Congratulations to all of the New England Chapters!  You definitely shined this year!  All of your hard work has paid off!


Congratulations, New England!! 

Thank you to all that joined us for the virtual awards ceremony!  Please join us in congratulating our award winning members, officers, advisors, and chapters:
 
Continued Excellence Advisor Award  
Patrick Sullivan   
Manchester Community College
 
Distinguished Chapter Advisor Award
Susan Swirsky and Cara Case  
 Gateway Community College
  
Distinguished Chapter Member Award
First Place: Laura Schneider  
Middlesex Community College
Second Place: Ishan Khadka
Cape Cod Community College  
Third Place: Rowan Coleman
Quinebaug Valley Community College
 
Distinguished Chapter Officer Award
First Place: Victoria Orifice  
Asnuntuck Community College
Second Place: Tiangye Aguilar
Manchester Community College
Third Place: Alyson Reynolds
Eastern Maine Community College

Distinguished Chapter Officer Team Award
First Place:  
Cape Cod Community College
Second Place: 
Massasoit Community College
Third Place:
Quinebaug Valley Community College

Distinguished College Project Award
First Place:
Asnuntuck Community College  
Second Place:
Cape Cod Community College
Third Place:
Gateway Community College

Distinguished Honors in Action Project Award
First Place:
Asnuntuck Community College
Second Place:
Cape Cod Community College
Third Place:
Gateway Community College

Distinguished Chapter Award
First Place:
Asnuntuck Community College
Second Place:
Cape Cod Community College
Third Place:
Gateway Community College

Congratulations, Asnuntuck Community College, our 2019-2020 Most Distinguished Chapter!
   
Honors in Action Project Theme Awards 

We have so many amazing theme awards this year:

Theme 2: Economies of Everything
Norwalk Community College

Theme 3: Politics of Identity
Asnuntuck Community College

Theme 4: Dynamics of Discovery
Gateway Community College

Theme 5: Channels of Creativity
Housatonic Community College

Theme 6: Visions of Justice
First place: Tunxis Community College      
Second place: Eastern Maine Community College
 
Theme 7: Powers of Connection
First place: Bunker Hill Community College
Second place: Manchester Community College
Third place: Quinsigamond Community College
Fourth place: Central Maine Community College
Fifth place: Berkshire Community College
 
Theme 8: Worlds of Work
First place: Quinebaug Valley Community College
Second place: Middlesex Community College

Theme 9: Systems of Belief
First place: Cape Cod Community College
Second place: Massasoit Community College
Horizon Advisor Awards 

The regional coordinators selected the following advisors for Horizon Awards:
 
Debora Rimkus  
Quinebaug Valley Community College  
 
Mark Lowe  
Quinebaug Valley Community College  
 
Judi Moreno  
Central Maine Community College  
 
Kimberly Campbell  
Eastern Maine Community College

New England Regional Bylaw Changes Approved

The New England Regional Bylaws have two changes at this time:

1. The New England Constitution to New England By-Laws to reflect the correct name.

2. The names of the regional officers will change to accurately reflect their positions:

President (stay the same) 
Vice President of Fellowship (was Northern Vice President)
Vice President of Leadership (was Central Vice President)
Vice President of Scholarship (was Southern Vice President)
Vice President of Communication (was Vice President-at-Large)
Vice President of Service (was Vice President-at-Large)
 
Voting was conducted via survey monkey successfully!  
 
Congratulations to Your Regional Officer Candidates! 

President: Monica Bliss

Northern Vice President: Alyson Reynolds

Central Vice President: Alicia Vallette

Southern Vice President: Louis Beauchamp

Vice President-at-Large: Joseph DiRaffaele

Vice President-at-Large: Alicia Mollison
 
More information to come, including their introductions in the next newsletter!

CATALYST: April 2-4th, 2020 - Grapevine, TX
 
PTK Catalyst 2020 is almost here!  We have about a month until this amazing event!  Check out
for more information!
  
Please note: This year is virtual!  Check out the schedule! 
 
Check out the International Office Candidates:
 
We hope to "see" you there! 
 
Leadership Development Studies

Are you ready to learn leadership? Check out the new and improved Leadership Development program. It's self paced and free to all PTK members, just like the edge programs.





   
Nota Bene
   Submissions for PTK's honors anthology are open! The author of the most outstanding entry will receive a scholarship of $1000.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 24, 2020.


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Your New England Regional Board:
Michelle Coach, Regional Coordinator
Thayre Trzepacz, Associate Regional Coordinator
Kim Campbell, ME
Lin Lin, CT
Kate Martin, MA
Pamela Monder, VT
Deb Remillard, NH
Laurie Sherman, RI
Julie Larkin and Leslie Collins, NERA
Regional Officers: Monica Bliss, Jennifer Huntress, Alicia Mollison, Victoria Orifice, Teisha Pittman, and Alyson Reynolds
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Sincerely, 
  
Michelle Coach
New England Regional Coordinator
mcoach@acc.commnet.edu