May 11, 2016
Berkshire Community College (BCC) recently held an induction ceremony for students
joining the Xi Alpha Chapter of Phi 
Theta Kappa.
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 3.7 or better. Students with a sophomore standing (30 or more credits) must have achieved a cumulative average of 3.5 or better.
The ceremony was held in the Boland Theatre located in the Koussevitzky Arts Center on the College’s main campus in Pittsfield.
The inductees include:
Massachusetts
Cheshire: Richard Robillard
Chester: Henry Fristik
Clarksburg: Brittany LaVigne
Dalton: Portia Adjei-Donkor, Juliauna Jacobson, Kevin Richard, Nicole Rudd
Egremont: Stephanie Fredsall
Great Barrington: Juliana Herzen, Joshua Kuhn
Hinsdale: Bonnie Saunders
Lanesboro: Kathleen Adamczyk, Amie Birch, Mary Mick, Mary Boland
Lee: Jastine Somostrada, Vinicius Onorato, Ellen Orell
Lenox: Adam Gazit
Lenox Dale: Michael King
North Adams: Amy Wood
Pittsfield: Dina Bilotta, Cariss Black, Bernice Boateng, Polana Casian, Megan Charbonneau,
Sarah Cicchetti, Kristina Cook, Megan Creamer, Victoria Croshier, Ryan Dion, Maureen Feldman,Kimberly Forrest, Danielle George, Jennifer Hunt, Erik Inbar, Bryan Jones, Allison Kahn, Jessica Koomson, Matthew Lee, Cassidy Lewis, David Litano, Andrew Mais, Dustin Malossini, Lucas Mancari, Deborah Remillard, Kelly Robertson, Janell Sargent, Anthony Swenson, Nicole Wright
Richmond: Diane Shaheen
South Lee: Zachary Aichner
West Stockbridge: Amanda Kerswell
Williamstown: Kristen Mabey
Windsor: Danielle Allison
New York
Hudson: Emma Hobson