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Fall festival Saturday at Roane State

Posted at 8:00 pm October 1, 2021
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Fall is the time for festivals, and there will be a free celebration of the season on Saturday, October 2, in front of Roane State Community College’s Oak Ridge Branch Campus.

The event, scheduled to run from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, is sponsored by Roane State’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.

The formal name for the celebration is the PTK Fall Festival & Car Show, said Roane State Associate Professor Claudia Cummings, adviser for the local PTK chapter.

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Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Festivals, Front Page News Tagged With: Claudia Cummings, Phi Theta Kappa, PTK, PTK Fall Festival & Car Show, Roane State Community College

Roane State honor society members take part in national conference at Disney World

Posted at 12:51 am July 14, 2014
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Roane State Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Conference

Roane State Phi Theta Kappa members, from left, Miranda Chase, Shawn Van Horn, and Georgette Boozer take a break from all the fun at the honor society’s national conference at Walt Disney World this spring. (Submitted photo)

 

Representatives of Roane State Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society unleashed their inner nerd at the society’s national conference, “NerdNation 2014,” at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges.

Roane State PTK chapter president Georgette Boozer said attending the national conference offered “a chance to explore leadership potential with college peers and a way to have fun with people from all over the country.”

Boozer and fellow PTK members Miranda Chase and Shawn Van Horn attended education sessions, networked with fellow students, and heard renowned speakers such as polar explorer Alison Levine and oceanographer Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic in 1985.

The conference was titled “NerdNation” to celebrate the idea that it’s cool to be smart. Pop culture, through shows such as “The Big Bang Theory,” and fashion—bow ties are in, and horn-rimmed glasses are back—celebrate nerd style, or “geek chic.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News Tagged With: Beta Alpha Chi, Georgette Boozer, Miranda Chase, NerdNation, NerdNation 2014, Phi Theta Kappa, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, PTK, Roane State Community College, Rod Risley, Shawn Van Horn, Walt Disney World

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