BCC will hold an induction ceremony for students joining the Xi Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on Tuesday, April 24 at 12:30 p.m. in the Boland Theatre of the Koussevitzky Arts Center on the College’s main campus in Pittsfield.
Phi Theta Kappa is the national honor society of junior and community colleges in the United States. The purpose of the society is to recognize and encourage scholarship among students.
To be eligible for membership, students with freshman standing (12 to 29 credits) must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 or better. Students with a sophomore standing (30 or more credits) must have achieved a cumulative average of 3.6 or better.
The inductees include:
Massachusetts
Adams: Alexandria Brandon, Sonia McWhirt, Kelsy Pero
Cheshire: Melissa Pantano, Kia Yang
Dalton: Magdelin Bennett, Deidre Brainerd, Hayden Cantoni, Rachel Zink-Kavey
Great Barrington: Sophie Shrum, Andrew Turnbough
Haverhill: Abigail Shin
Hinsdale: Patricia O'Brien
Housatonic: Ryan Higgins
Lanesboro: Alexander Kusick, Nicholas Vlahopoulos
Lee: Emma Bartini, Tyler Buratto, Jakob Touponce
Lenox: Marybelle Burns, Kaung Htay, Jill Wollins, Jessica Zamboni
North Adams: Timothy Brames, Nicole Maloney, Stephanie Rogers
Pittsfield: Kevin Beaulieu, Laura Burgess, Brittney Collins, Rebecca Cook, Hannah Dargi-Cartelli, Lauren Eichorn, John Fontaine, Adlai Greene, Thomas Gwinnell, Carly Holmes, Jisen Hu, Demid Karpov, Zhiling Liang, Bridget Mara-Williams, Coral Marine, Lubia Martinez, Mathieu Moreau, Thien Nguyen, Pamela Preston, Jackie Rosario, Lindsey Schnopp, Gabriel Schultheis, Linda Segarra, Lee Sotis, Carmen Villalobos Guevara, Joseph Williams, Soncere Williams
Savoy: Caleb Keels
Sheffield: Jessica Abbott
Tyringham: April Curtin
West Stockbridge: America Lopez
New York
East Nassau: Devin Feathers
Spencertown: Kate VanAlstyne