Regional Officer Positions
Abigail Rodriguez
What is the Service officer
Focuses on professional and soft skills like communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and professionalism.
What is Competitive edge
This online PTK tool allows members to search for transfer institutions and view exclusive scholarship opportunities available only to PTK members.
What is PTK Connect?
In the Florida Region, this adult leader supports chapters statewide, works with regional officers, and helps coordinate regional programming.
Who is the Regional Coordinator?
This PTK program combines research, action, and reflection to address real-world issues through chapter-led projects.
What is Honors in Action?
Co-Scholarship Officer
What is Juan Andino/ Beely Oscar
After finishing this program, a student uploads a new résumé, practices mock interviews, and begins actively networking for internships.
What is Employment Edge?
Rather than being competitive, these scholarships are offered by more than 800 partner institutions and are often awarded automatically to PTK members who meet GPA and transfer requirements.
What are University Partner Scholarships?
Florida chapters present their Honors in Action and College Project results at this regional event before international recognition is possible.
What is the Florida Regional Convention?
This year’s Honors in Action theme (for the 2024–2025 cycle)
What is “The Power of Stories?”
Dr. Tullio Bushrui
What is the regional coordinator
A community college student is preparing personal statements, comparing universities, and researching scholarship opportunities before transferring.
What is Transfer Edge?
This PTK scholarship provides financial assistance to members facing unexpected financial hardships that threaten their ability to complete their degree.
What is the Oberndorf Scholarship
This major international PTK convention serves as the global gathering for awards, leadership training, and networking.
What is Catalyst?
This PTK recognition is awarded to chapters that demonstrate excellence specifically in their Honors in Action research and project implementation.
What is the Honors in Action Award?
Chapter or College of Fellowship
What is Polk State College
This Edge program is specifically designed for students pursuing healthcare careers and includes training in patient communication, professionalism, and self-care.
What is Healthcare Edge?
This scholarship program recognizes high-achieving students planning to transfer into specific fields such as nursing, criminal justice, or STEM and may require field-specific eligibility criteria.
What are PTK Transfer Scholarships?
The Greek letters in Phi Theta Kappa translate to this meaning?
What is “Light of Knowledge and the Fellowship of Scholars”?
These prestigious PTK awards recognize excellence in Honors in Action, College Project, leadership, and overall chapter achievement at regional and international levels.
What are the Hallmark Awards?
Number of Chapters altogether within the state of Florida
What is 80
A PTK member conducting an Honors in Action project completes this program to strengthen their understanding of academic research methods and credible sources.
What is Research Edge?
This scholarship program is sponsored by a major beverage company and awards some of the largest individual scholarships available to PTK members.
What is the Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholarship?
This year marks the founding of Phi Theta Kappa at Stephens College in Missouri.
What is 1918?
This written component helps judges understand a chapter’s intellectual growth, challenges faced, and the overall significance of their Honors in Action experience.
What is the Reflection Essay?