Welcome to Phi Theta Kappa at
Columbia State
What Is PTK? Phi Theta Kappa is an international honors society for two-year schools. Columbia State’s chapter, Beta Kappa Theta, was charted in 2000 and has since grown to become a Five-Star Chapter! Membership into Phi Theta Kappa is limited to roughly the top 10% of students based on academic achievements.
All-USA Academic Team Nominee for 2010-2011
Will Bumpous
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Regional Awards - 2011
Beta Kappa Theta Chapter Awards
2nd Place – Distinguished Chapter
3rd Place – Distinguished College Project
5th Place – Distinguished Honors in Action Project
Chapter of Light
5-Star Chapter Level
(Highest Possible Rating for Chapters)
Individual Awards
April Kaiser
2nd Place– Distinguished Chapter Member
Honorable Mention Poetry
Amber Hughes
4th Place distinguished Chapter Officer
Trishae Dotson
1st Place Fiction
Olivia West
2nd Place Nonfiction
Rachel Cannon - Elected PTK Regional Secretary
Jessica Flick - Elected Regional VP of Middle TN
Cooking OUR Way For Kiva
Not only did we sell all the Cookbook, we collected over $1500! Proceeds from the cookbook will be used to fight world hunger via Kiva.org.
TWLOHA
We had over 100 people participate on the Columbia and Lawrenceburg campuses! This is an issue that has touched the lives of many of our students and employees. If you’d like further information, please visit www.twloha.com.
Red Cross' Haiti Relief Fund
Columbia State students and employees raised $480 for the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief Fund.
(Students = $260, Employees = $220)
If you would like to do something to help the relief efforts in Haiti, a fast and easy way to donate $10 to the American Red Cross is to text Haiti to 90999. on your cell phone. The $10 donation will be added to your cell phone bill.
DonorsChoose.org
Beta Kappa Theta raised $200 from a bake sale. All received money went towards fully funding (with the matching funds) an elementary math lab in Marshall county. This project was made possible via DonorsChoose.org.
Change for Children - "Angel Tree"
We collected enouph money ($442) to purchase gifts for 10 "Angels" from the angel tree.
Food Drive
In conjunction with SGA we collected just under 2422 items for The Family Center in Columbia and 722 items God’s Storehouse in Lawrenceburg.
Santa for Seniors
PTK at the Franklin Campus celebrated Teacher Appreciation by selling paper apples. Students purchased the "apples", and then taped them to their favorite teacher's door. They raised $76 for Santa for Seniors
Project Graduation
Columbia State Community College’s Beta Kappa Theta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Participated in the Honor Society’s Project Graduation - Feed a Body. Feed a Mind which took place from mid-April through the beginning of May. The mission of Project Graduation is to battle the social issues of hunger and low literacy rates by collecting non-perishable food items and books during college commencement season. The items are distributed to those in need through community relief agencies and literacy organizations. PTK members distributed collection boxes in mid-April. Columbia State’s graduating class of 2009 was asked to bring items to graduation rehearsal on May 11, the final day of the project. The students collected a total of 659 food items and 424 children’s books. The items collected will go to The Family Center in Maury County, a non-profit child abuse prevention agency. The agency services the community through a variety of programs from parent education classes to case management services.
Cellular Change
Saving The Planet One Phone At A Time - Click here to see a video created by recent graduate Daniel Johnston.
Williamson County Clean-Up - On Saturday April 4, 2009 Beta Kappa Theta members and advisors convened at Columbia State Community College campus in Franklin, TN to help beautify the campus. Click here to see photos.
PTK All-Tennessee Academic Team
Congratulations to Beta Kappa Theta members Trever Calvert and Sally Krasinski who were recently recognized as Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team honorees. Click here to see photos.
Change for Children and Food Drive
Beta Kappa Theta collected $500.00 for the Angel Tree! We were able to provide for 13 "Angels". We also were able to collect 2,400 food items which we took to the Family Center.
Blood|Water Mission
We Did It! - Columbia State’s Phi Theta Kappa has successfully raised $1000.00 for the Blood: Water Mission! Every $1000.00 donated to the Blood: Water Mission provides enough funds to build a fresh-water well that will provide clean water to an entire community in Africa for years to come! Thanks to everyone who helped us reach our goal. For more information, please visit www.bloodwatermission.com.
Willie Nelson and the Spears Foundation
Hepatitis C Awareness Concert
On Saturday, October 4th, members of Beta Kappa Theta and friends volunteered to helped out at the Willie Nelson Concert which benefited the Spears Foundation for Hepatitis C. We directed traffic, picked up trash, and enjoyed the music.
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To see pictures and discuss PTK events?
To see scheduled items, click the Calendar link to the left.
Current Projects...
Annual Food Drive
Emergency Start
Due to the dire need, PTK will start the annual food drive early.
November 14 - December 11.
Donations made at Columbia will be delivered to the Family Center. Other food banks will be identified to receive food donated at other campuses so that we are taking care of hunger across our entire service area
Media Sale for
Children of La Montagne
On October 10-13, Phi Theta Kappa will hold a book, CD, DVD, video game, etc. sale in Clement 114. The proceeds from the event will go to help fund a music program for the children of La Montagne, Haiti
Project Graduation
Feed a Body…Feed a Mind
We ask that all of our May graduates bring with them to Graduation Rehearsal on May 9 nonperishable food items and/or children’s books (new or gently used) to donate to the project.
UPDATE: 935 food items and 382 children’s books were collected. Pictures can be seen here.
Soles4Souls
Donate your used shoes in any condition! Shoes that are gently used will be distributed to needy individuals around the globe to help combat disease. Collection boxes are available on each campus.
UPDATE: Phi Theta Kappa collected 1, 040 pairs of shoes as part of our Soles4Souls Shoe Drive! Pictures can be seen here.
Maury County Clean-up
Beta Kappa Theta participated in the Maury County Clean-up! Members picked up trash on busy streets to help keep our world beautiful. Pictures can be seen here.
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