December 19, 2008
For Immediate Release

RCCC's Phi Theta Kappa Chapter
Inducts New Members, Wins Award

           SALISBURY, N.C. — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College's chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society recently held its annual induction ceremony and welcomed 36 new members.

           The Alpha Sigma Sigma chapter at RCCC also celebrated receiving the prestigious Pinnacle Award for the second time in three years. The Pinnacle Award recognizes PTK chapters for successfully enhancing their recruitment and orientation strategies, as measured by the number of its new members.

           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 a two-year college, with a 3.0 GPA.

The 2008 inductees of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at RCCC are:

Charlotte
Casey Manuszewski

China Grove
Ryan Galloway

Concord
Kellie Annas
Matthew Boyle
Justin Cantrell
Erin Derr
Pamela Feeney
Dennis Gray
Randi Swaringen
Robin Ventro

Denton
Rhonda Hogeland

Faith
Patty Long
Rhonda Morgan

Kannapolis
Selena Cabral
Dawn Evans
Cynthia Floyd
Melissa Green
Barry Lentz
Darlene McCorkle
Mark Royster

Mooresville
Charles Bass
Kristy Cloutier

Mount Pleasant
Ailene Monroe
Virginia Yost

Rockwell
Sondra Merrifield
Brandi Smith
Britini Starnes

Salisbury
Joseph Ackerman
Heather Fogner
Atalie Frick
Sebrena Gaither
Alton Link
Chelsea Moore
Julia Peck
Adam Ryerson
Tara Safrit

           Jane Benson, RCCC director of technology tutoring centers and accounting instructor, serves as the college's Phi Theta Kappa advisor.

           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.