Hawaii Tokai International College proudly announces the establishment of the Beta Sigma Omicron Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. The society was established in 1918 to “recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through honors, leadership and service programming." The society was recognized in 1929 by the American Association of Community Colleges as the official honor society for junior colleges.

With more than two million members and 1,200 chapters nationally and internationally, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education.

Faculty advisors for the Beta Sigma Omicron Chapter are Dr. Toake Endoh and Ms. Seleena Harkness. HTIC student Sonomi Imagawa was the catalyst for HTIC’s establishment of the society and with Satsuki Akiyama, Douglas Haas, Ken Hamanaka, Junichi Hashimoto, Hui Li, Kazuto Miyajima, Yaeko Okano, Kazuma Okubo, Mao Satoh, and Narumi Sugimura, will be a founding member of the chapter.

A special chartering and induction ceremony was held on Friday, June 19 at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Regional Phi Theta Kappa headquarters representative, Mr. Lance Uyeda, attended the ceremony.