Warrior Magazine June 2019

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ECCC President Dr. Billy Stewart talks with PTK officers (from left) Anna Burns, Joshua Warnsley, and Marzell Triplett on campus.

ECCC President Dr. Billy Stewart receives PTK’s Gordon Award

President Dr. Billy Stewart received the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction dur ing the society’s annual convention April 5 in Orlando, Fla. PTK’s Shirley B. Gordon Award is presented to college presidents who have shown strong support of student suc cess on their campuses by recognizing academic achieve ment, leadership, and service among high-achieving students. Stewart was nominated for the award by student members of East Central’s Theta Xi Chapter of PTK on the Decatur campus. The Shirley B. Gordon Award is Phi Theta Kappa’s most prestigious award for community college presidents. “I am deeply humbled and honored to receive this award from Phi Theta Kappa,” said Stewart, who was named the eighth president of ECCC in July 2012. “The fact that I was nominated by our own East Central Community College PTK students makes this honor even more rewarding. Although I may be on stage accepting the Shirley B. Gordon Award, I will do so on behalf of the entire ECCC family who support and value the success of all of our students.” PTK is the premier honor society recognizing the academic achievement of students at associate degree-granting colleg es and helping them grow as scholars and leaders. PTK has more than 3.5 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters the United States and nine other countries.

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