Seventy students will be welcomed into Beta Theta Rho, Randolph Community College's Five-Star Phi Theta Kappa chapter, during the spring induction ceremony at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus. Dr. Robert Shackleford Jr., RCC president, will be the guest speaker. A reception will be held following the ceremony.
Phi Theta Kappa is the only internationally acclaimed honor society serving two-year institutions that offer associate degree programs. It affords international recognition to students of distinguished achievement and provides a vehicle that reflects the academic integrity of the associate degree program. The Five Star status for PTK chapters recognizes progress in the attainment of goals set by the chapter. These chapters have met a higher standard of quality programming.
In order to become a member of PTK, a student must have completed 12 hours of credit, have declared a major, carry a full-time course load, and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
The 2010 Beta Theta Rho officers are Shawn Vuncannon, president; Kimberly Hill, vice president; Sharon Warren, secretary; Angela Nixon, treasurer; and Kimberly Clark, public relations. The Beta Theta Rho advisors are RCC faculty members Waymon Martin, Melissa Earliwine, and Clark Adams.
New PTK members (identified by hometowns) to be inducted Thursday include the following:
Archdale: Nicholas D. Benfield, Connor Earl Davis, Michael John James.
Asheboro: Mitchell Craig Allred, Mary Samantha Bain, Cecilia Gonzalez Barber, Nicole Lynn Barr, Kerry Patricia Bidlespacher, Adam Daniel Bigelow, Michael A. Bowman, Brandy Depriest Brooks, Vickie Ann Bullins, Carrie Cox Callicutt, Diane Estelle Deaton, Noah Franklin Delk, Megan Ranay Fowler, Virginia Louise Garner, Aaron L. Gauldin, January Gunn George, Ofelia Krystal Herrera, April D. Hill, Amanda Sugg Honeycutt, Nathaniel Reid Hoover, David L. Jordan, Sabra Hill Landin, Brittney Hill Luck, Karen Renee Ludlum, Jamie Jill Maness, Terah Marie Nolan, Lorena Vence Perez, Christie Loman Pursley, Angela Ellen Ragel, Lisa Daniell Scales, Madison Giraye Shephard, Penny Shoemaker, Kristy Thorpe Stroud, Princess Michelle Trogdon, Gregory C. Vuncannon, Kyle Ian Williamson
Denton: Megan Danielle Garner, Courtney Leann Hicks, Ernest Milford Shaw.
Franklinville: Sherri Key Thompson, Karen McKenzie Williams.
Greensboro: Robert Branson Todd.
Jamestown: Amarinh Kongmanivong.
Kernersville: James Scott MacKenzie.
Liberty: Louise Nicole Haithcock.
Pleasant Garden: Joseph Robert Sizemore, Maegan Elizabeth Smith.
Ramseur: Ashley Nicole Allred, Jennifer Lee Grigg, Tahira Sharee Moreno Molina.
Randleman: Jennifer Marie Gneiting, Shawna Simon Khan, Taylor Nichole Moody, Emily Davis Murray, Donna Marie Staley, Jeffery Thomas Strange, Courtney Drew Walker, Jessica June Williams.
Seagrove: Kelly Helsabeck Gaddy.
Sophia: Kendra Leigh Myers.
Staley: Timmy Ray Gordon.
Star: Anderia Nicolle Wallace.
Thomasville: Andrew Fielding Cloer.
Trinity: Alanna Grace Carter, Corey Dillon Idol, Marcus Lee Pierce, Katherine Elizabeth Smith.
