30 Phi Theta Kappa Members Receive Leaders of Promise Scholarships
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - Thirty Phi Theta Kappa members from 21 states have
been named recipients of the 2008 Phi Theta Kappa Leaders of Promise Scholarships.
All scholars receive scholarships of $1,000 to further their associate
degree studies.
The Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program
provides new Phi Theta Kappa members with financial resources to help defray
educational expenses while enrolled at a two-year college. The program
also provides opportunities and encourages students to assume leadership
roles by participating in Society programs.
"The Leaders of
Promise Scholarship funds provided represent an investment in human potential,"
explained Rod A. Risley, Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director. "Our objective
is to provide the resources and programs that will result in the emergence
of strong moral servant leaders."
The 2008 Leaders of Promise
Scholarship recipients are:
Bahareh Abadian, Orange Coast
College, California
Lilach Assayag, Delaware County Community
College, Pennsylvania
Nilam Baniya, San Jacinto College,
Texas
Jacqueline Bowlus, Western Wyoming Community College,
Wyoming
Dorothy Carr, Bay de Noc Community College, Michigan
Thesvy
Cashen, North Seattle Community College, Washington
Ashley
Cook, Mt. San Jacinto College, California
Bilal Dar, Lone Star
College- Kingwood, Texas
Kendra Dickinson, Hawkeye Community
College, Iowa
Caleb Doner, Linn-Benton Community College,
Oregon
John Paul Gampon, Hawaii Community College, Hawaii
Monika
Groomes, Estrella Mountain Community College, Arizona
Audrey
Haskell, Normandale Community College, Minnesota
Michael
Johnson, Atlanta Metropolitan College, Georgia
MarJanie
Kinney, Herkimer County Community College, New York
Katie
Lovern, Tallahassee Community College, Florida
Linda Lyons,
Pima Community College, Arizona
Phyllis McLemore, Tulsa Community
College, Oklahoma
Kevin McWilliams, Normandale Community
College, Minnesota
Jana Mertens, Hinds Community College,
Mississippi
Haley Moore, Austin Community College, Texas
Matice
Morris, St. Louis Community College-Forest Park Campus, Missouri
Patrick
Mudget, Merced College, California
Hani Nasser, Santa Monica
College, California
Solomon Nkhalamba, Southern Maine Community
College, Maine
Holly Petermann, Johnson County Community
College, Kansas
Eric Place, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community
College-Jackson County Campus, Mississippi
Christia Self,
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Sellersburg, Indiana
Kamalraj
Thangarajah, Lane Community College, Oregon
Geoff Wenk, College
of Southern Nevada, Nevada
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor
Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor
society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on two-year and
community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany,
the Republic of Palau, 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 two million students have
been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students
inducted annually.
