Category: TVCC

Press release

Trinity Valley Community College’s Iota Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa won three major awards at the PTK International Convention, held April 6-8 in Nashville. Representing the chapter’s year-long work, the awards were:

• Continued Excellence Award, awarded to chapters (out of 1300 chapters worldwide) who have earned Distinguished Chapter designation for three years in a row.
• Distinguished Theme Award – Honors in Action, recognizing chapters whose Honors in Action Project Award entries scored highest in each of the eight themes related to the 2016-2017 Honors Study Topic, “How the World Works: Global Perspectives.”
• Distinguished Honors in Action Project Awards, recognizing the top chapters whose Honors in Action Project entries demonstrated excellence in academic research into the Honors Study Topic, leadership roles and leadership development activities, service learning and collaboration.

Iota Alpha Advisor, Nancy Long, was also recognized with a stole of appreciation for being the longest-serving advisor present. She is presently serving in her 44th year as a Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, with 32 of those years have been as an advisor at TVCC. She is a Certified Leadership Development Instructor, won the Mosal Leadership Award, won two Distinguished Advisor Awards, three Continued Excellence for Advisors Awards and numerous Texas Phi Theta Kappa awards. She also serves as the Texas Region District III Coordinator.

Earlier this Spring, Iota Alpha attended the Texas Regional Convention in Austin and won a Continued Excellence Award, a Distinguished Theme Award – Honors in Action and a Five Star Chapter Award. Iota Alpha President Scott Keon was named to the Texas Hall of Honor for Officers, and he and Chalisa Madsen won medallions for entries in the rigorous All-Texas Academic Team competition.

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Trinity Valley Community College Director of Dual Credit Kelley Townsend and Pinnacle early College High School Principal Dr. Cathy Kirkland will be featured presenters at the North Texas Community College Consortium (NTCCC)’s 2017 Dual Credit Conference, April 12 at Collin College in McKinney.

“We will present Tag Teaming Teens,” said Townsend. “Early College High Schools are typically found in urban areas…we are a rural community with an extremely successful ECHS collaboration, which benefits our students and ensures well-rounded individuals.”

“This presentation will provide details on the overall collaboration and scope of a successful rural ECHS collaboration,” she continued. “We will provide information and strategies on how to incorporate extra-curricular activities and workforce programs into an ECHS environment for successful students. In addition, we will provide an outline of how successful, positive communication and collaboration is key to the success of ECHS, but also dual credit partnerships.”

Trinity Valley Junior College honored long-time employees during the annual board Christmas luncheon held Tuesday, December 20. Pictured L-R above are Ron Camp – 40 years; Sam Hurley, Dorothy Hinds and Merl Estep – 35 years; below are Vicki Dossett and Gail Bayless – 30 years; Linda White, Brian Spurling and Floyd Brigdon – 25 years.