Phi Theta Kappa is hosting an “Adopt-A-Book” fundraiser in A. Lincoln Commons today, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All books will be completely free, but monetary donations are welcomed and encouraged. Bags and boxes will also be available for those who need one.
We encourage both staff and students to spread the word of this event in hopes of giving old books a second chance! Thank you!
Phi Theta Kappa is hosting an “Adopt-A-Book” fundraiser in A. Lincoln Commons on Thursday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.!
All books will be free, but monetary donations are welcomed and encouraged. Bags and boxes will also be available for any who may need them.
If you have new or gently used books you would like to donate to the fundraiser, donations will be accepted from Monday, March 17, to Wednesday, March 19, (please see below for donation guidelines).
There is no cap to the number of books you can donate/take at the event.
Book donations for all ages are encouraged! They don’t have to just be books for adults.
We ask for no donations of textbooks, bibles/religious scripture, phonebook/dictionaries or any overly destroyed books.
For any other questions regarding this event please feel free to contact one of our PTK Social Committee officers, Lexie (Aeber3321@llcc.edu) or Katie (Kangu7751@llcc.edu).
We encourage both staff and students to spread the word of this event, in hopes of giving old books a second chance! Thank you!
Congratulations to LLCC student Zorah Austin, of Virden, who has been named a 2025 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Read more about this Phi Kappa Theta award.
LLCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society recently completed all the requirements for Five Star Chapter status, the highest level of recognition, for the 12th year in a row. Requirements include participation of the chapter in regional events, student and advisor professional development, recruitment activities, and completion of two service projects — one to benefit the college and one to benefit the community. These projects are developed, planned and implemented by chapter officers and members.
The “College Project,” “PTK Expression Expo” took place in March 2024 and included a weeklong series of mindfulness activities including a Craft Fair, Movie Night, Nature Walk, Game Day, and a Meditation Session hosted by Dr. Deborah Brothers. The events took place just before midterms to help students de-stress.
The “Honors in Action” community service project took place in November and December 2024 and is ongoing in 2025. “The Living Legacies Project” was a collaboration between PTK and the Black Student Union. PTK members worked with the BSU to create interview questions, then interviewed BSU members about their experiences as members of the Black community in Springfield. Following the trial interviews in December, PTK plans to expand this project to the larger Springfield community and create a YouTube channel to host the interviews as their Honors in Action Project in 2025.
The advisors for LLCC’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter are Gillian Bauer, professor of English, and Ryan Roberts, professor librarian.
Congratulations to LLCC’s Phi Theta Kappa inductees. The Alpha Epsilon Kappa chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society held its fall induction ceremony on Oct. 23 in the Trutter Center. The keynote speaker was Isaac Barrett, former chapter president. Barrett and another former chapter president, Joey Gallo formally installed the new chapter officers.
The event formally recognizes new members and officers and is conducted in part by the student leaders of the chapter.
Students inducted into PTK this fall included:
Victoria Alamu, Paige Alexander, Lexi Aper, Dakota Barker, Syd Carey, Haley Christian, Brennah Dillon, Natalie Dockter, Jamie Edit, Julie Elfgen, Audrey Breann Feagans, Jessica Gibson, Zachary David Hamilton, Olivia Hentzien, Amanda Hoover, Keja Jordan, Amena Kennon, Jamie Kunz, Kara Lynn Lawyer, Sabrina Lewis, Wendie yesenia Porras, Walker Quimby, Cheyenne Reichert, Manuel Lino Rojo Garcia, Yasmeen Salem, Andrew James Sample, Emily J. Sierra, Sophie Skaggs, Morgan Smith, Korbyn M. Stevens, Maretta Sullivan, Latasha N. Sykes, Nichole Tamosaitis, Kavita Vachone Tolliver, Jack H. Waldeck, Breanna Washington and Allyson Whitaker.
PTK co-advisors are Dr. Gillian Bauer, professor, English, and Ryan Roberts, professor, Library.
LLCC’s Alpha Epsilon Kappa chapter of Phi Theta Kappa received a $420 grant to support the research stage of their annual Honors in Action (HIA) project. The theme of this cycle of HIA projects is “The Power of Stories,” and LLCC’s AEK chapter has drafted a preliminary research question asking, “How is preservation of local black history related to community formation for younger generations?”
This HIA research question acknowledges our community’s conflicted racial history while focusing on the potential to preserve not only stories of pain and trauma, but on the opportunities to celebrate, move forward, and build community, especially in our community’s younger generations.
LLCC’s chapter was one of only seven PTK chapters in the Illinois Region to receive grants this fall. The grant will assist students serving on the chapter’s project committee as they visit three local museums as part of their research process: the Route History Museum, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site. Each site was chosen for its ability to shed light on the history of race in our local community. The grant will also provide an honorarium for a speaker to facilitate a workshop for PTK Team Members about the ethics of working with marginalized groups.
In partnership with NMDP, the National Marrow Donor Program, Phi Theta Kappa’s blood stem cell and bone marrow donor registry drive continues through today, Oct. 2. Just a simple cheek swab can add someone to the national registry and potentially save a life!
Every year, 18,000 patients are diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers or other blood disorders that could be cured or treated with a blood stem cell transplant. 70% don’t have a fully matched donor in their family.
Potential donors should be:
The drive is being held in A. Lincoln Commons today, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Please encourage your students to register or register yourself. The process takes only about 10 minutes.
Learn more on the NMDP website.
Every year, 18,000 patients are diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers or other blood disorders that could be cured or treated with a blood stem cell transplant. 70% don’t have a fully matched donor in their family.
In partnership with NMDP, the National Marrow Donor Program, Phi Theta Kappa is hosting a blood stem cell and bone marrow donor registry drive this week. Just a simple cheek swab can add someone to the national registry and potentially save a life!
Potential donors should be:
The drive will be held in A. Lincoln Commons Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Please encourage your students to register or register yourself. The process takes only about 10 minutes.
Learn more about NMDP on their website.
Congratulations to Malena Kirgan of New Holland, who was selected this summer as a 2024 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. Malena is an ag transfer student and member of Phi Theta Kappa!
LLCC’s Alpha Epsilon Kappa chapter of Phi Theta Kappa took home the hardware at the PTK Regional Conference and Honors Institute convention, held here at LLCC at the end of May.
Read about the chapter’s 11-year streak as a Gold Star Chapter and the various chapter and individual awards.
Congratulations PTK!