About Virginia Alumni
The Virginia Region Alumni Association of Phi Theta Kappa was chartered in 1996, as one of the first regional alumni associations of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. Since 1996, Virginia Alumni members have supported the Virginia Region of Phi Theta Kappa by providing scholarships to Virginia Region campus chapters for various educational and fellowship events, as well as donating funds to Virginia Region candidates for International offices and supporting their candidacy at International Conventions. Virginia Alumni members have served as volunteers at Regional events, developed and conducted workshops for Leadership conferences to train incoming chapter officers, and developed activities for Virginia Regional events. The Virginia Alumni also sponsor a Senior College Fair each year at the Virginia Regional Convention.
During the VA Region Annual Convention held March 6-8, 2009 at the Wyndham Hotel in Virginia Beach, the election, and installation of new executive committee members occurred. All new members were sworn in by Laurel Rothenberger, VA Alumni Advisor (lrothenberger@clublink.ca).
Your executive committee members for 2009-2010 are as follows:
Deborah ‘Deb’ Dale – President
Joanne ‘Jo’ Helmick – President-Elect
Katie Keung – Secretary
Mary Matthews-Worsley – Treasurer
Eric Abshier – Member-at-Large
H. Sue Walker – Past-President
Twelve new members were inducted into our alumni ranks. Please welcome Eric Abshier (Tidewater), Deborah Blake (WVA State), Lisa Borges (NOVA Annandale), Taylor Farris (Danville), Anne Hunt (Danville), Candace Kimble (WVA CTC), Viljena Makovejeva (Danville), Maria Mickey (Eastern Shore), T. Brooke Murphy (Danville), Brent Royal (Danville), Carey Ann Stewart (ECPI – VA Beach), and E. Allen Vincent (Danville).
Eight alumni members entertained the masses with our rendition of ‘silent’ movie vs. ‘talkie’ movie explaining the impact of technology in that genre based on the Honors Study Topic “Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges, and Consequences.”