A Northeast Texas Community College professor has been selected by Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) as a Faculty Scholar and will serve as an advisor at the 2018 Honors Institute. This is the sixth year for Dr. Melissa Fulgham, NTCC?s lead advisor for the Alpha Mu Chi Chapter of PTK, Professor of History and Division Director for Humanities & Social Sciences, to serve in this capacity.
Faculty Scholars†serve as seminar leaders during Honors Institute, Phi Theta Kappa?s annual summer conference held on a university campus. The event brings nearly 500 associate degree-seeking students and PTK chapter advisors together for a week each June. The†2018 Honors Institute†will be held at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
For the first time, Honors Institute will focus on Phi Theta Kappa?s Leadership Development curriculum. Faculty Scholars will be certified to lead the curriculum, which has been hailed by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as one of eight exemplary leadership development programs in the country.
During the years she has served as a Faculty Scholar, Fulgham said she has participated in events at Denver University, Wake-Forest University, University of New Mexico and Loyola University. Pre-Institute activities have ranged from sharing a meal in the homes of Amish families in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to visiting native American ruins in New Mexico.
?It?s been an incredible opportunity to travel and engage in unique experiences. Being a Faculty Scholar is an opportunity open to any PTK advisor, although only a limited number can be selected each year,? Fulgham said. ?I would love to see my co-advisors here at NTCC†someday enjoy the experience of serving as Faculty Scholars as well! It?s a wonderful and unique opportunity Phi Theta Kappa offers for advisors, and now alumni as well.?
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,280 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, Peru, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. Nearly 3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 131,000 students inducted annually. NTCC?s Alpha Mu Chi chapter is very active in the organization at both the regional and national levels.
