2008 Nota Bene Authors Named
Literary works from 15 Phi Theta Kappa members have been chosen for publication
in the 2008 edition of Nota Bene, the Society's literary honors
anthology.
Nota Bene was founded in 1994 to showcase
good writing among community college students. Copies of Nota Bene
are distributed to all community college libraries and to Phi Theta Kappa
leaders.
"Since 1994 Phi Theta Kappa has recognized excellence
in writing among community college students through Nota Bene,
our internationally-circulated literary honors anthology," said Society
Executive Director Rod A. Risley, Founding Editor. "In a world emphasizing
accelerated electronic communication, I feel it is even more crucial that
we continue to carry the banner for clarity and creativity in writing, and
for outstanding research. We are pleased to honor this year's Nota Bene
authors, and extend our sincere congratulations to these students and
their colleges."
Winners of the 2008 Nota Bene scholarships
are:
Citation Scholarships of $1,000, for the Best Overall
Entries:
David Kariuki
Essex County College, New Jersey
Africa
Deirdre Hopton
Raritan Valley Community College,
New Jersey
Silent Communication
Reynolds Scholarship
Winners of $500 each:
Jonathan Bedrava
Ivy Tech Community
College of Indiana, Kokomo Campus
On the Galapagos Islands
Dale
Nelson
Sacramento City College, California
Big Drink
The
following students also had their works selected for publication in Nota
Bene:
Aaron Benavidez
Sacramento City College,
California
En Pursuit of Energy: 1876-1878, New Haven, United
States
Let Them Eat Pan Dulce: Violence, Ideology and Death
during the Mexican Revolution of 1910
Monica Bessette
Community
College of Rhode Island
The Third of July
Matthew
Chabin
Mt. Hood Community College, Oregon
The Theme of Magic
in Othello
Virginia Connor
Midlands Technical College,
South Carolina
Scavenger
Samantha Eppes
St.
Petersburg College - Health Education Center Campus, Florida
Old
Dog
Gina Raye Felts
Nashville State Community College,
Tennessee
The Bayeux Tapestry
Lynne McMahen
McLennan
Community College, Texas
Things I Need to Do
Thomas
Perri
Community College of Philadelphia
Down and Out Christmas
Allison Pilat
Wor-Wic Tech Community College, Maryland
Vietnam
War Poets
Mikaela Santini
Blinn College-Bryant
Campus, Texas
Silent Society
Kathleen Settels
Irvine
Valley College, California
Till the Soil
Twice
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered
in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with
1,200 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.
