For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, June 20, 2006
Dorris attends special Phi Kappa Phi workshop
Cheryl Anne Dorris, Ed.D., represented Cameron University during a special meeting/workshop of The
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Dorris, who is president of Cameron’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter, was one of 20 chapter presidents from
across the country invited to attend the Partnering For Success workshop, held recently in St. Louis, Mo.
The workshop featured advanced skill development in enhancing chapter communications, recruiting and
involving faculty/professional staff, insuring chapter officer continuity and increasing member participation.
The two-day session was the third in a series of five major training workshops scheduled for 2006 across
the country.
“The workshop was a great opportunity to share ideas and to learn proven strategies for making a Phi
Kappa Phi chapter stronger,” said Dorris, who is also the director of pre-college TRIO programs. “Cameron
has an excellent chapter, and I believe the knowledge I learned will make it even better.”
The 20 workshop attendees were provided financial support by Phi Kappa Phi Headquarters to attend the
workshop.
"We were excited to have Cameron University represented at such an important chapter officer meeting,"
said Nancy Blattner, Ph.D., Phi Kappa Phi Board of Directors Regent. "The workshop provided an excellent
opportunity for attendees to meet other Phi Kappa Phi chapter officers, to share success stories and to
strategize about how to address challenges they experience in their chapters."
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Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and
most selective all-discipline honor society. Phi Kappa Phi inducts annually more than 30,000 students,
faculty, professional staff and alumni. The society has chapters on nearly 300 select colleges and
universities in North America and the Philippines.
Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of
juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify.
Since its founding, more than 1 million members have been initiated. Some of the organization's more
notable members include former President Jimmy Carter, NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, writer John
Grisham and Netscape founder James Barksdale.
The society has awarded approximately $12 million since the inception of its awards program in 1932.
Today, more than $700,000 is awarded annually to qualifying members and non-members through
graduate fellowships, undergraduate study abroad scholarships, member and chapter awards and grants
for local and national literacy initiatives.
For more information on Phi Kappa Phi, please call 1.800.804.9880 or visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.
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