The Alpha Epsilon Mu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held its spring 2015 induction ceremony on Friday, February 27, to welcome its new members for this semester.

Family and friends of the new and current PTK members joined ASCC administrators and faculty for an intimate ceremony in the College’s lecture hall to induct 13 of the College’s “best and brightest” into the prestigious Honor Society.  

With “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page,” as the evening’s theme, the keynote speaker, reigning Miss American Samoa Anneliese Sword further explored the aligned concepts of reading and travel by suggesting how the literary elements of a good story (plot, character, setting, conflict and resolution) can serve as pathways to our own increased self-knowledge and positive resolutions.

Miss Sword, a former Miss ASCC and now a faculty member at South Pacific Academy, also shared with the audience that part of her platform as Miss American Samoa is to promote increased literacy. Following Miss Sword’s speech, the 13 inductees took the oath to uphold the values of the PTK, and performed the ceremonial lighting of candles representing the mythical Greek “flame of knowledge”.