SKYCTC Phi Theta Kappa Inducts 68 New Members at Ceremony

Phi Theta Kappa students hold candles as part of the induction ceremony.

Bowling Green, Ky. (March 27, 2013) - On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, the Phi Theta Kappa – Beta Upsilon Alpha Chapter at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical (SKYCTC), formerly Bowling Green Technical College, held an induction ceremony for  68 local students receiving the honor of membership. The event was held on the College’s Main Campus in Bowling Green .

“This ceremony is a public acknowledgement of student achievement and academic excellence,” said SKYCTC Associate Professor and Phi Theta Kappa sponsor Diane Wilkins.

To receive an invitation to join this Honor Society, students must have completed 12 credit hours of associate degree coursework, with at least a Grade Point Average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

 

 

Dr. Gerald Napoles, Vice President of Student Affairs was the featured speaker at the ceremony.

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,275 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates, U.S. territorial possessions and Peru. More than 2.5 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 125,000 students inducted annually. Phi Theta Kappa is recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges as the official honor society of two-year colleges.

 

Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa membership were:

Codi Adams, Jayn Adkison, Michelle Bell, Debra Boone, Arial Brandon, Robin Brown, Rachel Brummett, Karen Carver, Sasha Clingenpeel, Misty Cline, Tiffany Crabtree,   Patricia Garner, Joshua Gilliam, Erin Goff, Tammy Goins, Lisa Gower, Dawn Griffin, Debra Hale, Brittany Hardison, Teresa Herron, Michael Highbaugh, Heather House, Wesley Howard, Sherri Howell, Amy Hurt, Kiyotaka Izumi, Crystal Jones, Sandy Jones, Christopher Kitchens, Alethea Larson, Kristie Lee, Ashley Mayhugh, Samantha McCormick,  Christina Meador, Donald Meredith, Kathy Moseley, Elvisa Muratovic,  Teresa Nealy,  Lindsey Noltkamper, Brittany Nunn,  Jennifer Paul, Mary Beth Pedigo, Sarah Petranek, Shelby Peden, John Poole, Sherri Rawls, Melissa Richardson, Bradley Russell, Abelardo Sanchez, Vilma Sanders, Jonathan Schultz, Stephanie Seibert,  Yvette Slappy, Teresa Slaughter, Gregory Smith, Kristena Smith, Nerisser Smith, Heather Taylor,  Kayla Tomes,  Jami Wallace, Gayla Ward, Joseph Webb, Haley Williams, Latisha Whitlow, Tyler Whittington, Tammy Williams, Jensen Wiltsie,  and Kristi Woolbright.

Each of the 68 inductees into Phi Theta Kappa symbolically lit a candle to represent the illumination that knowledge supplies.