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Dr. Dan Platt, Jody Nedley-Newcomb, Chase Miner, and Thomas Esterhuyse

On October 14-15, 2021, SWCC students Chase Miner, Phi Theta Kappa chapter president, and Thomas Esterhuyse, Phi Theta Kappa vice president of leadership, joined dozens of other Iowa honor students at the Iowa Regional Leadership Conference for Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). Also representing SWCC at the conference were Dan Platt, English instructor and PTK faculty advisor, and Jody Nedley-Newcomb, adjunct sociology instructor and PTK advisor emerita.

At the conference, Miner received an “Outstanding Student Leader” award, and Nedley-Newcomb received an “Appreciation of Service” award recognizing her years of work as a chapter advisor and as a member of the PTK Iowa Region Executive Board.

Pictured above (L to R): Dr. Dan Platt, Jody Nedley-Newcomb, Chase Miner, and Thomas Esterhuyse.