Wayne Community College’s Upsilon Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, has inducted 48 students into its membership in its fall 2014 ceremony.
Phi Theta Kappa members represent the top 10 percent of students enrolled in two-year schools. To be invited into the society, WCC students must show academic achievement with a minimum grade point average of 3.5. They must have completed at least 16 hours of associate degree course work and demonstrate good citizenship characteristics.
The new members and their majors are
Benson
Taylor Lee Sermersheim, Animal Science Technology
Cameron
Michael Carl Poole, Aviation
Clayton
Howard Gregory Parker, Aviation
Dudley
Billy Stanley Bye, Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Systems; and
Tot Reeves, Business Administration/Operations Management
Fremont
Joseph Landry Balance, Associate in Science and Associate in Arts; and
Deborah Lynn High, Business Administration
Goldsboro
John Anthony Baptista, Associate in Arts;
Katrina Sophie Bonenfant, Associate in Science;
Ashley Sarah Bundrick, Associate in General Education;
Collin Michael Cornelius, Associate in Science;
Christina Sharon Daniels, Associate Degree Nursing;
Amy Elizabeth Jordan, Associate in Science;
Samuel Curtis Langley, Medical Assisting;
Ashley Nicole Larimore, Associate in Science;
Johnny Rawie Martin, Associate in Science;
Brittany Marie Minahan, Associate in General Education;
Dayani Padma Mirihana, Medical Assisting;
Daniel Carl Ratliff, Mechanical Engineering;
Francis Ervin Rawson, Associate in Arts;
Kimberley Shanae Robinson, Accounting;
Samai M Saleh, Associate in Science;
Travis Christian Thaxton, Associate in Arts;
Cianna Elizabeth Wilson, Associate in Arts; and
Alice Meiyi Zhao, Associate in Arts and Associate in Science
Mount Olive
Michaela Gevay Agee, Associate in Science;
James Grant Kornegay, Associate in Arts; and
Jason Qin Wei Li, Associate in Science
Pikeville
Stephanie C. Dimatteo, Associate in Arts;
Kayleon Elizabeth Dortch, Associate in Arts;
Lisa D Freels, Associate in General Education;
Derrick R McGill, Aviation;
Victor Julius Prezbindowski, Associate in Arts;
Ashton Dale Rochelle, Aviation;
Kenneth Christopher Sanders, Aviation;
Jessica Nicole Skidmore, Associate in Science; and
Dylan Blake Smith, Associate in Arts
Princeton
Nathan Asher Tubb, Associate in Arts; and
Nolan Anson Tubb, Associate in Arts
Selma
Ashley Lee Owens, Associate in Arts
Seven Springs
Andrew Justin Hill, Associate in Arts;
Joseph E Howell, Mechanical Engineering;
Paola Ponce, Associate Degree Nursing; and
Daysi Marielly Ramirez, Associate in Arts
Snow Hill
Julia Rebecca Poole, Associate Degree Nursing
Warsaw
William Thomas Lovelace, Aviation; and
James Taiwan Morrisey, Electronics Engineering
Winterville
Joseph Wilson Butler, Emergency Management
Phi Theta Kappa recognizes and encourages scholarship by providing opportunities for the development of leadership and service, an intellectual climate, lively fellowship for scholars, and stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Miss., is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,285 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, plus Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. Nearly 3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 135,000 students inducted annually.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,500 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 90 college credit programs.