Seventy-one Peninsula College students have been inducted into the Beta Delta Nu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, the official honor society for two-year colleges. A special ceremony was held May 17 to honor the new inductees.
To become a member of Phi Theta Kappa, students must have completed at least 12 hours of coursework that may be applied to an associate degree and have a grade-point average of 3.70. Peninsula College recruits new Phi Theta Kappa members through an application process three times per year.
The students who were newly inducted into the local chapter of Beta Delta Nu include Alan Lynn, Alexander Peck, Alexandra Coleman, Alicia Beck, Aline Becker Carneiro, Anh Le, Ari Athair, Ashley Knight, Bailie Zuber, Bracey Ulin, Carl Marsh, Cheryl Sotebeer, Christine Fadden, Cindy Crawford, Coltan Newton, Cora Whitten, Courtney Weir, Danielle Hendrickson, Darren Norris, Desmonda Tambunan, Dillon Trammell, Donika Huls, Emily Harrenstein, Emily Jernigan, Erica Bower, Gavin Yick Lung Cheng, Hadassah Winters, Heidi Vereide, Hendry Widyanto, Hoi Kiu Chan and Hok Sze Leung.
Also, Jamie Dunsworth, Jaywann Lewis, Jerusha Henson, Jill Heustis, Josh Lynch, Juan Juan, Karen Dybedal, Kari Martinez-Bailey, Katrina Campbell, Kayla Forshaw, Kin Hei Lau, Leonard Hitz, Li Tan, Lisa Tu Hoang, Logan Habner, Mareshah Winters, Marianne Volpe, Marissa Wonderly, Ming Liu, Nicholas Gibson, Nicole Heaton, Nicole Woody, Niklaus von Houck, Nur Ain Shafigah Mohd Yasim, Pallas Burhen, Priscilla Sayles, Reece Moody, Roxanne Venske, Sarah Baker, Sean McDonald, Segopotso Eaton, Shadee Roderick, Sierra Saxe, Srevya Nove, Stephanie Watts, Supacha Denprasertsuk, Valerie Dingman, Wendy Walker, Weng Ian Aoleong and Wing Chun Nicole Lau.
Established by Missouri community college presidents in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society serves to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of community college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through honors, leadership and service programming.
Today, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education, with more than 1.3 million members and 1,100 chapters located in the United States, U.S. territories, Canada, Germany and Japan. In 1929, the American Association of Community Colleges recognized Phi Theta Kappa as the official honor society for two-year colleges.
For more information, contact Trisha Haggerty at thaggerty@pencol.edu.
