David Larkin selected as PTK Faculty Scholar

Published or Revised February 18, 2008

David Larkin, a member of the Paris Junior College faculty, has been selected as a Faculty Scholar for the 2008 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar Conference and 2008 Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Institute. Larkin is one of only 24 people selected for this honor from a large pool of applicants. Applicants must be Phi Theta Kappa advisors exhibiting exceptional knowledge of the current Honors Study Topic, The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges, and Consequences, and demonstrated excellence in teaching. "We're so pleased to have a faculty member honored in this way," said PJC President Dr. Pamela Anglin. "This is another indication of our outstanding academic programs and faculty at Paris Junior College." The Faculty Scholar Conference, sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, was held at Phi Theta Kappa's Center for Excellence in Jackson, Miss., Jan. 30 through Feb. 3. The conference prepares Faculty Scholars to serve as group facilitators at the Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Institute. Scholars heard presentations on a variety of issues concerning the paradox of affluence and participated in discussion groups throughout the four-day conference. The annual International Honors Institute will be held at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, Calif., June 16-21. There Larkin and the other Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholars will lead groups of 15-20 honor students in seminar discussions of the issues presented throughout the week. Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Miss., is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 states, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 2 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually.