Twenty-five Named Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished College Administrators

Jackson, MS - Twenty-five college administrators were honored with 2012 Distinguished College Administrator Awards, presented by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society during the Annual Convention in Nashville April 12-14.

The Distinguished College Administrator Award is given to college vice presidents, deans, or leaders other than college presidents/CEOs serving in an administrative capacity who have demonstrated a strong level of support for Phi Theta Kappa.

The 2012 Distinguished College Administrator Award recipients are:

Dr. Michael Banks

St. Charles Community College

Cottleville, Missouri

Rodger Bennett

Brookhaven College

Farmers Branch, Texas

Dr. Virginia Burley

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California

Dr. Andrew Burt

Scott Community College

Bettendorf, Iowa

Dr. Kathleen Christensen

Austin Community College

Austin, Texas

Susan Donohue

Pearl River Community College

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Darl Drummond

College of Lake County

Grayslake, Illinois

Dr. Pamela Edington

Norwalk Community College

Norwalk, Connecticut

Dr. William Egeler

Northern Maine Community College

Presque Isle, Maine

Laura Fedock

Minneapolis

Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dr. Barbara Finkelstein

Massasoit Community College

Brockton,Massachusetts

Malou Harrison

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida

Linda Hayes

Cañada College

Redwood City,California

Dr. Diane Hegeman

Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, Colorado

Stephen Horvath

Howard Community College

Columbia, Maryland

Marva Mack

Essex County College

Newark, New Jersey

Willie McCullough

Ashland Community and Technical College

Ashland, Kentucky

Leticia Menchaca

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

Allen Renville

Butte College

Ororville, California

Dr. Patricia Robertson

Trident Technical College

North Charleston, South Carolina

Dr. Alan Saaf

Heartland Community College

Normal, Illinois

Dr. Susan Salvador

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York

Iris Shanklin

Atlanta Metropolitan College

Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Susan Wolff

Columbia Gorge Community College

The Dalles, Oregon

Elizabeth Woods

Quinsigamond Community College

Worcester, Massachusetts

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,280 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 2.5 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 135,000 students inducted annually.