{"id":61,"date":"2017-10-24T20:13:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T20:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-03-17T21:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T21:33:14","slug":"benefits-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/membership\/benefits-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits &amp; FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Benefits &amp; FAQs<\/h1>\n<h2>What are the membership benefits?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Eligibility for exclusive Scholarship opportunities at four-year institutions worth 37 million dollars<\/li>\n\t<li>National Dean\u2019s List nomination<\/li>\n\t<li>Membership noted on transcript<\/li>\n\t<li>Phi Theta Kappa Gold Key pin<\/li>\n\t<li>Official gold-embossed certificate of membership<\/li>\n\t<li>Gold seal on your diploma, recognizing and displaying your achievements<\/li>\n\t<li>Enrollment in the Phi Theta Kappa transfer database<\/li>\n\t<li>Potential nomination to the ALL-USA Academic Team ($50,000 in cash awards)<\/li>\n\t<li>\u201cLeaders of Promise\u201d Scholarship opportunity benefiting members while they are enrolled in their two-year institutions<\/li>\n\t<li>Eligible for all Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>FAQS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is the membership annual and how much will the fee be next year?<\/strong><em><br>\n<\/em>The membership is a lifetime membership and the $75 fee is only collected one time (upon induction).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will be required of me if I join?<\/strong><em><br>\n<\/em>Nothing is required of our members. You can be as active as you want; it\u2019s entirely up to you. However, we will offer you services, activities, debates, conferences and more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Phi Theta Kappa sounds like a Fraternity, what is it really?<\/strong><em><br>\n<\/em>It is NOT a Fraternity\/Sorority. It is an Honor Society, which serves to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of the two-year college student and provide opportunities for individual growth and development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If my GPA drops below 3.60 will I lose my membership?<\/strong><em><br>\n<\/em>The acceptable GPA after induction is 3.5. Even if your GPA falls below that you will still have at least one semester to bring it up again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I can\u2019t come up with $75 for the membership fee, what now?<\/strong><em><br>\n<\/em>If you think you may have trouble with the membership fee don\u2019t let that stop you from receiving these benefits, please call (585) 292-2533 or (585) 292-2532. We can always work something out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you have any further questions feel free to stop by the Phi Theta Kappa office in 3-133 or the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development in Room 3-126.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits &amp; FAQs What are the membership benefits? Eligibility for exclusive Scholarship opportunities at four-year institutions worth 37 million dollars National Dean\u2019s List nomination Membership noted on transcript Phi Theta Kappa Gold Key pin Official gold-embossed certificate of membership Gold seal on your diploma, recognizing and displaying your achievements Enrollment in the Phi Theta Kappa [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":634,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/221"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/phithetakappa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}