Atlantic Cape Community College welcomed 214 inductees into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society April 28, in the Walter Edge Theater at the Mays Landing Campus. Speakers at the induction were: Dr. Peter L. Mora, president of Atlantic Cape; Courtney Rice, former Phi Theta Kappa Middle States Region president and Atlantic Cape alumna; and Thomas J. Branin, Atlantic Cape alumnus and the 2015 Coca-Cola Foundation All-USA Silver Medalist Scholar. New officers were also inducted: Christine Martinez, president; Joseph Merlo, executive vice president; Haley Kuster, publicist and historian; Xamisha Thompson, vice president of Leadership; Amber Lombardi, treasurer; and Maria Saavedro, secretary.
Established by two-year college presidents in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa recognizes the academic achievements of two-year college students and encourages academic growth. In 1929, the American Association of Community Colleges recognized Phi Theta Kappa as the official honor society for two-year colleges. It is the largest honor society in American higher education today, with more than 2 million members in the United States, U.S. territories, Canada and Germany.
Candidates must meet this criteria for induction: be a full- or part-time student enrolled at Atlantic Cape; have earned 12 general education credits to date, either from Atlantic Cape or another community college; and hold a 3.5 cumulative grade point average.
Inductees were:
ATLANTIC COUNTY
Absecon: Matthew Assad, Erin Foster, Dayanira Quinones
Atlantic City: Tahirah Abdullah, Marhuma Alic, Kenya Andrews, Gail Brown, Esther Cenat, Alfie Chow, Anik Chowdhury, Nadia Harley, Maydek Ibarra, James McDevitt, Zaki Mohyuddin, Mihaela Panciuc, Denisha Sanchez-Pementel, Trin Pham, Arsh Rabby, MD Rashid, Mashrur Ratul, Maria Cabrera-Saavedra, Kyle Schachne, Latoya Solomon, Jon Tan, Edwin Valencia, Caprice Walker, Jose Zuniga
Brigantine: John Bove, Ryan Fabbo, Anthony Lanzilotti, Leah Lavigna, Kamniben Patel, Nawsheen Promee, Kyle Rebman
Collings Lakes: Caitlyn Ashe
Dorothy: Holly Seelman
Egg Harbor City: Heizel Bastidas, Alice Drummond, Delmi Irias Martinez, Melissa Polizzi
Egg Harbor Township: Alton Delaney, Mary Assaad, Veronica Blackwell, Olga Bocharova, Richard Buchman, Stephanie Cau, Lina Crespo, Chloe Fama, Sarah Fertsch, Michelle Figueroa, Brandon Garofalo, Andrei Griko, Samantha Gruhler, Jalyssa Hitchens, Chidinma Iwuajoku, Joseph Johnson, Haley Kuster, Duong Lam, Jessica Langbein, David Li, Andrew McCarrick, Anthony McFarlane, Peggy McFarlane, Brian McHugh, Katy Mencia, Wendy Moya, Hien Pham, Sultana Sharmin, Tawhidul Siddique, Lazhami Silva, Brandon Solano, Bernard Todd, Natalia Yarlykova
Elwood: Jeffrey Leming
Estell Manor: Neemie Fleuridor, Michelle Ottaviano, Ariana Robertson
Galloway Township: Matthew Brennan, Ramon Gonzalez, Lorensofia Guerrero, Chancellor Harding, Adrianna Hill, Jerome Jefferson, Thomas Knight, Fayo Mamme, Matthew Marino, Gwenevere Paparone, Shivam Patel, Judith Transue, Luiza Rebelo Zimmer
Hammonton: Chelsea Aquino, Michael Bellace, Brittany Bertino, Leivani Cabrera, Ervin Centeno, Michele Marino-Citron, Amber Evans, Paige Fenton, Dominga Garcia, Melanie McDade, Melissa Mercado, Claire Moschik, Timothy Perseo, Abigail Tucker, Kathleen Wylde
Linwood: Tianlin Liang, Ji Park
Mays Landing: Ahmed Abdullahi, Juan Bazan, Carole Cummings, Sara France, Qamarah Hayes, Jessica Houston, Delci Jones, Rebekah Kane, Amber Lombardi, Michelle Marchione, Hillary Palladini, Carly Riccio, Charlene Salva, Dylan Slocum, Sara Small, Roberto Tannenbaum, Ramon Torres
Margate City: Melisa Archer, Caitlyn Connors
Milmay: Katelyn Jacobs
Newtonville: Xamisha Thompson
Northfield: Keya Afroz, Brittany Ireland, Locke Randolph, Melissa Thrash
Pleasantville: Jehan Attiyeh, Chrissy Bishop, Stiwath Calambas, Mary Frias Panconvo, Jaime Holak, Tara Holden, Maria Morales, Joan Santana, Jonathan Teeter
Smithville: Regina Matus
Somers Point: Shaun Burtchaell, Emerald Ferguson, Iridian Gonzalez, Ikechukwu John, Eric Leupold, Darryl Pearce, Crystal Somers, George Stebbins
Ventnor: Faryal Ahmed, Matthew Brown, Devin Fahey, Aeriel Macabeo, Andrew McHedlishvili,
Wilson Peralta, Deborah Smith, Natalyia Prakapovich
CAPE MAY COUNTY
Avalon: Gregory Hoehn
Cape May: Gabriel Dickerson, Jacob Freese, Brittany Jones, Daniel Morrison, Alex Ventura, Nicole Wolf
Cape May Court House: Salvatore Amato, Michael Bennett, Erin Dagney, Kristi Maund, Reed Moscatello, Joslyn Nelson, Madison Peteani, Christine Ritchie, Kaitlyn Seliger, David Smith, Rosemary Vigil
Erma: Amin Fadel
Marmora: Samantha Dowling, Jessica Mounce
North Cape May: Jacqueline Hinker
Ocean City: Ryan Cullen, Cassandra Rosamond
Ocean View: Lauren Burch, Bianca Cisternino, Rachael Matousch
Petersburg: Tracy Baumgartel
Rio Grande: Rose Frye, Min Song, Lucas Spada
Sea Isle City: Elisha Trulli
Seaville: Jennifer Bowersock
Stone Harbor: Brandon Hand
Villas: Tanya Branch, Ashlie Campbell, Raymond Crowthers, Kevin Gould
Wildwood: Devon Bradshaw, Annamarissa Rescio, Laura Six, Taalibah McCoy
Wildwood Crest: Elizabeth Franco, Amanda Holland
Woodbine: Jessica Burt
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Vineland: Melissa Cachaza, Samantha Enders, Alexander Ruga
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
Franklinville: Danielle Ziegler
Williamstown: Zachary Fountas, Samantha Weiser
OCEAN COUNTY
Little Egg Harbor: Christine Martinez
Toms River: Trang Do
SOMERSET COUNTY
West Orange: Max Greenberg
OUT-OF-STATE
Hollywood, Fla.: Derrick Connor
Brooklyn, N.Y.: Sevil Nimetullaieva
Stefan Delp was omitted from the list of inductees. I hope this was not due to his disability.
Thank you Nancy for bringing this to our attention. It was an error by the adviser, but has since been corrected.