At 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19 in the Globe Theater on the main OC campus, more than 50 of Odessa College’s top scholastic students for the Fall 2017 semester were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. This year also marks the 100th Anniversary of the honor society, which operates on the four hallmarks of service, scholarship, leadership and fellowship.
The students inducted into the Eta Tau Chapter of PTK were: Michelle Adcock, Kristi Allbright, Annmarie Alvarado, Janie Anderson, Lissette Antillon, Auden Arcides, Staycy Arellano, Aysha Arroyo, David Baldwin, Jewly Batte, Cassandra Benavides, Niki Bhakta, Haley Blackburn, Janece Brown, Vernice Bryant, Fernando Carreon, Lorena Caudillo, Gabriela Chavez, Leslie Chen, Amanda Clark, Joshua Cornal, Daniela Corrales, Esai Cortez, Derrik Creekmore, Maria Cruz, Rebecca Cruz, Daryl Cunningham, Kassandra De La Garza, Glen De La Pena, Mariah Diaz, Alexis Dominguez, Kimberly Dominguez, Clayton Drugan, Rocio Enriquez, Christian Estep, Nathan Estrada, Elizabeth Fisher, Morgan Forshee, Martiza Galindo, Barbara Garcia, Juan Garcia, Sean Garcia, Kaley Emanda Garren, Erica Garza, Mitchell Garza, Julian Gasnarez, Clarissa Gonzalez, Jaqueline Gonzalez, Dakota Hallmark, Angela Hernandez, India Hernandez, Kimberly Hernandez, Paula Hernandez, Samuel Hernandez, Brittany Honesto, Lauren Hostetter, William Hoy, Emilie Huber, Dana Humphries, Nkemiika Ibeh, Dominic Jasso, Liza Jimenez, Brittany Kennett, Benard Kyariga, Alyssa Leal, Allison Lemon, Luz Lopez, Morgan Luker, Daniela Luna, Zachary Lyon, Kendra Magree, Victor Marquez, Kailey Martin, David Martinez, Krysten Martinez, Hannah May, Talina McCarney, Crystal McEachin, Dominique McQueen, Nora Medina, Kristyn Miranda, Tomas Moreno, Gabriel Nevarez, Jazmin Nevarez, Jacquelynn Nieto, Kristen Nieto, Sarah Nixson, Akinmosin Oluwaseyi, Omotove Omobola, Marco Orona, Joshua Painter, Lizzie Peach, Stephany Perez, Michelle Pfalgraf, Allison Pool, Abril Puente, Jocelyn Puertas, Patrick Rael, Gisela Ramirez, Kaylynn Ramirez, Alesa Reyes, Casey Reye-Solis, Jeremy Roberts, Heaven Rodriguez, Kiaraly Ruiz, Nancy Russell, Brooke Ryan, Jorge Saenz, Emanuel Salcedo, Serina San Miguel, Ana Santillan, Gary Schaffer, Savanah Schwarz, Hannah Silvas, Sheila Simpson, Keldric Thomas, Rebekah Wagoner, and Hazel Walkoviak.
To be a member of the Odessa College Eta Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, students must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or better and have completed at least 12 hours of coursework toward an associate degree.
Headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, PTK is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates, U.S. territorial possessions and Peru. More than 3 million students have been inducted into PTK since its founding in 1918, with approximately 134,000 students inducted annually.
