, vice president of leadership for Xi Lambda, won the Distinguished Chapter Officer award.
Xi Lambda collectively won the Chapter Officer Team Award, Great Idea Award for execution of Civics Week, Scholarship Hallmark Award, 5 Star Status award, Service Hallmark Award and Leadership Hallmark Award.
“We were able to really work together to put on a very successful conference. This achievement was one of the major reasons why we ended up winning so many awards for the night,” Allen said.
Vincent Hayden was also elected to serve as the Missouri regional vice president of communications. He said that he is the third member of Xi Lambda that has held that position.
“[Winning] was a good feeling. There are a lot of good candidates. It’s a good honor to have someone from our chapter be a regional officer,” Hayden said.
The award ceremony is the highlight of this conference, but most of the time is spent campaigning for regional offices or participating in break-out sessions. Students spent time with other chapters in their free time.
“The fun part was just hanging out with other chapters,” Hayden said. “It was fun being able to meet new people from around the region and even country. It’s a good way to make connections.”
