FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgsc.edu

SGC’s Amy Hancock Receives PTK Horizon Award

Amy Hancock, Phi Theta Kappa advisor at South Georgia College, was recently honored with the Horizon Award at the Georgia Spring Regional Conference at Georgia Highlands College in Rome. The Horizon Award recognizes new advisors who participate in regional and international programs and have attained new levels of achievement in Phi Theta Kappa programs.

The awards are presented based on recommendation from the advisor's Regional Coordinator. Hancock was presented with a Horizon Award certificate at the regional awards presentation and her name will be included in the Region Directory.

Frank Malinowski, Interim Dean of Science and Mathematics at Darton College and Phi Theta Kappa Regional Coordinator says, “As a new advisor Amy has immersed herself fully into the Phi Theta Kappa culture. She is working hard to bring both herself and her students to higher levels within the organization. I am very proud of the work she is doing and look forward to working with her closely so that we can continue to improve her chapter and the region."

Under her leadership, the Kappa Sigma chapter at South Georgia College reached the Five Star level in the chapter development plan. Five Star is the highest level that can be achieved. The club also serves as the Chapter Relations Officer for the Georgia Region.

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 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. Membership in Phi Theta Kappa is based upon academic achievement. The organization offers opportunities for scholarships, intellectual enrichment, and personal development through programs based on the society’s hallmarks.

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