32 Phi Theta Kappa Members Receive Jeannette Rankin Foundation Scholarships
Jackson, MS - Thirty-two Phi Theta Kappa members have received scholarships
from the Jeannette Rankin Foundation for 2009.
The Jeannette
Rankin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds
for, and awarding grants to, low-income women, age 35 and older. Each year
the Jeannette Rankin Foundation awards grants to low-income women who
have a vision of how their education will benefit themselves, their families,
and their communities. Grants are for $2,000, and are typically distributed
through the financial aid office, but are not restricted to tuition expenses.
Award money can be used for books, supplies, transportation, childcare,
or other expenses that will help the recipient achieve her educational
goals. Selection is competitive, which means that meeting the eligibility
requirements does not guarantee the receipt of a grant.
Phi
Theta Kappa members to receive 2009 Jeannette Rankin Scholarships include:
Sherri Allen, New York, Utica College (Jefferson Community
College)
Tammy Andrach, California, Santa Barbara City College
Rose
Bahr, Oregon, Southern Oregon University (Rogue Community College)
Mary
Brooks, Massachusetts, Berkshire Community College
Robin
Burris, South Carolina, Trident Technical College
Trina Butler,
Texas, Kaplan University (Richland College)
Tara Cooper,
Arizona, Arizona State University West (Paradise Valley Community
College)
Melissa Costello, Ohio, University of Cincinnati
(University of Cincinnati Batavia Campus)
Georgina Courtney,
Texas, Texas State University - San Marco (San Antonio College)
Teresa
Dehning, Iowa, Northeast Iowa Community College
Nicole Doran,
Oregon, Rogue Community College
Connie Granderson, Virginia,
Longwood University (Patrick Henry Community College)
Connie
Halter, Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas (Pulaski Technical
College)
Devorah Hayman, Arizona, South Mountain Community
College
Joan Hunt, Nevada, Truckee Meadows Community College
Cheryl
Jackson, Tennessee, Cleveland State Community College
Hillora
Lang, North Carolina, Cape Fear Community College
Naomi Lawson,
Tennessee, Pellissippi State Community College
Cheryl Lewis,
New York, Genesee Community College
K. Lievers, Colorado,
Colorado State University - Pueblo, (Pueblo Community College)
Pamela
Lindsey, Kentucky, Owensboro Community & Technical College
Shauna
McElroy, California, Folsom Lake College
Denice Neumann,
Montana, University of Great Falls (Montana State University - Great Falls)
Julie Mertes, Oregon, Portland State University (Mt. Hood
Community College)
Carmen Ortiz, Nevada, Truckee Meadows
Community College
Kelly Ralph, Oregon, Portland State University
(Portland Community College)
Nilea Rohrer-Parvin, Texas,
Austin Community College
Georgette Snell, California, Sacramento
City College
Kimberly Snyder, Colorado, University of Northern
Colorado (Morgan Community
College)
Christina Stanton,
Kansas, Butler Community College
Amanda Star, Illinois, DePaul
University (Harry S. Truman College)
Suzanne Zwecker, New
York, Rochester Institute of Technology (SUNY Finger Lakes Community
College)
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson,
Mississippi, is the largest honor society in 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.
