Nov 01 2010
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The Omega Eta chapter of international honor society Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) at New River Community College inducted 72 new members on Tuesday, October 26 during a ceremony held in their honor.
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society is official honor society for two-year colleges and the largest honor society in America. PTK has more than 2 million members and 1,200 chapters throughout the United States, U.S. territories, Canada, and Germany. The society's mission is to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through honors, leadership and service programming. To be eligible for membership, students must have completed at least 12 hours of coursework that may be applied to an associate degree program and have a grade point average of at least 3.5.
In addition to inducting new members, PTK also installed new chapter officers. Carla Anderson was installed as president, Matt Rizvi as vice president, Milan Patel as secretary, Kim Wright as Treasurer, and Brittni Woolwine as historian. Assistant professor of health, physical education, and biology Brian Clark and student activities coordinator Ben Kramer serve as advisors to the NRCC chapter.
This year's inductees were from throughout NRCC's service region and beyond.
From Pulaski County: Donny Blankens, Karen Gallimore, Melissa Hill, Ashlin Jackson, Maria Rebholz, Isaac Sackaney, Mona Sullivan and Laurie Webb.
From Radford: Lauren Coulter, April Farlow, Hillary Gaskins, Mitiku Gelagai, Jon Harrison, Christin Jeffrey, Emily Jessee, Benjamin Kessinger, Candace Morris, Hannah Ratcliffe, Rebekah Sevier, Katharine Thompson, Heather Walters and Urge Wondwossen.
From Montgomery County: Samuel Barnes, Sean Bishop, Aislinn Berry, Summer Bork, Rachel Bradshaw, Gillian Charles, Crystal Davis, Emily Goudy, LaTeeka Gray, Rachel Haley, Eileen Hindmon, Courtney Hinkley, Ethan Huffman, Mai Kawahar, Matthew Macomber, Charles Martin, James Miller, Aissatou Mills, Brian Muller, Paula Naito, Rose Neikirk, Katie Phillips, Sherry Pringle, Matthew Propst, Casey Roberts, Joshua Sizemore, Katy Irene St. Marie, Josiah Thurman, Angie Vaughn and Thomas Wertalik.
From Floyd County: Rebecca Nester and Nanette West.
From Giles County: Eugenia Claytor, Christopher Collins, James Lee, Cliff Lester, Todd McCracken, Hannah Montgomery, Janice Morris, William Moses, Martha Poe, Emily Sarver-Wolf, Lynn Stauffer, Pamela Thompson and Rebecca Thompson.
From Wythe County: Cindy McPeak and Melissa Robinson.
From Carroll County: Loretta Martin.
From Roanoke County: Geoffrey Bernardo.
From Warren County: Kyle LaBarre.
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