Membership

Eligibility

All students currently enrolled at Cerro Coso—at any campus and online, full time and part time—with a minimum 3.5 GPA in 12 or more units of degree or transfer coursework are eligible. Phi Theta Kappa members must maintain a minimum 3.25 GPA until graduation.

Benefits of Membership

• Scholarships exclusively for Phi Theta Kappa members:

  • More than $36 million in transfer scholarships by more than 600 universities

  • Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (up to $30,000 each)

  • Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship ($1,000 each)

  • All-USA Academic Team ($2,500 each)

  • New Century Scholars Award ($2,000 each)

  • National Dean's List Scholarships ($250 each)

  • Phi Theta Kappa Online Scholarships ($500 each)

  • Guistwhite Scholarships ($5,000 each)

  • Leaders of Promise Scholarships ($1,000 each)

  • Honors Institute Scholarships
    » View Scholarship Opportunities page for links

• Numerous free services and resources:

  • Kaplan test prep

  • Transfer database

  • Job search networks

  • Financial assistance with insurance and health care

• Letters of recommendations to college admissions counselors, scholarship officials, and potential employers

• Service and leadership opportunities at our college, in our community, and through international service programs

• Opportunity to be published in Nota Bene, Phi Theta Kappa's literary journal

• Interdisciplinary academic study in the Honors Study topic and Honors Satellite Seminars each fall

• Recognition:

  • An special induction ceremony for all new members

  • Automatic inclusion in the National Dean's List publication of college honors students

  • A golden key membership pin

  • A certificate of membership

  • A gold diploma seal denoting Phi Theta Kappa membership for their college diploma

  • Membership verification on their college transcript (if so desired)

  • Graduation regalia: golden monogrammed honor stole and gold tassel

Application Requirements

• Complete an application.

• True to the traditions of Phi Theta Kappa, our chapter is very community oriented, both locally and globally. Although Beta Kappa Chi gets a small portion of your membership fee, we donate $5 of this to any charity project you designate. You may use the form included with the application to indicate which of the projects you would like to contribute to.

• Pay one-time membership fees of $75 (made payable to Phi Theta Kappa)
  
  Send $75 membership fee, application, and donation designation to:
  
  Dr. Christine Swiridoff, Phi Theta Kappa Advisor
  Cerro Coso Community College
  3000 College Heights Blvd.
  Ridgecrest, CA 93555
  

Learn more at the international PTK website: What is Phi Theta Kappa?

Phi Theta Kappa supports leadership through service, and it is a blessing to be a part of such an admirable Honors Society. "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all" (MK 9:35).

~ Ashlee Bailey, Public Relations Officer, Spring 2006

Phi Theta Kappa
Beta Kappa Chi Chapter
Cerro Coso Community College
3000 College Heights Blvd.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555