Six members and a faculty advisor of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter from Anoka Ramsey Community College (ARCC) Cambridge Campus recently traveled to Seattle for the honor society’s international convention. They returned home with three awards and many good memories.

The Cambridge Campus PTK Chapter, known as Alpha Delta Upsilon, received a Service Hallmark award and was named among PTK’s top 100 chapters in the world. ARCC member Paula Jackson received a Most Distinguished Member award.

PTK is an honor society that recognizes and encourages scholarship among two-year college students. The 2006 PTK International Convention welcomed 3,400 members from PTK chapters around the world.

Convention attendees heard presentations from such luminaries as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, and journalists Mirta Ojito and Cokie Roberts.

The convention also provided members the opportunity to attend smaller forums and seminars on a variety of topics. Cambridge PTK chapter members Paula Jackson and Gary Steffenson and faculty advisor Kathleen Hoffman conducted a forum entitled “The Four Hallmarks: Guiding and Rewarding,” which was attended by 125 PTK members.