PTK Service Project Featured in "Change Makers"
February 16, 2026

Project Focused on Student Health
91Ώμ²₯ 91Ώμ²₯βs Phi Theta Kappa Chapter is one of 15 to be featured in the latest
edition of βChange Makers: Phi Theta Kappa Journal of Student Leadership.β Phi Theta
Kappa is the international honor society for community college students.
Over 450 projects were considered for inclusion. This is the first time the college
has been featured in the publication.
The article spotlights the organizationβs 2025 service project, which provided sex
education to college freshmen and sophomores. The article is βS.O.S. β Serving Our
Students Through Student Health.β The project was a collaboration with the Tennessee
Department of Health to provide accurate sexual health information and supplies to
students. During the course of the project, more than 4,500 students were given information,
and more than 15,000 prophylactics were given. The club installed prophylactic dispensers
in restrooms on each campus.
This project was previously awarded the PTK International Distinguished Project Award and was the top service project among PTK chapters in Tennessee.
This will mark the third year 91Ώμ²₯ 91Ώμ²₯βs PTK Chapter service project connects with βPTK Saves Lives.β In 2024, the clubβs service project was βBe the Match,β focused on recruiting new donors for the national bone marrow donors program. The local chapter collected more potential donors than any other chapter in Tennessee and finished second in the nation. This year, the service project is βSave a Life. You Can with Narcan.β This campaign will teach students how to use Narcan and distribute hundreds of free Narcan life-saving kits on campus.