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January 28, 2008
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students on All-Kansas Academic Team
(CONCORDIA, KS) -- Kansas will salute 46 community college scholars for their academic accomplishments February 14 in Topeka during the 13th Annual Phi Theta Kappa Honors Luncheon.
Cloud County Community College students on the 2007-2008 All-Kansas Academic Team are both students at the Geary County Campus in Junction City. They are Marcus Zumbrunn, Wakefield, and Walter Jarnot, Milford.
Zumbrunn, an accounting major, plans to transfer to Kansas State University. He is a tutor and a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church.
Jarnot is majoring in history and plans to transfer to Emporia State University. He has been involved in the Geary campus puppet show for children and the Phi Theta Kappa Satellite Seminar Series.
The Phi Theta Kappa Honors
Luncheon will be held at the Ramada Inn Hotel in Topeka in conjunction with
February's Kansas Board of Regents meeting. Those in attendance will hear
from Mark Parkinson, Lt. Governor for the State of Kansas.
Representing 38 towns and
cities, the state's 19 community colleges, and a private two-year college,
these scholars have been named to the 2007-08 All-Kansas Academic Team,
sponsored by the international headquarters of Phi Theta Kappa International
Honor Society, the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees, and the
Kansas Council of Community College Presidents.
Phi Theta Kappa is the
honor society for students attending community and two-year colleges.
Membership is based on high grade point averages and other criteria, with
members focusing on scholastic achievement and service to community and campus.
The 46 individuals are part of a statewide student body of more than 91,000
people enrolled in more than 692,000 credit hours taken annually at the 19
Kansas community colleges.
"We consider this a very
worthwhile endeavor for all of the Kansas community colleges to come together
and celebrate the achievements of the state's outstanding students," said
Ruth Randall, a Johnson County Community College associate professor/honors
program facilitator who serves as Kansas Region Coordinator for the Honor
Society. "These students are our finest not only in the academic sphere,
but also in terms of service and citizenship."
Each scholar was selected
by his or her own community college for the annual statewide academic team, and
each scholar also is a nominee for the 2006-07 All-USA Academic Team, sponsored
by the newspaper USA Today, Phi Theta Kappa, and the American
Association of Community Colleges.
(more)
All-Kansas Academic Team
(page 2)
Each student will receive a
proclamation issued by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an educational scholarship of
$300, and an academic medallion. The Kansas Board of Regents universities
and Washburn University have provided scholarships in the amount of $1,000 for
the All-Kansas Team recipients who transfer to their institutions.
The students will go to
the Kansas Statehouse prior to the luncheon, where they will be given a tour
and meet lawmakers. The honored students are bringing parents, spouses,
children, grandchildren, or grandparents to watch as they receive recognition.
Since 1991, Phi Theta
Kappa, USA Today, and the American Association of Community Colleges
have sponsored the national All-USA Academic Team Program. The Kansas program
is an affiliate, and the Kansas students are all nominees for the national
honor.
This year, more than
1,600 students nationwide will compete for places on the first, second and
third All-USA teams. First team members each receive a $2,500 stipend, and will
be featured along with second and third team members in USA Today. Team
members are also presented with medallions. Names of the students will be
placed on the society's Web site, www.ptk.org.
Students selected for the 2007-08 All-Kansas Academic Team are:
Allen County Community
College-Burlingame
Tracy Woodworth,
Osage City
Allen County Community
College-Iola
Tina Hale, Iola
Sarah Manhart, Grainfield
Barton County
Community College
Elizabeth Davis,
Ellinwood
Jonathan Pike, Great
Bend
Brown Mackie College –
Lenexa Campus
Ann Johnston, Lenexa
Brown Mackie College –
Salina Campus
Johanna Chamberlin,
Salina
Jay Hall, Salina
Butler Community College –
Andover Campus
Christy Bush, Wichita
Catherine “Katie” Roach,
Derby
Butler Community
College – El Dorado Campus
Eric Fox, El Dorado
Shelby Sobba, Richmond
Cloud County Community
College -- Geary County Campus
Walter Jarnot,
Milford
Marcus Zumbrunn,
Wakefield
Coffeyville Community
College
Ashley Ofuokwu,
Wichita
Shanna Ward, Coffeyville
(more)
All-Kansas Academic Team
(page 3)
Colby Community College
Rachel LeFlore, Colby
Betty Rotich, Nairobi,
Kenya
Cowley County
Community College -- Arkansas City Campus
Jackie Hutchinson,
Arkansas City
Elisha Swope, Arkansas
City
Cowley County Community
College -- Wichita Campus
Keisha Brooks, Maize
Lisa Burns, Wichita
Dodge City
Community College
Robert “Cochise”
Fant, Dodge City
Lars-Fredrik Haakonsen,
Norway
Fort Scott
Community College
Anna Bahr, Fort Scott
Casidey Clay, Fort Scott
Garden City
Community College
Amalee Dykes,
Leavenworth
.
Highland Community
College
Jessica Sutherland,
Troy
Shayle Williams,
McPherson
Hutchinson Community
College
Elizabeth Mora,
Hutchinson
Jared Unrau, Newton
Independence Community
College
Alex Miceli,
Xiao Dan Wang,
Independence
Johnson County Community
College
Brent Haverkamp,
Olathe
Viktoryia Schnose, Lenexa
Kansas City Kansas
Community College
Harry Kebianyor,
Kansas City
Nicole Turner, Kansas
City
Labette Community
College
Caitlin Eck, Parsons
Linseh Walker, Oswego
Neosho County
Community College – Chanute Campus
Melanie Dillmon,
Chanute
Joe Gerant, Topeka
Neosho County
Community College – Ottawa Campus
Jena Hayes, Olathe
(more)
All-Kansas Academic Team (page 4)
Pratt Community College
Toni Herman,
Herington
Ashley Nabor, Kinsley
Seward County
Community College
Jacob Elder, Hooker,
OK
Erica Herrera, Lubbock,
TX
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