Meet Your IRAA Officer Candidates Thank you to those of you who took an active interest in becoming an officer of IRAA! This year there are six positions that will be voted upon at the upcoming annual IRAA meeting on May 30th at 5pm via Zoom. Below are the open officer positions with the candidates that returned their IRAA Candidate Intent forms by May 15th, 2020, the publicized deadline. The candidates for each office are listed below each office position. May 26, 2020By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA Illinios Regional Alumni Association, IRAA, 2020 IRAA Officer Candidates 0 Comment Read More »
The call for candidates The call for candidates in the 2020 IRAA Officer Elections is now open! IRAA members that are interested in serving as a part of the IRAA Executive Board can declare their intentions by completing and submitting the Intent Form, Candidate Questionnaire and a headshot/photo to iraa@ptk.org before May 15th, 2020. April 21, 2020By Jason Quick Alumni, IRAA 0 Comment Read More »
IRAA wins big at PTK Catalyst 2019 If you have ever been to a Phi Theta Kappa International Convention, you don’t need me to tell you that they are absolutely amazing. But when something extraordinary happens at Convention…words cannot even begin to describe… May 23, 2019By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA 0 Comment Read More »
Meet The IRAA Officer Candidates Thank you to those of you who took an active interest in becoming an officer of IRAA! This year there are seven positions that will be voted upon at the upcoming annual IRAA meeting on June 1st, 2019. May 23, 2019By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA 0 Comment Read More »
Call For Candidates The call for candidates in the 2019 IRAA Officer Elections is now open! IRAA members that are interested in serving as a part of the IRAA Executive Board can declare their intentions by completing and submitting the Intent Form, Candidate Questionnaire and a headshot/photo to iraa@ptk.org before May 17th, 2019. April 24, 2019By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA 0 Comment Read More »
Want to join the IRAA Board as a District Rep? For this blog I will list off the similarities between being an IRAA District Rep and a Chapter Officer, but first a little back story about myself. I am a recent community college graduate who has served 3.5 years as a Chapter Officer for my Phi Theta Kappa Chapter. These positions included: Communications Manager Internal/External and Vice President of Fellowship. I also served as the Social Media Captain for the Illinois Region of Phi Theta Kappa. So now that you know a little more about me and I have shown some credibility, let’s get started, shall we. March 13, 2019By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA 0 Comment Read More »
The Golden Opportunity Scholarship Challenge Ok...so even after having been a member of this wonderful organization for almost 26 years I guess I shouldn't be surprised at anything. Especially when a fellow member asks me to do something that I've never done before...and that is write a "blog". I guess one of the toughest parts of this assignment was coming up with a topic since one wasn't assigned to me and I was given free range. Give me a topic and I'll easily talk for 20 minutes on it. Don't give me one and I'll spend 20 days trying to pick the topic. February 20, 2019By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA Illinois Alumni Assocation, IRAA, The Golden Opportunity Scholarship Challenge 0 Comment Read More »
Hallmark Season Is Here It is finally Hallmarks season everyone! Now is the perfect time to get together with the chapter and reflect on all your hard work, dedication, and teamwork. Your achievements deserve to be recognized at both the regional and international level. With finals drawing to a close, it’s time to take all your chapter’s planning, events, projects, research, collaborations and so forth and write award-winning write-ups. Here are some tips for writing outstanding Hallmark entries. December 13, 2018By Jason Quick Alumni, General 0 Comment Read More »
Illinois Region’s HONORS INSTITUTE and LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE….Super Success! Hey Illinois! Hey what? Hey Illinois! Hey what? Show me how to get down. No Way! Show me how to get down. Okay! And get down….we did!!! I’ve been to almost every convention and conference since 2012 – and this weekend was one for the books for sure! So many laughs and memories! October 29, 2018By Jason Quick Alumni, General Illinois Regional Honors Institute 0 Comment Read More »
Introducing - the new Illinois Regional Coordinator - Adrienne Barkley Giffin! Hey there, Illinois! Tori Ladd, Southern District Representative here with an exciting interview! I recently sat down with new Illinois Regional Coordinator, Adrienne Barkley Giffin, to talk about what led her to this point, her goals for the region, things to look out for in the future, and just some plain old fun facts! September 17, 2018By Jason Quick Alumni, General, IRAA Illinois , Adrienne Barkley Giffin, Carterville, Upsilon Pi chapter 0 Comment Read More »