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National Honor Society Inducts Local Members
(Press Release 03-28-06)
Hank Mooney, Office of Public Information

Forty Eastern Oklahoma State College students were inducted into the national honor society Phi Theta Kappa during spring semester ceremonies held Sunday (March 26) on the Wilburton campus.

Phi Theta Kappa is a national scholastic honor society with local chapters at colleges and universities across the United States. The Eastern chapter generally has near 100 students qualified for membership each year.

Eastern Theta Pi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa returned from PTK Spring Oklahoma/Arkansas Regional Conference in Tulsa recently with several honors including the highest “5-Star Chapter Award” that any local honor society chapter can achieve.

With more than 1.3 million members PTK is the largest honor society in American higher education. It has offered scholarships of more than $35 million designated for members.

PTK is designed to promote scholarship, service leadership and fellowship among its members.

Students must have at least a 3.5 grade point to be considered for membership after 30 hours and a 3.75 gpa as a freshman.

Inductees included: Laney Anderson from Panama; Mandy Atkinson, Wilburton; Maribeth Baker, Talihina; Amber Barber, Wilburton; Kendall Barker, Krebs; Nadia Brigita, Wilburton; Laura Butler, Wilburton; Elizabeth Cahill, Carrollton, TX; Carrie Canoy, Comanche; James Coffey, Prairie Grove, AR; Yasutaka Deura, International; Caroline Fairweather, Hominy; Lauren Hubbard, Cushing; Jimmy Hyslop, McAlester; Latt Jeffrey, Wilburton; Justin Lowder, Wilburton; Rhonda Maness, McAlester; Rhonda McClung, Broken Arrow; Justin Mitchell, Broken Arrow; Hiromi Mochizuki, International; Crystal Needham, Quinton; Mika Nozawa, International; Linzy Officer, McAlester; Ayumi Ono, International; Kavinash Patel, McAlester; Craig Price, Talihina; Levi Robbins, Tuskahoma; Jennifer Robertson, Fanshawe; Margaret Rosales, Wilburton; Krista Rowland, Pittsburg; James Russell, McAlester; Brent Shouse, Wilburton; Hannah Snow, McAlester; Lynne Standifer, McAlester; Kristi Stout, Tulsa; Satomi Sugata, International; Ivan Taylor, McAlester; Daniel Taylor, Wilburton; Amanda Wingo, Henryetta; Bryan Yother, Wilburton.

Caption info:
New PTK members pictured from front left include: Lizzie Carhill, Carrie Candy, Jennifer Robertson, Lauren Hubbard, Daniel Taylor and Lynne Standifer. Second row: Jimmy Hyslop, Ayumi Ono, Satomi Sugata, Amber Barber, Kendall Barker and Margaret Rosales. Third row: Nadia Brigita, Mika Nozawa, Hiromi Mochizuki, Crystal Needham, Rhonda Maness, Linzy Officer and Ivan Taylor. Fourth row: Hannah Snow, Yasutaka Deura, Kavinash Patel, Levi Robbins, Mandy Atkinson, Krista Rowland, Caroline Fairweather and Bryan Rother. Back row: Jim Coffey, James Russell, Brent Shouse, Justin Lowder and Latt Jeffrey.