Record 101 Inducted into Honors Society At Vance-Granville Community College
Vance-Granville Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted 101 students into the international honorary society of two year colleges on April 18. This was the largest group ever inducted since the Alpha Sigma Chi chapter began at Vance-Granville.
All full-time students inducted into Phi Theta Kappa have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 in associate degree curriculum programs, and part-time students have a minimum 3.75 GPA. They all must have completed 12 credit hours toward their degrees.
Vance-Granville President Randy Parker, himself a member of Phi Theta Kappa, was the principal speaker at the ceremonies. He congratulated the inductees on their scholastic success and said the college measures its success by the success of its students and, “You are Vance-Granville’s best,” he said.
Parker offered a three-part formula for continued success. Parker told the students to sharpen their focus, to build their confidence and to ignite their passion.
He took a majority of his remarks from a book entitled, “107 Ways to Stick To It,” a copy of which he gave each Phi Theta Kappa inductee. Parker advised the students to “follow your heart and leave a legacy. Mountains will get in your way as you strive for success. Stick to it and you can move them,” he said.
Phillip Mondou, biology instructor, and Evelyn Hall, coordinator of the Academic Skills Center, are the faculty advisors for the Alpha Sigma Chi Chapter. Mondou 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.
Hall said that while scholarship is the first aim of PTK, it also encourages leadership development and public service. VGCC’s chapter received the PTK Pinnacle Scholarship Award for 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 for increased enrollment in the society.
This year’s inductees into the VGCC Alpha Sigma Chi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa are:
Franklin County: Claire Rebecca Brown, Robin Denine Darone, Michael D. Ferrell, Jessica Lee Gray, Frank P. Taylor Jr., Craig A. Thomas, Clyde C. Thompson, and Bessie Morris West of Franklinton, Amanda Lee Faulkner, Terri Lynn Janas, Ashley Nicole Myers, Lisa Dunlow Perry, Jon R. Shearin, Barbara Edwards Sirucek and Jennifer Bernadette Webster of Louisburg, Jessica Vanessa Montez, Daisy Sullivan Sterlen, Christy Tharrington Waters and Janelle Strickland Williams of Youngsville.
Granville County: Tanya Whitt Abernethy and Michelle N. Minor of Butner, Dana Nicole Allen, Jacob A. Bulsiewicz, Roy L. Burgess, Jeffrey C. Camillo, Ronald D. Sanders, Angela Cherrie Satterwhite and John W. Sides of Creedmoor, Lorene Blue Allen, Kimberly Christine Bailey, Felicia Lennay Bell-Tanner, Edward A. Compton, Alice Anne Elliott, Stefanie Chauvon Green, Kimberly Nicole Horton, Delois Tucker Jackson, Ginger Diane Liner, Cathy Linette Reed, Rose Mary Taylor, Robert R. Tulloch II, Channing Melissa Walker, Shannon Danielle Williamson, Stephanie Carol Woodlief and Brenda G. Young of Oxford, and Sandra B. Williford of Stovall.
Vance County: Joan D. Ayscue, Johnnie Mitchell Boyd, Brenda Diann Brame, Juliea Elizabeth Brandon, Shannon Young Bullock, Brenda Vaughan Campbell, Jonathan A. Campbell, Johnnie Celester Chavis, Leslie S. Craft, Adrian E. Davis, Christopher R. Dethmers, Angela Ellis Edwards, Catherine Miles Gill, LaTonia Denise Glover, Linda Lassiter Grissom, Joyce Cook Long, Jennifer Diane Lowery, Monica Dori Mahl, Lavonda Jean Reavis, Pamela Edwards Stevenson, Shinita Michelle Terry, Wilma Thompson, Amber Hayes Tucker, Carolyn Jean Wilkins and Patricia Burwell Wright, all of Henderson, and Phyllis LeMay Gill of Kittrell.
Warren County: Shannon Renee Bowes, Tonya Michelle Carter, Rebecca Leigh Dangora, Franklin L. Fleming II, Rebecca Medlin Neal, John T. Paschall, and William C. Wesley of Norlina, Hilda D. Cordell, Faye Holloway Goode, and Shirley A. McCain of Warrenton, Rebecca Leigh Harmer, Nurisha Veronica Jones, Regina Kay Nolan, Justin R. Towns and Meredith Allen Valentine of Macon, and , Linda Hill Medlin of Ridgeway.
Wake County: Michelle Adams, Bobby Jean Hunter, Elizabeth Catherine Kennedy, Leslie Anne McGhee, Sylvia Denise Mercado and Jonathan S. Williams of Wake Forest, Alphonsus U. Nwadike, Josephine G. Haag and Meredith Elaine Landen of Raleigh, Kathleen Elizabeth Perry of Cary, Laura Jean Privette of Zebulon
Durham County: Spencer N. Moorefield and Genoba Parker of Durham.
Nash County: Dalena Brown Shearin of Castalia.
VANCE SCHOLARS
– Vance County students who were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honors society on April 18 include: front, from left, Jennifer D. Lowery, Spencer N. Moorefield, Carolyn Jean Wilkins, Lavonda Jean Reavis, Brenda D. Brame, Juliea Elizabeth Brandon, Shannon Y. Bullock; second row, from left, Angela Ellis Edwards, Pamela E. Stevenson, Phyllis L. Gill, Linda L. Grissom, Shinita M. Terry; back row, from left, Joyce Cook Long, Adrian E. Davis, Monica D. Mahl, Johnnie C. Chavis, Joan D. Ayscue, Johnnie M. Boyd, and Patricia B. Wright.
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GRANVILLE SCHOLARS
— Granville County students who were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honors society on April 18 include: front, from left, Sandra B. Williford, Alice Anne Elliott, Ginger D. Liner, Tanya W. Abernethy, Michelle N. Minor, Stephanie C. Woodlief, Jessica Lee Gray; second row, from left, Dana N. Allen, Deloris T. Jackson, Kimberly C. Bailey, Jacob A. Bulsiewicz, Shannon D. Williamson; third row, from left, Stefanie C. Green, Rose Mary Taylor, Jeffrey Camillo, Michael D. Ferrell; back row, from left, Felicia Bell-Tanner, Catherine M. Gill, Kimberly N. Horton, Robert R. Tulloch, Roy Lee Burgess.
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WARREN SCHOLARS –
Warren County students who were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honors society on April 18 include: front, from left, William C. Wesley, Rebecca L. Dangora, Shannon Renee Bowes, Rebecca M. Neal, Hilda D. Cordell; back row, from left, John T. Paschall, Tonya M. Carter, Franklin L. Fleming II, Faye H. Goode.
(VGCC Photo)
FRANKLIN SCHOLARS
– Franklin County students who were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honors society on April 18 include: front, from left, Amanda Lee Faulkner, Barbara E. Sirucek, Stefanie C. Green, Ashley N. Myers; second row, from left, Dalena B. Shearin, Daisy S. Sterlen, Janelle S. Williams, Bessie M. West; back row, from left, Robin D. Darone, Frank P. Taylor Jr., Jon R. Shearin.
(VGCC Photo)
