SALISBURY, N.C. — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has inducted 25 students into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. The college held an induction ceremony on Dec. 7.

            Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 2 million members and 1,200 chapters located in all 50 states and U.S. territories, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United Arab Emirates, and Palau.

            Students must complete a minimum of 12 hours of associate degree course work and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for membership. Students also must maintain a high academic standing throughout their enrollment in the two-year college, with a 3.0 GPA.

            RCCC’s fall 2007 Phi Theta Kappa inductees are:

            China Grove: James Hartis, Jennifer Rasbach

            Concord: Kenneth Parlier

            Davidson: Richard Adsit, Dawn Cammons, Steven Carter

            Kannapolis: Arquita Bost, Nidia Bowrey, Darryl Fox

            Mount Pleasant: Julie Scott

            Salisbury: Olivia Ackerman, Christopher Dyer, Linda Ervin, Valentyna Filimonova, Deborah Heilig, Catherine Hils, Sandra McCorkle, Leslie Miller, Barbara Oglesby, Deborah Owens, Jenny Painter, Tara Snider, Tamara Vivian, Tammy Woods

            Woodleaf: Kendra Fulbright

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.