{"id":10670,"date":"2021-03-19T10:07:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/?p=10670"},"modified":"2021-03-19T10:09:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:09:03","slug":"ghc-student-wins-national-ptk-tiktok-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/2021\/03\/19\/ghc-student-wins-national-ptk-tiktok-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"GHC student wins national PTK TikTok challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Georgia Highlands College (GHC) student Camille Brown, adapting to change, staying focused on goals and putting in hard work to succeed are not the only attributes of a successful college student \u2013 you also have to have some fun.<\/p>\n

Brown utilized all of these elements to create a TikTok video<\/a> that won a recent TikTok Thursday challenge for the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Awareness Week. Brown serves as vice president of social media for GHC\u2019s chapter, Alpha Psi Omicron. Inspired by a fellow classmate\u2019s passion for PTK, Brown brought metaphors of hard work and personal growth to the small screen accompanied by the music of Michael Jackson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI knew that I wanted to show myself multi-tasking and working towards my goals because Phi Theta Kappa is all about perseverance, hard work and the drive to be excellent,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved Michael Jackson, so eventually I had the idea of using his song \u2018Workin\u2019 Day and Night\u2019 to harness the ultimate message of this honor society. Next thing you know, I found a sparkly glove and I was ready to groove while paying homage to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the video Brown showcases a book from her World History class titled \u201cThe Silk Roads: A Brief History With Documents\u201d and a book from her World Literature class titled \u201cThe Norton Anthology: World Literature.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy World Literature book is pretty thick, so in showing it, I was illustrating that Phi Theta Kappa members are leaders who don\u2019t take shortcuts,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWhen I was highlighting the books, I was showing that being a part of this honor society requires one to pay attention to detail and to be organized. When I was dancing in the video, I was showing that Phi Theta Kappa may be a lot of hard work, but it is also a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video also features Brown wearing a GHC sweatshirt to represent her daily life as a college student and PTK member and drinking coffee from a Batman mug to show being a PTK member and officer is a daily job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI have to work day and night to maintain my grades and to maintain the chapter\u2019s page,\u201d she said. \u201cBatman is my favorite superhero so drinking from the mug as I work brings in something that entertains me as I work towards accomplishing goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video concludes with Brown taking a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took me about two hours to produce the video just because I wanted to make sure that the different scenes flowed coherently, and the music was timed perfectly with my dance moves and accomplished tasks,\u201d she said. \u201cIn other words, I wanted to make sure that the video was edited to the best of its ability so that it could conceptualize the work ethics of PTK members.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Camille Brown is a Business Administration major who resides in Douglasville and currently attends classes online.<\/p>\n

Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges. Students who achieve a 3.50 cumulative GPA with at least 12 credit hours at Georgia Highlands College are invited to join. The GHC chapter is Alpha Psi Omicron and was chartered in January 1994.<\/p>\n

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