Wayne Community College’s Upsilon Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, inducted 40 new members recently.
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 and have completed at least 16 hours of associate degree course work. They also must demonstrate good citizenship characteristics.
The spring 2015 inductees and their majors are
Angier
Will M. Langdon, Aviation Systems
Dudley
Evelyn Avila, Associate in Arts;
Mitchell Wayne Hardy, Forest Management;
Siria Paola Mendoza, Associate in Arts; and
Elizabeth Nicole Murray, Associate in Science
Goldsboro
William Jermaine Burnette, Simulation and Game Development;
Alexis Brie Cox, Associate in Arts;
Shannon Evon Cox, Associate in General Education;
Olivia Blair de Araujo, Associate in Arts;
Zach Fink, Career and College Transfer Pathway/Associate in Arts;
Amy Elizabeth Jordan, Associate in Science;
Erica E. Kerner, Medical Office Administration;
Lisa Ann Lamm, Office Administration;
Jonathan Shane McDonald, Associate in Arts;
Rachel Montesinos, Associate in Arts;
Breanna Lynn Rios, Associate in General Education;
Gabriela Denise Sorto, Associate in Arts;
Logan Ashley Tyndall, Associate in Arts;
Charles Nicklos Visnosky, Industrial Systems; and
Richard Warren Woodard III, Associate in Arts
Kenly
Ronnie McCray Carter, Associate in Science
La Grange
Andrew Wylam Boldt, Career and College Transfer Pathway/Associate in Science;
Andrew Kyle Lockerby, Associate in Science;
Wyatt Thomas Ocker, Computer-Integrated Machining;
Craig Thomas Bennett, Computer Information; and
Javier Borja Gonzalez, Applied Animal Science
Mount Olive
Madeline Quinn Elam, Associate in Arts and Associate in Science;
Teresa C. Moon, Office Administration; and
Dwayne Edward Skinner Jr., Accounting
Nashville
Quincy Maurice Williams, Emergency Management
Pikeville
Sara Linette Bellomy, Associate in Arts;
Latricia Marie Brown, Turfgrass Management;
Battle L. Burnette III, Industrial Systems;
Maria Diaz-Ponce, Associate in Arts;
Benjamin Parker Massey, Associate in Arts;
Chelsea Faith Olson, Associate in Arts; and
Joni Robinson, Medical Office Administration
Seven Springs
William A. Daly, Associate in Science
Vanceboro
Victoria Gail Wiggins, Dental Hygiene
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. Members receive special recognition during their commencement ceremonies and are eligible for transfer scholarships.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on 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. More than 3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 134,000 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.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.