Nov. 6, 2009

HARRISBURG – Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges and the largest honor society in American higher education, recently inducted 244 members into its Alpha Nu Omega Chapter at HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College.

Members of PTK must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 and attend orientation and initiation programs. They also must volunteer at least 10 hours of service each year for their college, in their community or for PTK nationally or locally.

Phi Theta Kappa has more than 2 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, United Arab Emirates and Palau. Since 1929, the American Association of Community Colleges has recognized Phi Theta Kappa as the official honor society for two-year colleges, and it is part of the Association of College Honor Societies.

The new initiates are:

Gettysburg – Lesley Lehigh, Jennifer Rowell, Michele Stoner.

Hanover – Alison Arndt, Loren Householder.

Littlestown – Jessica Costain, Alannah Hanson, Kyle Pettie, Kaitlyn Shortt, Catharine Waggoner.

McSherrystown – Chelsea Aumen.

New Oxford – Courtney Baker, Caanen Churukha, Casey Hockensmith, Monica Reese.

York Springs – Erica Gallegos.

 

Wernersville – Denise Clausen.

 

Bellefonte – Sarina Nguyen.

 

Boiling Springs – Lacey Crane.

Camp Hill – James Baetz, Patricia Brown-Wagner, Brittany Gordy, Kaitlyn Gould, Savannah Lynch, Lanh Phan, Melissa Wilson, Odette Yoder.

Carlisle – Mark Bublinec, Lauren Crumb, Sandra Garcia, James Garrick, Lauren Hapeman, Katrina Heycock, Hy Tran.

Enola – Chris Bittinger, Heather Clark.

Lemoyne – Candace Craft.

Mechanicsburg – Jessica Barnett, Chris Blatnik, David Bonema, Theresa Carr, Michael Clark, Michael Hafer, Denise Lattner, Danielle Polson, Katrina Raser, Tyler Sanderson, Sharon Spears, Kristen Weitzel.

Shippensburg –  Larry Zinn.

Shiremanstown – Stephen Edgar.

Summerdale – Meredith Myers.

Wormleysburg – Jennifer Camplese.

 

Dauphin – Jonathan Fertal, Ryan Jessop.

Elizabethville – Sarah Radomsky.

Halifax – Dawn Romig.

Harrisburg – Christine Beutel, Om Bhattarai, Sandy Calderone, Wendy Dalpiaz, Edward Edris, David Foutz, Douglas Funk, Michael Gibson, Timothy Hinkson, Andrew Keller, Meghan Mahoney, Rafael Maniglia, Sumita Markana, Jeanne McLinn, Miranda Ogden, Kristin Packer, Renee Pecot, Darlene Petrone, Christine Piccio, Emily Porter, Ruth Rohrer, Elizabeth Schaedler,

Meghan Shatto, Hema Sidhu, Tammy Smith, Sabrina Sobers, Bryan Williams, Dylan Windemaker, Sarah Winkler.

Hershey – Jennifer Rogers.

Highspire – Star Elliott.

Hummelstown – Cheryl Baker, Kathy Dimpsey, Shane Jacobeen.

Lykens – Mary Bateman.

Middletown – Karla Golden, Connie Kopp, Renee Raven.

Millersburg – Matthew Hockenberry.

Steelton – Cortney Albert.

Williamstown – Chenoa Mcmillan.

 

Chambersburg – Benjamin Baughman, Johanna Korteweg.

Fayetteville – Angella Dagenhart.

Shippensburg – Bethany Runshaw.

 

McAlisterville – Ginger Stroup.

 

Akron – Stephanie Hertzog.

Bainbridge – Brenda Beard.  

Columbia – Wendy Stotz.

Conestoga – Christin Brennan, Marybeth Brennan, Camila Polaski.

Denver – Darin Beachy.

Elizabethtown – Emily Baughman, Jennifer Black, Joann Shelley, Bethany Smith.

Ephrata – Lori Ebersole, Hannah Frisbie, Rebecca Miller.

Intercourse – Mark Stoltzfus.

Lancaster – Kasey Campoy, Laura Einspahr, Matthew Forsythe, Stephanie Johnson, Grace Kagiri, William Koran, Dennis Krebs, Brian Means, Antonio Mendez, Frank Monte, Tyshana Rosado, Alodie Rosario, Lisa Shopf, Kristen Smith, Sophie Tran, Amanda Vitrano, Debra Westgate.

Landisville – Carolyn Berrier, Sophia Huber.

Lititz – Sandra Janoschak, Sarah Kaschak, Christen Sakamoto, Lisa Sweigart, Ken Yamamori.

Manheim – Heidi Ahnert, Amanda Frey, Kristin Kegel.

Marietta – Courtney Gentry-Negron, Mindy Rehm, Angela Yoder.

Maytown – Kurt Young.

Millersville – Weston Forrey, Dean Roark.

Mount Joy – Michelle Stuck.

Mountville - Danielle Moyer.

Narvon – Deborah Cullen.

New Holland – Amanda Zane.

Pequea – Tinae Gieniec.

Reinholds – Amber Eberly.

Ronks – Daniel Deiter            .

Stevens – Barbara Fetter.

 

Annville – Timothy Oakes, Kelly Penn.

Fredericksburg – Elia Stoudt, Timothy Turley.

Jonestown – Bethany Houser, Kristin Yaquinta.

Lebanon – Kelly Boyer, Beverly Brown, Dawn Davy, Jennifer Ebersole, Cody Fiddner, Shauna Francis, Anthony Gambino, Steven Gambino, Barbara Kaulback, Joshua Krug, Fannie Martin, Rose Muniz, Orlando Perrone, Jennifer Steffy, Alyssa Stumpf.

Myerstown – Crystal Hower, Wendy Lorah, Theodore Zimmerman.

Palmyra – Jonathan Bjorkstedt, Kyle Cross, Justin Molignoni, Michael Petrino.

 

Montoursville – Mary Koch.

 

Northumberland County

Shamokin – Regina Runkle.

 

Duncannon – Jonathan Bigley, Jessica Brewster, Amanda Clouser.

New Bloomfield – Carol Harter.

Newport – Jennifer Foose, Lori Strawser.

 

Frackville – Anthony Cavenas.

 

Middleburg – Tawny Fultz.

Richfield – Abigail Stimeling.

 

Dallastown – Katie Thompson.

Dillsburg – Douglas Abram.

Dover – Katelyn Shutt.

Etters – Jessica Banks, Sarah Ann Bullock.

Felton – Alyssa Burnham.

Glen Rock – Stacey Bucklew.

Hanover – Afeisha Bruce, Faye Esquivel, Leigh Selby.

Lewisberry – Tabitha Boler, Meaghan Callahan, Karen Fedor.

Mount Wolf – Wesley Dunn.

New Cumberland – Joseph Zurat.

Red Lion – Katie Devlin.

Shrewsbury – Jean Huggins.

Stewartstown – Briana Kocher.

Windsor – Bridget Bahn.

Wrightsville – William Neff.

York – Lydia Aviles, Kyri-A Ballard, LaDora Bashir, Bobbi Jo Blymire, Ashley Buser, Sudani Cox, Melissa Duty, Tannisha Fuentes, Erin Grayson, Amanda Hastings, Melissa Hildebrant, Kimberly Hoke, Julia Liddick, Nabela Mohamed, Kristina Robison, Svetlana Shlyakov, Kenneth Stillings, Pamela Swengel, Rebekah Toomey, Jacqueline Turner, Jennifer Walters, Jennifer Young.