Phi Theta Kappa
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College inducted 42 students into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, at a recent induction ceremony.
Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education, with more than 2 million members and 1,200 chapters in all 50 states and U.S. territories, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United Arab Emirates and Palau.
Students must complete a minimum of 12 hours of associate degree course work and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for membership. Students also must maintain a high academic standing throughout their enrollment in a two-year college, with a 3.0 GPA.
RCCC’s fall 2009 Phi Theta Kappa inductees are:
China Grove: Cari Richards, Teena Walters.
Cleveland: Lynda Avery, Rachel Shoemaker.
Kannapolis: Thomas Byrd, David Fetrow, William Hightower, Christen McCurrach, Daniel Moyer, Ron Price, Stephanie Woodard, Shannon Woodward.
Landis: Anthony Chapman, Elana Miles.
Mooresville: James Rogers.
Mount Pleasant: Patricia Scaffe.
Rockwell: Tara Campbell, Tonya Moore.
Salisbury: Marshall Ballard, Aaron Cameron, Brenda Clark, Crystal Curlee, Misty Jenkins, Robert Kauffman, Mickey Kiser, Benjamin Mastro, Lonnie McLendon, Andrea Smith.
Spencer: Perry Harris.
For more information about Phi Theta Kappa, please visit www.ptk.org.
Karen Lynden, RCCC’s distance education coordinator, serves as the college’s PTK adviser.