Chattanooga, TN (October 6, 2015) --- Established in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society (PTK) serves to recognize and encourage academic achievement of two-year college students. The organization provides opportunities for individual growth and development through honors, leadership and service programming.

The Alpha Beta Mu chapter of PTK at ChattState recently held its fall induction ceremony for its newest members. Membership is based on superior academic achievement and is conferred only by invitation. Students must have completed twelve college-level credit hours with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5.

The following students were recently inducted into the Society: Skyler Dean Allred, Jessica Danielle Anderson, Stephen Hunter Arnold, Alicia Ruth Arthur, Amy Bockmon, Shelby Brooks, Virginia Elizabeth Brooks, Mary Kathryn Button, Barry Steven Buttram, Elizabeth Ann Carlisle Rowe, Erin Marie Cody, Nateka Natacha Williams Coppock,,  Melanie Ann Doyle, Almanuel Daniel Everett Douglas, Cheyenne Nichole Earls, Megan Nicole Fannin, Thomas Andrew Faulk, Ashlyn Ferguson, Jessica Leigh Fine, Tyler Ellis Forrester, Kaitlyn Michelle Fox, Mary Elizabeth Gaither, Nathan Stuart Goza, Samantha Jo Hale, Sarah Grace Hall, Brent Matthew Hankins, Sean Timothy Haper, James N. Helferich, Brenna Leigh Howell, Seth Wallace Jones, Madeleine Isabella Audrey King, Aimee Kay Lippard, Laura Michelle Long, Hunter Reese McNabb, Damon Robert Miller, Parker David Miller, Dustin Ryan Pickard, Kaleb Michael Pollock, Johaina Poonawalla, Amanda Rose Renfroe, Pierce Devlin Roberts, Robert Andrew Sabin, James Warner Sharp, William Cody Stafford, Michael Andrew Stone, Sarah Katherine Wallace, Ian Warren, Christin Ashlee Willingham, Devin Wilmarth, and Jalisa Womble.

Rachael Falu, Assistant Professor of English, serves as advisor to the Alpha Beta Mu chapter. For more information about Phi Theta Kappa at Chattanooga State please visit https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/academics/honors/phi-theta-kappa.