36 LCC Students Inducted Into Phi Theta Kappa

Thirty-six Lenoir Community College students were recently inducted into the Omicon Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international Honor Society of two-year colleges, during the organization's fall induction ceremony.

Alexis Welch, dean of Health Sciences, was the speaker for the event. LCC President Dr. Steve Scott recognized special guests.Others participating were LCC Board of Trustees chairman Grady Bethel; Phi Theta Kappa adviser Carolyn Crossland; Phi Theta Kappa co-adviser Wendy Taylor-Philyaw, Phi Theta Kappa member and past president Joseph Stroud and the 2002-2003 Phi Theta Kappa officers: Tracy Walters, President; Robert Jones, Vice President of Service; Jaime Rouse, Vice President of Scholarship; and Lisa Lewis, Vice President of Leadership and Fellowship.

Faculty who were honored by the inductees were WIA couselor Reid Taylor, Business faculty Marilyn Phipps, adjunct faculty John Isenburg, Early Childhood Program Head Kimberly Batts, Mathematics faculty Marilyn Miller, Biology faculty Maria Pharr, Culinary faculty Ike Wessner, Surgical Technology program head Jimi Spears, Criminal Justice program head Frank Rocker, Human Services faculty Rob Van Meir, Business faculty Stewart Campbell; Business faculty Judy Deme, Honors program head Dr. Kim Turnage, CISCO Academy faculty Gail Edwards, Culinary program head Jeff Yourdon, Automotive Technology program head Gary Clements, Psychology program head Jerry McCullen, and Medical Assisting program head Linda Sue Johnson. LCC President Dr. Steve Scott was recognized for his support of Phi Theta Kappa and was inducted into the organization as an honorary member.

Those inducted into Phi Theta Kappa were: Mary Gooch Alphin of LaGrange, Accounting;Diana J. Aquino of Jacksonville, Culinary Arts; Melinda Yvonne Aycock of Pollocksville, Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology; Crystal Starr Carter of Deep Run, Network Adminstration and Support; Denise LaSalle Gooding of Kinston, Information Systems, Network Administration and Support Concentration, Diane Brimage Haddock of Trenton, Medical Assisting; Kathy Phillips Harrell of Snow Hill, Practical Nursing; Antonio Cobb of Kinston, Information Systems, Network Administration and Support Concentration; Jeffrey J. Converse of LaGrange, Criminal Justice; Timothy J. Cuddington of Kinston, Information Systems, Network Administration and Support Concentration;

Patricia Ann Cullen of Kinston, Early Childhood Education; Peter H. Demas Jr. of Beulaville, Culinary Arts; Cynthia Rochelle Dodd of Kinston, Associate Degree Nursing; Lesily Scott Edwards of Kinston, Nursing; Marklyn Keri Heath of Snow Hill, Accounting; Ronald Byron Houston of Kinston, Accounting; Lindsay Hawkins Howard of Deep Run, Elementary Education; Carolyn Moore Kinnett of Deep Run, Business Administration; Katherine Michelle McCoy of New Bern, Radiography; Kimberly Batchelor Miller of Pink Hill, Business Administration; Debra Cox Oliver of Kinston, Pre-Nursing; Ramona Joy O'Neal-Clements of LaGrange, Culinary; and Elizabeth Daisy Page of Grifton, Computer Engineering.

Also, Bonnie Gail Parrish of Elizabethtown, Court Reporting and Captioning; Dustie Elmore Price of Kinston, Elementary Education; Heather Leigh Roberts of Hubert, Culinary; Frankie Antwine Sanderson of Kinston, Elementary Education; Amy Michele Sandlin of LaGrange, Nursing; Natalie Faye Sumner of Pink Hill, Radiography; Arnold Perry Taylor of Kinston, Business Administration; Linda F. Taylor of Mount Olive, Court Reporting and Captioning; Robert Clinton Thomas Jr. of Kinston, Aviation Management and Career Pilot Technology; Kathy Jo Tyndall of Kinston, Surgical Technology; Angela Denise Washington of Kinston, Nursing; and Julia M. Winchip of LaGrange, Information Systems.