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“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’re unafraid of getting hurt. And dance like nobody’s watching,” was part of the advice offered to the 58 scholars inducted into Phi Theta Kappa in late October at CVTC’s auditorium on the Clairemont campus.

Linda Tetzlaff, a regional coordinator for the academic honor society, offered the advice to CVTC’s new Beta Rho Omega chapter. Tetzlaff is an instructor at Normandale Community College in Minnesota.

“We are making some history today,” said CVTC President Bruce Barker, an initiator of the effort to bring PTK to campus. “This is the gold standard,” Barker said.

Two million students past and current belong to PTK. There are 1,300 chapters in the U.S.  Scholarship is not the sole value of the organization, Retzlaff said. Leadership, service and fellowship are part of the mix too.

Bob Brown and Tammy Stone are faculty advisors.