Cloud County Community College
www.cloud.edu
Concordia campus, (800) 729-5101
Geary County campus, Junction City, (785) 238-8010
For Immediate Release
11/18/2009 2:50:54 PM
Contact: Cathy Forshee 800-729-5101 ext. 239
Author: Jenny Acree
(Concordia, Kan) —Fifteen students from the Concordia Campus became members of the Upsilon Tau Chapter and seven students from the Geary County Campus became members of Beta Eta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Cloud County Community College’s Concordia campus on November 17. Chapter advisors Cathy Forshee and Dr. Pete Pellegrin inducted the students during a ceremony in the presence of family members and other special guests.
Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges founded in 1918 to recognize and encourage academic achievement. PTK also provides opportunities for individual growth and development through leadership, scholarship, fellowship, and service. Students who have completed at least 12 hours of transferrable credit while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 are invited to join.
Current chapter officers at the Concordia campus are: Courtney Kroeger, President; Kari Rundus, Vice President of Leadership; Riley Russell, Vice President of Scholarship; and Molly Potuzak, Michael McDiffet and Bethany Murray, Vice Presidents of Service.
Chapter officers at the Geary County campus are: Anita Pritchett, President; Angela Theriault, Vice President of Leadership; Patricia Mansker, Vice President of Communications; and David Ramirez, Vice President of Scholarship.
Guests attending the PTK induction ceremony were welcomed by college President Dr. Richard Underbakke. Jonathon Wild, CCCC English/Speech instructor and 1995 PTK Guistwhite Scholar recipient from CCCC was the guest speaker.
The new members of Phi Theta Kappa are:
ABILENE – Shauni Hoekman
BENNINGTON – Kimberly Wallace
BYRON, NEB. – Jessica Wollenberg
CLAY CENTER – Sarah Straub
CONCORDIA – Michael Fazel, Katie Howard, Josh Johnson, Kaitlin Woellhof
FT. RILEY – Caroline Jepkorir Kirui
GOFF – Bethany Kramer
HERINGTON – Renate Sweet
JAMESTOWN– Kayla Ramsey
JUNCTION CITY – Claudia Gray, Jennifer Elizabeth Keene, Cathy M. McCarrell, Donald Tinsley, Jasmine Welch and James William Pritchett
MANHATTAN – Christy Nelson
OSBORNE– Mallory Boland
ST. GEORGE – Kaitlyn Phillips
SENECA– Patrick Schulte
SMITH CENTER – Brian Baez
: Students present at the induction ceremoney included: front row, left to right: Concordia chapter advisor Cathy Forshee, Katilin Woellhof, Brian Baez, Mallory Boland, Bethany Kramer, Kaitlyn Phillips and Renate Sweet. Back row, left to right: Jessica Wollenberg, Shauni Hoekman, James William Pritchett, Kimberly Wallace and Geary County chapter advisor Dr. Pete Pellegrin.
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