20 Phi Theta Kappa Members Named 2009 Guistwhite Scholars
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - Twenty Phi Theta Kappa members were selected as
2009 Guistwhite Scholarship recipients and will be recognized during
the Phi Theta Kappa Convention in Dallas April 16-18, 2009.
Guistwhite
Scholars are chosen based on academic achievement, participation in Phi
Theta Kappa programs and service to their colleges and communities. A panel
of independent judges review applications and select up to 20 winners.
Each Guistwhite Scholar is awarded a $5,000 scholarship for baccalaureate
studies. The Guistwhite Scholar Program is named in honor of Dr. Jack Guistwhite
and his wife Margaret Guistwhite. Dr. Guistwhite established the first
designated transfer scholarship for Phi Theta Kappa members.
The
2009 Guistwhite Scholars are:
David Curry, Saddleback College,
California
Hilary English, Manatee Community College, Bradenton
Campus, Florida
Christopher Esteen, Estrella Mountain Community
College, Arizona
Callie Golden, Holmes Community College,
Goodman Campus, Mississippi
Rafael Juliano, Bergen Community
College, New Jersey
LaTricia Kelly, Williston State College,
North Dakota
Svitlana Korostelova, Des Moines Area Community
College, Newton Campus, Iowa
Adam Kresmery, Macomb Community
College, Center Campus, Michigan
Kelly Lintecum, Central
Arizona College, Superstition Mountain Campus, Arizona
Boreth
Long, Highline Community College, Washington
Shamil Mirzoev,
Rochester Community & Technical College, Minnesota
Nicholas
Moore, Enterprise-Ozark Community College, Enterprise Campus, Alabama
Lorie
Pacheco, Cape Fear Community College, North Campus, North Carolina
Samantha
Quackenbush, Coffeyville Community College, Kansas
Susana
Sanchez, Mercer County Community College, New Jersey
Jay Shah,
Macomb Community College, South Campus, Michigan
David Sigmund,
Stark State College, Ohio
Wanda Thomas, Harford Community
College, Maryland
Eric Thompson, Mesa Community College,
Southern & Dobson Campus, Arizona
Sherrie Webb, Edison Community
College, Darke County Campus, Ohio
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society,
headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in
American higher education with 1,250 chapters on 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.
