Cheryl Tillotson, Associate Director of Advising in the College of Liberal Arts at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, represented the institution’s chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi–the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines–at the 44th Biennial Convention held July 28-30 in Atlanta, Ga.

Cheryl currently serves as Vice President of the UNLV chapter and attended the convention as the chapter’s voting delegate.

The convention brought together more than 300 attendees including chapter officers, board members, Headquarters staff and guests from across the nation. The two-day event featured a keynote address from Buck Goldstein, co-author of Engines of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University in the 21st Century, and a plenary address from renowned leadership specialist Lou Heckler. Other highlights included a panel of three provosts discussing issues impacting higher education, presentation of the Society’s $100,000 Excellence in Innovation Award, regional meetings, chapter development trainings and elections for the 2016-2018 board of directors and regional vice presidents.