How Can Alumni Participate?

• Provide recognition to outstanding college members, advisors and administrators
• Assist local college chapters by providing speakers for programs and inductions
• Provide financial support for local chapter members to attend regional and international meetings
• Encourage businesses to provide funds and supplies to support local chapters
• Work in collaborative activities with the two-year chapter(s) to support the college and the community
• Support the Society’s programs and people by contributing to the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation and the Phi Theta Kappa Annual Fund
• Serve as mentors to local chapter members preparing to transfer to senior institutions
• Serve as career mentors for those entering the workforce
• Serve as speakers, judges, and discussion leaders for regional programs
• Host a transfer day event for new transfer students at the senior institution
• Serve as hosts during the local chapter’s induction ceremony
• Host a graduation reception for members of Phi Theta Kappa
• Raise the funds to provide a scholarship for a returning member of the local chapter to continue their education at the two-year college
• Assist the College Alumni Office with mailings/envelope stuffing, committees, co-hosting their programs, and fundraising efforts
• Establish a Distinguished Alumnus Award to recognize outstanding alumni contributions to local or regional Phi Theta Kappa programs
• Assist the local chapter or regional program with new officer orientation
• Host a regional alumni outing: float trip/camping trip, night at a professional sports event, tour of an area attraction, evening at the theater or symphony
• Host an Instructor Appreciation Luncheon or Dinner
• Provide valet parking for campus/community events
• Sponsor a community/campus blood drive or health fair
• Host a Get Acquainted Dance or other event for new students
• Participate in local service organizations: Special Olympics, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Cancer Society, Keep America Beautiful, Big Brother/Big Sister Program, Habitat For Humanity, food pantry
• Provide food for chapter orientations, inductions, fund-raising or social events
• Offer your artistic, musical, media or other skills to enhance a Phi Theta Kappa event
• Send special congratulatory letters or certificates to members graduating cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude
• Provide other assistance when appropriate and needed