MGCCC’s Greene-Aguirre wins PTK Distinguished Chapter Adviser Award

Gayle Greene-Aguirre

Gayle Greene-Aguirre, adviser for the Gamma Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's Perkinston Campus, received the Distinguished Chapter Adviser Award at the 2009 Phi Theta Kappa International Convention in Grapevine, Texas, April 16-18. Greene-Aguirre, a social studies instructor, is also the Honors College adviser at the Perkinston Campus.

This year, more than 500 chapters competed for PTK's most coveted awards. The Hallmark Awards Program is the Society's capstone awards competition, annually recognizing excellence in programs that promote the Phi Theta Kappa Hallmarks of Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship. Exceptional members, officers, advisers, college administrators and chapters are recognized at the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention for their achievements.

Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of the Two-Year College, has recognized academic excellence in the two-year college since 1918. The Society is comprised of more than 1,250 chapters at community, technical and junior colleges in all 50 of the United States, in Canada, Germany, U.S. Territories, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Palau and the British Virgin Islands, making it the largest and most prestigious honor society serving two-year colleges. Membership is based primarily upon academic achievement.