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Looking Back to Move Forward

by Marie Brewer Recently, five members of the Alpha Theta Phi officer team attended the NY Region Honors in Action/Leadership Conference at Suffolk County Community College (SCCC). We had three jam-packed days of speakers, seminars, and even some fun activities to keep us going. There were numerous opportunities for fellowship and connections with neighboring chapters were made. After we arrived on Friday, we headed right to SCCC for registration and the first general session and opening keynote speaker. Opening the first general session was NY Regional President, Amie Bernstein. She took the podium confidently and introduced the other regional officers. Soon came roll-call (which I am told is very exciting at the International Convention!) where each chapter is announced and someone (in this case me) stands up to share how many officers, members, and advisors are in attendance. During her introduction, Amie spoke briefly about the Honors Study Topic, “Frontiers and The Spirit of
                                                                                                  by Rachel Chambers Being an active member of Phi Theta Kappa comes with a lot of benefits and one of those in particular is having an opportunity to attend different conferences or County, Long Island at the Suffolk County Community College Ammerman campus. conventions. This year, the New York Regional Conference was held in Suffolk hear a name like that you think it has numerous obstacle courses, tons of sweat One of the most informative but relaxing events was The Amazing Race. When you order to engage with other members of PTK and socialize as we should. The race and physical exercise. Funny enough, that was just only a small part of it in had different levels which each team had to complete in a specific time. The offer and some sort of twist within it all. What is the point of this, you may activities were as follows: The Water Bucket Challenge, Mine Field, Flas