ECC Honor Society Inducts Twenty-eight Students

December 5, 2019

From left, new Phi Theta Kappa honor society members at Edgecombe Community College include (front, from left) Makaila Whitaker, Teresa Shackelford, Linda Clifton-Jones, Autumn Bryant, Yu Qi Lin, Angelena Mangino, Abigail Bailey, Katie Holcomb, Christine Whitehurst, Erica Johnson, Elizabeth Griffin, (back) Grayson Parker, Eren Exum, Kayla Craddock, Shaina Barnhill, Kimberly Acosta, Victoria Dickens, Rayleen Sanchez, Shelby McNeill, Enam Jordan, Clark Dupree, Eli Nava, Sydney Gould, and Shyann Warren.

Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted twenty-eight students into its membership during a November 21 induction ceremony held on the Tarboro campus.

Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools.

The guest speaker at the induction ceremony was Jean Bailey, president of the Edgecombe Community College Foundation Board of Directors.

Fall 2019 Phi Theta Kappa inductees are:

Kimberly Acosta
Abigail G. Bailey
Shaina M. Barnhill
Autumn B. Bryant
Linda D. Clifton-Jones
Kayla M. Craddock
Victoria M. Dickens
Clark Dupree
Stephanie A. Edwards
Eren A. Exum
Sydney N. Gould
Elizabeth G. Griffin
Katie L. Holcomb
Erica S. Johnson
Makala Jones
Enam J. Jordan
Yu Qi Lin
Angelena C. Mangino
Shelby T. McNeill
Rayleen G. Merino Sanchez
Ronaldo Moreno-Antonio
Eli I. Nava
Kayla M. Nichols
Grayson E. Parker
Teresa A. Shackelford
Shyann N. Warren
Makaila A. Whitaker
Christine H. Whitehurst

Tamara Frank-Pourvady, a professional tutor at the College, serves as advisor to the honor society.

To be a member of Phi Theta Kappa, students must have completed 12 credit hours in an associate degree program and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Students must then maintain at least a 3.25 grade point average to remain in the group.