Karen Spivey, an assistant professor in the Division of Nursing at Abraham Baldwin College, has been selected as a Faculty Scholar for the 2002 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar Conference and the 2002 Phi Theta Kappa Honors Institute. Applicants must be Phi Theta Kappa advisors who demonstrate exceptional knowledge of the current Honors Study Topic, "Directions and Dimensions of Health: Choices in the Maze," as well as academic excellence.
Spivey, who lives in Fitzgerald, said she was honored to have been selected for such an elite and prestigious group because the selection process is very competitive.
"It is definitely one of the highlights of being a Phi Theta Kappa advisor," Spivey, an ABAC faculty member since 1984, said. "As a faculty scholar, I will have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest, most talented, and most motivated students from across our nation and other nations. Since Phi Theta Kappa is an international honor society, I will have the privilege of working with students from all walks of life. I know that I will learn as much or more from them as I hope that they will learn from me. I am very excited about being a faculty scholar and am looking forward to the International Honors Institute in June.
The Faculty Scholar Conference, sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, was recently held at Phi Theta Kappa's Center for Excellence in Jackson, Miss. The conference prepares faculty scholars to serve as group facilitators at the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Institute.
The 35th annual Honors Institute will be held at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., June 24 - 30. Established in 1968, Phi Theta Kappa's Honors Institute launches the study of each new Honors Study Topic. The Institute features internationally-recognized speakers, small group seminars, educational field trips, and student presentations. During the conference, Spivey and the other Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholars will each lead 15 honor students in seminar discussions relating to the Honors Study Topic.
Founded in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa serves 1,200 two-year colleges around the world. The Society's operations are global in scope with chapters located in all 50 states, U.S. Territories, Canada, Germany, and Japan. Nearly 1.5 million students have earned membership in Phi Theta Kappa since its founding, with more than 80,000 students inducted each year.
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