Front from Left: Sophia Smith (Zeeland, MI), Kayte Miller (Royal Center), Sheyanne Scheffer (Rochester), Valarie Cramer (Plymouth), Barbara Caudill (Culver), Leah Binion (Walkerton), Back from Left: Bryce Nickell (Bremen), Joshua Santos (London, England), Caleb Moneyheffer (Warsaw), Brayann Ingersoll (Knox), Taylor Kemble (Knox), Patricia McLemore, Valdo Garcia (Elkhart)

By CHELSEA CHALK
Assistant Professor of Communications, Ancilla College

Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges, inducted 21 new members from Ancilla College for the spring semester in a formal ceremony Sunday, March 8, at Ancilla’s campus.

Those inducted to Ancilla’s Beta Beta Beta chapter include: Jeremy Allison (Bremen), Leah Binion (Walkerton), Barbara Caudill (Culver), Alexandra Cobb (Valparaiso), Valarie Cramer (Plymouth), Valdo Garcia (Elkhart), Kelly Graham (Knox), Stoney Hartle (Bourbon), Leah Hoff (Rochester), Brayann Ingersoll (Knox), Kristen Keehn (North Liberty), Taylor Kemble (Knox), Kayte Miller (Royal Center), Caleb Moneyheffer (Warsaw), Bryce Nickell (Bremen), Joshua Santos (London, England), Sheyanne Scheffer (Rochester), John Paul Secrest (Claypool), Ryan Shanks (Bo’ness, Scotland), Sophia Smith (Zeeland, Mich.), and Benjamin Wignall (Valparaiso).

“These students are to be commended for their exemplary academic accomplishments,” said Cynthia Cawthon, who serves as the chapter’s co-advisor alongside fellow faculty member Chelsea Chalk. “They must attain a cumulative 3.5 grade point average to be invited to join Phi Theta Kappa. As commuter students maintaining hectic schedules, this is not a simple feat.”

Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than two million members and 1,200 chapters located in all 50 of the United States, U.S. territories, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.

To be eligible for membership a student must complete a minimum of twelve hours of associate degree course work and generally earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Students must maintain a high academic standing throughout their enrollment in the two-year college, generally a 3.25 GPA.