Phi Theta Kappa Welcomes 84 New Members

Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for community college students.

Congratulations to Our Academic All Stars!

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the international honor society for community college students, inducted 84 Walters State students as new members during a ceremony held this month. To be eligible for membership, students must have completed 12 hours of college credit with a minimum grade point average of 3.5. Dr. Lisa Eccles, professor of biology, is the advisor to Walters State’s PTK chapter.

Honored students are listed by county of residence. 

Claiborne County: Sara Stamper and Makayla Turner, both of Harrogate; Autumn Colvin, Isaac Jennings and Allie Jones, all of New Tazewell; Jayden Brooks, Jacob Claggett, and Madeline Surber, all of Speedwell; Garrett Carroll and Makayla Miracle, both of Tazewell.

Cocke County: Lofton  Ford of Cosby; Ayla Cole, Emily Griffin, Nathaniel Murphy and Kyle Wright, all of Newport; Adisen McNealy and Isabella Neely, both of Parrottsville. Grainger County: Evangelyn Ramirez of Bean Station; Alison Byrd and Joselyn Trujillo-Cervantes, both of Rutledge; and Megan Beeler of Washburn.
Greene County: Tiffany Hillman, Kara Lamb, Kirston Landers-Osborn, Ekiah Lane, Jennyanne Price, Madison Smelcer, Charles Stuart and Trystan Tullock, all of Greeneville; Haley Catron of  Midway; Rahli Poland and Morgan Solomon, all of Mosheim.

Hamblen County: Winston Bennett, Jailyn Boatman, Hasna Chowdhury, Selena Cortes Dominguez, Triniti Dalton, Bridget Edwards, Calleigh Fields, Katrina Hayes, Bradley Johns, Mollie Johnson, Conner Martin, Kacey Pillion, Summer Smith and Yangmi Song, all of Morristown; Mikayla Bailey and Jenna Booher, both of Russellville; Toby Foister of Talbott; and Hayden Creech of Whitesburg.

Hawkins County: Gage Adkins, Alyssa Jones, Bridget Perry and Aiden Snell, all of Rogersville.

Jefferson County: Jackson Beachler and Alyxandria White, both of Dandridge; Connor Bien, Sophie Busler, Laurel Housch and Paige Valentine, all of Jefferson City; Kelley Babbitt and Hayleigh Ferguson, both of New Market; and Areisi Escobar-Perez of White Pine.

Knox County: Lincoln Toomey of Knoxville.

Montgomery County: Addison Beach of Cunningham. 

Sevier County: Amanda Barnett, Gabriel Schell, Raven Stewart and Natasha Wright, all of Kodak; Lamar Aburas, Grace Page and Scarlet Rosales, all of Pigeon Forge; Jayden Byrd, Whitney Donald, Kilar Parton and Mackenzie Stansbury, all of Sevierville; and Jamison Johnson of Seymour.

Union County: Dalyn Corum of Luttrell; Nathaniel Serwan of Maynardville.

Washington County: Trajan Raines and Kalyn Young, both of Johnson City.