"The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa shall be to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa shall provide opportunity for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence."

Today Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 2 million members and 1,200 chapters located in all 50 of the United States, U.S. territories, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United Arab Emirates and Palau. The innovative programs and services and array of membership benefits offered by Phi Theta Kappa are unequaled among honor societies. 

Phi Theta Kappa's mission is two-fold: 1) recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and (2) provide opportunities for individual growth and development through participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming. Co-curricular programs focus upon the Society's Hallmark of Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship. It is estimated that 200,000 students participate in Phi Theta Kappa programs each year. Annually, approximately 100,000 students are inducted into Phi Theta Kappa.

•  Members of Phi Theta Kappa may apply for more than $36 million in transfer scholarships, provided exclusively to Society members by more than 600 senior institutions.
• Enrollment in The Transfer Database, used by hundreds of senior colleges and universities to recruit Phi Theta Kappa transfer students.
• Letter of recommendation sent to a college admissions counselor, scholarship official or potential employer.
• Golden Key Membership Pin, Certificate of Membership, and a wallet-size Identification Card. 
• Members of Phi Theta Kappa may affix the Society’s Gold Diploma Seal, denoting Society membership, to their two-year college diploma.
• Members of Phi Theta Kappa may have their membership in the international honor society noted on their transcript, contingent on their college’s policy.
• Members of Phi Theta Kappa may wear the Society’s golden monogrammed Honors Stole and Tassel, at college commencement exercises, available through purchase, contingent on college policy.

Tuesday, April 5, at 1:00 in room 2250, Bonnie Buratti from NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech will be speaking on "Titan: an Earth in
Deep Freeze."

A giant moon in orbit around Saturn seems an unlikely place for Earth-like
processes to be occurring. But that is exactly what is happening on Titan.
The only moon with a thick atmosphere, Titan has lakes, clouds, windstorms
and dunes, floods and flowing rivers, and perhaps volcanoes and a subsurface water ocean.

This talk is an overview of recent discoveries about Titan from the Cassini
spacecraft and what this cold moon in the outer reaches of the Solar System
can teach us about the Earth. It is intended to be understandable to a
general audience. 

Bonnie J. Buratti received a doctorate in astronomy and space sciences from
Cornell University and is currently a senior research scientist at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. With expertise on the formation and evolution of
the small icy bodies in the outer Solar System, she has taken leadership
roles on the Cassini Mission to Saturn and the New Horizons Mission to Pluto (the demoted planet). She has served in an advisory capacity on NASA
committees and was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for her work on Cassini.

The game against Clark College, originally scheduled for this Sunday, has been changed to today. The first pitch will be at 4:00 p.m. at Pioneer Park.