55 Phi Theta Kappa Members Receive National Dean's List Scholarships
Fifty-five Phi Theta Kappa members have been selected to receive the Society's
2005 National Dean's List Scholarships. They represent all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana
Islands. One international student was also chosen to represent the Society's
members from other countries.
The
National Dean's List is a prestigious compilation of honor students
in two-year and four-year degree programs. By virtue of membership in Phi
Theta Kappa, all new inductees are automatically nominated for the National
Dean's List. All 55 recipients are chosen by random search to receive a $250
scholarship.
"I feel very honored to have been selected. I plan
to put the money toward student loans I took to pay for tuition," said recipient
Shawn Ebeling, a Phi Theta Kappa member from Minnesota. "I plan to graduate
in December and receiving this scholarship has helped further motivate
me to pursue my bachelor's degree after graduation."
The 2005
National Dean's List Scholarship recipients are:
Alabama
- Suzann Tarvin, Snead State Community College
Alaska - Brianna Williams,
Briarwood College
Arizona - Zenebech Girma, Phoenix College
Arkansas
- Michelle Cunningham, National Park Community College
California
- Leif Wagner, Santa Rosa Junior College
Colorado - Michael Underwood,
Red Rocks Community College
Connecticut - Lynne Vergalitto, Manchester
Community College
Delaware - Jacqueline McIlvain, Delaware Technical
and Community College - Owens Campus
District of Columbia - Tina Tibbs,
Montgomery College
Florida - Tanya Bowen, St. Petersburg College
- Clearwater Campus
Georgia - Mary Russell, Georgia Perimeter College
Hawaii - Georgia Pinsky, Maui Community College
Idaho - Alex
Dorofeev, College of Southern Idaho
Iowa - Cassandra Stewart, Indian
Hills Community College
Illinois - Jennifer Zima, Moraine Valley
Community College
Indiana - Stacey Lewis, Ivy Tech Community College
of Indiana - Terre Haute Campus
Kansas - John Granstedt, Johnson County
Community College
Kentucky - Robin Young, Bluegrass Community and
Technical College
Louisiana - Nicola Stone, Southern University
Shreveport-Bossier
Maine - Gregory Betz, Eastern Maine Community
College
Maryland - Angelena Sewell, Chesapeake College
Massachusetts
- Peter Boliver, Holyoke Community College
Michigan - Keith Jaissle,
Northwestern Michigan College
Minnesota - Shawn Ebeling, Bismarck
State College
Mississippi - Delanie Fillingame, Mississippi Gulf
Coast Community College - Jefferson Davis Campus
Missouri - Dennice
Johnson, Central Missouri College
Montana - Susanne Galbraith,
Miles Community College
Nebraska - Marcus Gregory, Southeast Community
College
Nevada - Alvin Ferrer, Western Nevada Community College
New
Hampshire - Lyn Collins, New Hampshire Community Technical College - Manchester
Campus
New Jersey - Sandi Tait, Camden County College
New Mexico
- Hsing-Hui Liu, University of New Mexico - Los Alamos
New York - Kristine
Lee, Monroe Community College
North Carolina - Melanie Zipp, Guilford
Technical Community College
North Dakota - Zach Backstrom, Bismarck
State College
Ohio - Melissa Freeman, Stark State College of Technology
Oklahoma
- Uduak Williams, Rose State College
Oregon - April Joy-Koer, Mt.
Hood Community College
Pennsylvania - John Meyers, Butler County
Community College
Rhode Island - Jennifer Arruda, Community College
of Rhode Island
South Carolina - Kimberly Bridges, Northeastern
Technical College
South Dakota - Nicholas Romereim, Kilian Community
College
Tennessee - Michelle Gabriel, Southwest Tennessee Community
College
Texas - Stephen Devaty, College of the Mainland
Utah
- Connie Richardson, Utah Valley State College
Vermont - Heather
Curler, Vermont Technical College
Virginia - Kelly Bassett, Northern
Virginia Community College
Washington - Kristin Haagen, Whatcom
Community College
West Virginia - Joan Riffle, Fairmont State Community
and Technical College
Wisconsin - Andre Verbrick, Fox Valley Technical
College
Wyoming - Sarah Marvici, Laramie County Community College
American
Samoa - Ruth-Ann Matagi, American Samoa Community College
Guam -
Doreen Seballos, Guam Community College
Saipan - Nicole Babauta,
Northern Marianas College
United Kingdom - Lisa Samuels-Clarke,
Delaware Technical and Community College - Stanton Campus
"The
National Dean's List Scholarship rewards students who have demonstrated
academic excellence and a commitment to improving their communities,"
explained Rod A. Risley, Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director. "This year's
recipients exemplify the outstanding students enrolled at community
colleges everywhere."
Phi Theta Kappa is the oldest, largest,
and most prestigious honor society serving two-year and community colleges
in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, and U.S. territorial possessions.
Approximately 100,000 students are inducted annually in the Society's
1,200 chapters.
