We have three wonderful new officers who will lead our chapter this year: Matt Wakefield, President; Annie Sweet, Vice President of Service; Noni Lundy, Public Relations Officer. Each of them brings excellent skills and a commitment to serving our chapter membership. With their help, we will have an excellent year!
Thank you to all three leaders for their contributions to our Sigma Zeta Chapter!
We are so proud of this year’s members of the All Oregon Academic Team: Deepti Gautam (Engineering), Nora Jackson (Dental Hygiene), and Shawna Staff (Computer Programming). All three students are members of the Lane Honors Program and Phi Theta Kappa.
A special shout out goes to Nora Jackson for being selected as one of the featured speakers! Even though the awards ceremony has been cancelled because of COVID-19, Nora’s speech will be recorded and available to view.
Congratulations to all three team members!
Preparing for Finals Workshops:
Know what you need to know then apply these action steps:
Consider running for office! We’ll hold elections early in Spring Term for next year’s officers. Holding office is a great experience that builds leadership skills and provides a good line for your resume. It’s also a fun chance to work with other students in our Sigma Zeta Chapter.
Consider sharing your work from a previous or current class at these two events! They are open to a wide variety of projects and presentation types.
The University of Oregon Undergraduate Research Symposium takes place May 27. You can be on a panel, read a paper, show an academic poster, share creative work including performances, or share a five-minute data story where you just explain a project you are working on that isn’t finished. Register by 5:00 pm April 12 here: https://undergradsymposium.uoregon.edu/symposium-abstract-submission. You just need to confirm you’ll participate, give the title of your work, and select the type of work you’ll be presenting. The event will be virtual and is free.
The Lane Community College Undergraduate Research Fair takes place the week of May 24. You can share an academic poster, read a paper, participate in the ePortfolio Showcase, or present a creative work. Here is the link to the Google form to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVAjMj9KuN7Ccmf_uVFl19MFWYp7OP6lIGIyaJ_F-mf1LqYA/viewform. The event is free and will be virtual.
Each spring, PTK chapters hold an induction ceremony for their new members. With the pandemic, these ceremonies couldn’t happen. Thankfully, PTK Headquarters has created a virtual induction ceremony for everyone who joined in 2020!
Your family and friends can watch on Facebook Live so that they can celebrate with you!
The regional officers are holding a scholarship workshop! Here is the information from our regional coordinator:
Have questions about the PTK scholarship? Need a little push to get your application started? Need tips about writing a scholarship essay?
Come spend the night with the RMC region and apply for scholarships. Our goal with this scholarship night is to all work on the PTK application at our own pace, but have an environment where you can ask questions as they come up during the process.
Tuesday November 17th, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm-9:00 pm MST
https://clackamas.zoom.us/j/94975124080
The application for PTK scholarships is now open. The deadline this year is December 1. Be sure to apply!
Congratulations to Jordan Coen. Their story, “Esmerelda’s Journey,” was one of 25 works accepted by PTK’s anthology, Nota Bene, out of the 370 submissions received! The anthology will be available online this winter. See the full press release!
There are two important PTK events this week:
1. Webinar: PTK Scholarship Insights for Students
Wednesday, October 14th @ 11am Central Time (9:00 Oregon Time)
Click here to join.
Can’t make it? All webinars will be recorded and saved in PTK’s Scholarship Support Library.
2. Sigma Zeta Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, October 14th, from 3:00-4:00, in the PTK voice channel on Discord.
Note: The link to join us on Discord was sent to Sigma Zeta members’ email addresses.