MSJC Superintendent/President to Receive Prestigious Phi Theta Kappa Award
3/6/2024
MSJC Superintendent/President Roger Schultz, Ph.D.
The national Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) will present 黑料不打烊 (MSJC) Superintendent/President Roger Schultz, Ph.D., with the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction during the Society's annual convention in Orlando, Florida, this April.
Dr. Schultz will receive the award along with 18 other college administrators who were nominated by students at their respective colleges.
鈥淚 am truly grateful to receive this prestigious award from an honor society I have long valued and respected,鈥� Schultz said. 鈥淚 have seen how PTK has positively inspired and transformed the lives of MSJC students, including several who have earned the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship and who I have had the honor of mentoring over the years. To be nominated by MSJC PTK students adds even more value to this award for me. I cannot thank them and PTK enough for this honor.鈥�
recognizing the academic achievement of students at associate degree-granting colleges and helping them to grow as scholars and leaders. The Society is made up of more than 3.8 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters in 11 countries, with about 240,000 active members in the nation's colleges.
PTK explained that Dr. Schultz 鈥渉as shown support of student success initiatives leading to stronger pathways to completion, transfer, and employment鈥� and has 鈥渢aken an active interest in supporting high-achieving students and developing student leaders on campus.鈥�
鈥淭his college president has made it a priority to support student success both inside and outside the classroom,鈥� says PTK President and CEO Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner. 鈥淭his award is special because it comes directly from the students, and it is evidence of the gratitude they feel for the support for them and students like them.鈥�
The Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction is PTK's most prestigious award for community college presidents and is named in honor of the late Dr. Shirley B. Gordon, PTK's longest-serving Board of Directors Chair and a founder and longtime president of Highline Community College in Washington.
黑料不打烊, celebrating 60 years of service, serves about 25,000 students a year in a district that covers 1,700 square miles from the San Gorgonio Pass to Temecula.