Students inducted in honor society
LCCC
The following Lehigh Carbon Community College students were inducted into Alpha Omicron Alpha, the college’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the national honor society for two-year colleges, during a spring ceremony in the Lisa Scheller-Wayne Woodman Community Services Center, Schnecksville.
Allentown: Gregory Atlas, Katherine Batten, Sarah Bazos, Sebastian Buckley, Tara Canning, Nadea Dundore, Dallas Ely, Dominick Goncalves, Leonard Hein, Hemansi Kaneria, Afton Kuster, Adam Mellinger, Laura Montalvo, Chelsea Morgan, Ashley Myers, Natalia Pereira Burgos, Liz Perez, Kayla Piacquadio, Kory Prehl, Arika Troxell and Valeska Zighelboim;
Breinigsville: Cohlmia Caracio, Danielle Culp, Gabriela Guerrero and Desiree Kannapel;
Coplay: Susan Horwith and Ashley Lefurge;
Fogelsville: Troy Boettger;
Germansville: Cheyanne Hoffman, Emily Johnson and Justin Solt;
Kutztown: Matthew Angstadt;
Laurys Station: LeeAnn Holubek;
New Tripoli: Brandon Batres;
Orefield: Constance Baxter, Suliarys Contreras, Laiping Doolin and Hugh Goncalves; and
Schnecksville: Abigail Blommel, Lisa Conte, Autumn Craft and Ralph Harvey.
LCCC’s Alpha Omicron Alpha Chapter was recently named a 2019 REACH Chapter and recognized with Phi Theta Kappa’s REACH Rewards program for increased membership.
Phi Theta Kappa is the only nationally-acclaimed honor society serving two-year colleges, which offers associate degree programs.
Membership into Phi Theta Kappa is by invitation only.
To be considered, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree program, have completed at least 12 credit hours of coursework, have established a minimum grade-point average of 3.5, have established a record of academic excellence as judged by the faculty, and be of good moral character and possess recognized qualities of citizenship.