Phi Theta Kappa (PTK国际两年制学院荣誉协会(international honor society for two- college)最近认可了一名蒙哥马利大学(Montgomery)的学生 县社区学院教职员，担任Beta Tau Lambda的五星级顾问 chapter at Pottstown Campus. 

传播学助理教授梅雷迪思·弗兰克(Meredith Frank)获此殊荣 upon completion of an online course. She received a certificate and pin in her honor 并于今年4月在该组织的年度会议Catalyst上获得了认可.

“It was good. It really helped me,” said Frank of the course. “What also really helped 我是Catalyst，很多问题我都可以通过参加会议来回答 and learning during previous years’ conventions. I think it was great to refresh. It showed how important Catalyst was.”

这位兰斯代尔人住在哈弗敦，一直是布朗博士的联合顾问. Douglas 鲍威尔，历史助理教授，为贝塔Tau Lambda章自2020年以来. She 拥有英语和沟通学士学位，辅修心理学 from Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., and holds a master’s degree in professional communication from La Salle University.

Frank于2002年开始作为兼职教员在MCCC任教. She was hired as 2019年被任命为全职讲师，2023年5月被任命为助理教授. She began 在大流行的早期为PTK提供联合咨询.

“他们说‘我们需要你加入PTK’，因为当时我们没有成员，因为 of COVID,” she remembered. “They wanted to bring it back. They said, ‘Who do you want your assistant to be?’ I said ‘Doug Powell.’ We work amazingly well together, he’s 我很擅长处理电子邮件，也很擅长吸引学生加入. We just got the PTK REACH award for membership.”

在过去的四年里，弗兰克说贝塔Tau Lambda分会已经发展到更多 than 50 members.

弗兰克说PTK是学校里一个重要的团体，因为它帮助学生实现他们的目标 goals.

“我认为宣传金钱和奖学金机会很重要。” she said. “我相信人们会为了别人而留在学校. They meet people 玩得开心，他们更有可能报名参加更多的课程.”

该组织组织或支持的一些令人难忘的社区服务项目 包括在波茨敦与Mission First合作，支持粮食不安全和工作 为非营利组织“千层面之爱”(lasagna Love)烹制千层面 provides meals to the food insecure.

本学期，该小组为高年级学生制作了60张贺卡，为学生制作了11个春篮 children in foster homes in Pottstown.

鲍威尔赞扬弗兰克在继续发展分会和帮助 community.

“我很高兴能与香港大学的弗兰克教授共同担任顾问 在过去的三年里一直是Phi Theta Kappa的Beta Tau Lambda分会，”鲍威尔说. “我们已经发展了分会，并参与了一些重要的服务工作，包括 一年一度的清洁活动，并为波茨敦社区提供食品援助.  These 许多由弗兰克教授带头的努力产生了真正的影响 在社区，并亲自丰富了PTK学生的参与. Frank教授是PTK的忠实拥护者，她的努力是无价的 to the success of our chapter.  I am delighted to see that she is being recognized for her contributions.”

弗兰克赞扬了贝塔Tau Lambda学生主席乔治亚·霍洛斯基和卡梅伦的工作 Gross.

“The students keep me around. Our amazing president Georgia Horosky is 17 years old. She’s been here since she was 14. She’s going to the Catalyst convention with me. She’s really good at communication.”

“Cameron Gross, I love that she’s a go getter. She’s going to go far,” said Frank. 她和霍洛斯基都邀请格罗斯担任下学期PTK的主席. “她本可以去一所著名的四年制大学，但bt365体育备用网站的学费更便宜. 她来到这里，申请了荣誉课程，并充分利用了它. She’s someone I can rely on.”

18岁的格罗斯来自波茨敦，主修工商管理，她说她很荣幸 by the invitation to become the president. Frank is one of the most welcoming faculty members she knows at the College.

“如果你今天心情不好，或者出了什么问题，就和她谈谈 helps,” she said. “It’s crazy how welcoming she is.”

“五星顾问奖是当之无愧的，”格罗斯说.

“她被任命为五星级顾问一点也不奇怪，”她说， 他补充说，弗兰克对学生有很深的同情心. “She understands people are busy and have a lot going on. 我认为这是一个很好的导师品质. And she’s very supportive. 让这样的人经营这么有名的俱乐部 is really important.”

Horosky similarly had glowing reviews of Frank.

“She was one of my first in-person professors. She’s a very big reason I enjoyed Montco. 她非常热情，绝对是一个总是愿意帮助别人的人 another project. 我喜欢她的课，很吸引人，她真的很擅长 she teaches about. 

“She says she’ll talk to anyone. If there’s someone to teach communication, it’s her. 她从不不愿意伸出手让人们参与进来. She’s not afraid. There’s nobody better to get an advisor award than her.”

MCCC有两个PTK分会-蓝铃校区的Alpha Kappa Zeta和Beta Tau Lambda at the Pottstown Campus. Both chapters have attained five-star status, the highest rank a chapter can earn. Dr. Catherine Parzynski and Dr. 凯西·霍尔特·谢林，历史学教授，是阿尔法卡帕会的顾问 泽塔、历史学助理教授鲍威尔和弗兰克是贝塔的指导老师 Tau Lambda.

为了有资格成为PTK会员的精英荣誉，学生必须达到最低要求 of 12 credits, maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be of good moral character.