Here's to a Great Year!!

Phi Theta Kappa, YOU DID IT! Thank you to everyone who donated to the Oberndorf challenge. Thanks to your generosity, on Saturday, April 14th during the convention, we hit our goal or raising $125,000.00 and the Oberndorf family matched us dollar for dollar. We now have $250,000.00 to endow this scholarship. But wait, there's more... The Oberndorfs have challenged us again. Raise another $125,000.00 and they will match us again, making our endowment $500,000.00. Hold on, there's still more... Due to the fact that even after a year of collecting interest on $250,000 there will not be enough to award enough Lifeline scholarships next year, Mr. and Mrs. Oberndorf have given us another $25,000.00 to enable Phi Theta Kappa to award ten $2,500 Lifeline to Completion Scholarships in 2013. So let's keep the momentum going with our fundraising.

Let's not forget those who helped us achieve our first matching challenge: GEICO is giving $10,000 if we get more quotes at www.ptk.org/geico , Wes Moore and his wife gave $10,000, many chapters and regions made pledges to give money soon to help meet the first challenge, hundreds (probably thousands) of you donated at convention and received a convention pin for your donation, and the Phi Theta Kappa Board of Directors stepped in and helped us out as well. Thanks again to everyone who donated.

If you were not able to make it to the convention, we missed you dearly! Here are some videos of what went on (they will play in order):




We had a record year. Phi Theta Kappa hit record numbers in recruitment and it showed when we had over 4000 members, over 700 advisors, and dozens of alumni, the most in all categories that Phi Theta Kappa has ever had in attendance at a convention. Congratulations!!!

Our speakers, Amy Chua and Malcolm Gladwell were amazing. We also heard from our Executive Director, Dr. Rod Risley, our International President, Tameka Wilson, Isa Adney who spoke at the ACA meeting, and Jon Acuff who spoke at the Academy.

Finally, congratulations to our 2012-2013 International Officer Team.
Ryan Palmore - President
Casey Romero-Tobia - Div I V.P.
Ryan Lake - Div II V.P.
Anthony Ames - Div III V.P.
Gail San Diego - Div IV V.P.

. . . we can't wait to here what you are doing and planning.

                      Incomming PTKIOTeam -----<Rod>----- Outgoing PTKIOTeam