Chattanooga State Community College’s Alpha Beta Mu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the International Honor Society of the Two-Year College, recently inducted 81 new members. PTK’s membership not only includes students from Chattanooga State’s main campus, but also the Center for Education & Human Services, Kimball, Dayton, and Sequatchie/Bledsoe sites as well.

Eligibility for membership requires, “students to have completed 12 college-level credit hours and have a 3.5 GPA,” says PTK faculty advisor, Erica Lux, assistant professor, Humanities and Fine Arts. After induction, PTK members must maintain a 3.2 GPA to retain their membership. “This semester we mailed out over 1,000 letters to students eligible for membership,” Ms. Lux added.

Students accepted into the organization at the ceremony included Jenny Allen,Gregory L. Atchley, Dorcas Awotula, Michael Bark, Gabrielle Bowers, Andrea Melissa Burket, Molly Burns, Richard S. Bybee, Priscilla Caudle, Bryan Centers, Rachel Michelle Clark, Jessica Coonley, John Cooper, Matthew Corven, Ashley Czechner, Courtney DeLay, Derek Dameron, John A. Duggan, Carl West Flemister IV, Amy E. Forgey, Marcia Denise Fox, Amanda Freeman, Macallee Neil, John Goldman,Debra Graham, Tim Gray, Ashley Nicole Greene, Ashley Hardy, Gary Braden Hardy,Chris Harper, Carrie Hendrickson, Molly M. Herron, Scott Hunerwadel, Holly Jordan, Rhonda J. Knott, Amy Lafferty, Stacy Lynne Martin Poe, Gwendolyn Brooke Mathis,Connor McAfee, Samantha McNallie, Ben Meyer, Ashley Lynn Morris, Brandi Morris, Amy Murrell, Rebekah A. Norton-Niemeyer, Jessica T. Phillips, Katrina Piatt, Melissa L. Pierce, Robert Plank, Andrew Lukas Riggs, Victoria Roberson, Brooke Lyn Rollins, Jeremy W. Shirley, Scott Simmons, Abbey Elaine Smith, Brandi Smith, Elizabeth Saige Smith, Julie Smith, Jordan Soto, Daniel J. Speal, Kelsey Stansell, Christy Machome Stoker, Robin Sullivan, Megan Shea Swatzell, Billy Tallent, Deloris Grace Taylor, Katie Theune, Jed Thomas, Amy Vantries, Colby Voss, Marian Wint and Alex Woods.

Phi Theta Kappa, has recognized academic excellence in the two-year college since 1918. The Society is comprised of more than 1,250 chapters at community, technical and junior colleges in all 50 of the United States, in Canada, Germany, U.S. Territories, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Palau and the British Virgin Islands, making it the largest and most prestigious honor society serving two-year colleges. Membership is based primarily upon academic achievement. The organization offers a myriad of opportunities for scholarships, intellectual enrichment and personal development through programs based on the Society's Hallmarks.

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Chattanooga State Community College is a comprehensive, regionally accredited community college, governed by the policies and guidelines as set forth by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Chattanooga State’s mission is to transform the lives of individuals and to develop the capacities of the business and industrial communities through technical and postsecondary education. Founded in 1965, the college serves a six-county area in Southeast Tennessee and offers more than 50 educational programs.