VGCC Students Inducted into Honors Society
Vance-Granville Community College recognized 75 of its students who were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges, on April 22, in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus.
VGCC students honored with induction into Phi Theta Kappa have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 in associate degree curriculum programs and have completed 12 credit hours toward their degrees.
VGCC Academic Skills Center coordinator Evelyn Hall and instructors Phillip Mondou, Maureen Walters and Laura Pittard are the faculty advisors for VGCC’s PTK chapter. Hall told the new inductees and their families and friends in attendance that Phi Theta Kappa began in 1918 with chapters in eight women’s junior colleges in Missouri. VGCC’s chapter of PTK, Alpha Sigma Chi, was chartered in 1991. The letters Phi Theta Kappa stand for the Greek words for “Wisdom,” “Aspiration” and “Purity.”
VGCC President Randy Parker and Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Michael Ellis also spoke during the ceremony. “We congratulate all of you who have decided that excelling in education is important to you,” Ellis said to the inductees. Ellis said that while scholarship is the first aim of PTK, it also encourages fellowship, leadership development and service to others.
This year’s inductees into the Alpha Sigma Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa are:
From Franklin County:
Bryan David Burnside, Jamie Katherin Burnside, Robert Blake Burnside, Adam Thomas Carlson, Stephanie Angela Gonyea, Jennifer Michelle Knoch and Steven Guy Roper, all of Franklinton;
LeAnn M. Ray, Martha C. Stallings and Vickie Lynne Willis, all of Louisburg;Cynthia Angelina Cleghorn-Delgado, Lori Anne DeLaRiva-Cyrus, Brenda Gaye Jones, Sheila Heigl Perry and Arlene Kay Wright, all of Youngsville.
From Granville County:
Jeffrey Alan Armentrout of Butner; Jennifer Lynn Braun, James Eric Hayes, Valari M. Jones, Alonza Lee Neville, Jr., Jeff Vincent Whitfield, Denise T. Watts and Michael L. Webb, all of Creedmoor;
Angela Dawn Carson, Jennifer Denise Davis, Dana Leanne Deeds, Sharon Lee Dotson, Cindy Snipes Boring, Brittany S. Hawley, Paulette Hunt, Maxine Jones Kibler, Shirletta Manae Morton, Casey Danielle Roberts, Lori Ann Smith, Noah Kelsey Wall, Tami Lyn Wall and Penny S. Weiman, all of Oxford;
Christie Mumford Forsythe of Stem.
From Vance County:
Jennifer Gail Adkins, Rebecca J. Allen, Laura Ann Alston, Amy Mustian Ayscue, Kevin Christopher Boone, Waltrina Renea Clark, Amy Michele Daniels, Preston Abbott Dunn, Tamla Reshea Dunson, Jamie Ashley Elmore, Lynn P. Fleming, Blake Clarence Fletcher, Laurie Anne Hernandez, Crystal Lynne Collier Newhouse, Faith Renee Oakley, Faye Ball Orr, Rhonda Doughty Satterwhite, Sharon Denise Smith, Elizabeth Ryan Stainback and Vickie West Watkins, all of Henderson;
Jessica Faye Hudler and Linda Sue Matthews, both of Kittrell.
From Warren County:
Felecia Hargrove Fleming of Manson;
Lynn Marie Conlee, Elizabeth Marie Hundley and Levonie P. Twitty, all of Norlina;
Kevin James Lynch and Nicole Pelletier Lynch, both of Warrenton.
From Durham County:
Jonathan David Coker, Kathleen Ann Kane, Courtney Nicole Paschall and Kacy Michelle Snow, all of Durham.
From Nash County:
Shameka Kelley Wright of Castalia.
From Wake County:
Robin P. Knott of Rolesville;
Constance Helen Baker, Amanda Laura Little and Seth Owen Woods, all of Wake Forest.
