NORFOLK – Several students at Northeast Community College have qualified for membership in Phi Theta Kappa, (PTK), Tau Chi Chapter.
Since the installation of Northeast’s Tau Chi chapter in 1996, some 2,779 students have been inducted into the international academic honor society for two-year colleges. For more than 80 years, membership in Phi Theta Kappa has signified a singular honor and a willingness to embrace the Society’s shared commitment to academic excellence.
To be eligible for PTK, students must have earned at least 12 credit hours and achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 or above out of a 4.0 system.
The following have qualified for PTK during this spring semester:
Hometown Name
Ashland Cash Campbell
Ainsworth William Kackmeister
Allen Brittany Sullivan
Beemer
Bellevue
Bloomfield
Broken Bow Jarod Allen
Brunswick
Coleridge
Columbus Sarah Baney, McKayla Sander, Nathan Thege
Craig
Creighton
Dakota City Bryan Delgadillo
Elgin
Fordyce
Fremont
Howells
Humphrey Nathan Classen
Lexington Lazaro Martinez-Perez
Lyons
Leigh
Lindsay
Madison
McLean Jacob Eckstrom, Alison Schmit
Neligh
Newman Grove Jason Kaufman
Norfolk Morgan Benck, Eric Chambers, Yarilys Delgado-Santos, Anthony Ekra, Bethlehem Engida, Nicolle Francis, Mohamed Yacoub Gbane, Kelley Gentry, Jennifer
Oakdale Angela Richart
Osmond
Overton Grace Ecklund
Randolph
Scotia
So. Sioux City Vasna DeBaere, Benjamin Jividen
Spalding
Stanton Brandon Bell, Kennedy Cheyney, April Kander
Stuart Brooke Jarman
Tilden Michaela Grubb
Valentine
Wakefield
Wausa
Wayne Sarah Maxon
Whitney
Wisner
Out of State
IA, Pisgah Mason Mentink
IA, Sioux City Marie Beamon, Crystal Trudeau
SD, Avon Kayla Anderson
SD, Lake Andes Sierra Svatos
SD, Sprinfield Jessica Simons
SD, Yankton Rebekah Frederick, Rachel Frederick
Phi Theta Kappa sponsors are wellness/aerobics instructor Amy Ries, English instructor Bonnie Johnson-Bartee, wind energy instructor Glen Lammers, CAD/drafting instructor Danny Whitlock, and Pam Miller, College Center Dean.
Northeast Community College offers over 80 concentrations/options of study preparing students for immediate employment or transfer to a four-year college or university.