High-achieving Greenfield Community College students get more than good grades \u2013 they get honored. \u00a0Each semester over 200 GCC students meet the strict eligibility requirements for GCC's Alpha Sigma Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Phi, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Requirements include completing 12 semester hours with a GPA of 3.5 or better and maintaining a GPA of 3.25 or better.\u00a0 Membership in PTK is valuable for students while at GCC and in the future. \u00a0PTK focuses on scholarship, fellowship, service and leadership. \u00a0PTK members can compete for scholarships offered by four-year colleges seeking transfer students.<\/p>\n
GCC's President Pura said, <\/strong>\"It is my privilege to extend an invitation to all students who qualify for membership and recognize their commitment to hard work and academic excellence. \u00a0Our students often balance working and raising families with the rigorous program of study needed to meet PTK eligibility criteria. \u00a0We applaud and honor their efforts. \u00a0Their focus on scholarship and community service at GCC today are indicators of the leadership and positive impact they will bring to workplaces and communities tomorrow.\"<\/p>\n Bob LaPalme, faculty adviser for the GCC PTK Chapter, said \"Many four-year colleges recruit PTK members as transfer students because they know PTK members are highly motivated and maintained a high level of scholastic success throughout college. \u00a0PTK membership listed on a resum\u00e9 definitely gets the attention of employers seeking bright, capable employees.\"<\/p>\n Erik Risinger, President of GCC's PTK chapter, is studying computer and electrical engineering. \u00a0After graduating with a Liberal Arts degree, Erik will complete his engineering studies at a four-year college. \u00a0He hopes to work with robots.\u00a0 Erik said, \"Phi Theta Kappa has brought me great friendships and working relationships with people at GCC with whom I would likely have never interacted. The ongoing service projects has provided a great outlet for my creative energies. I'm looking forward to the scholarship money schools offer PTK members upon transfer. College is expensive and scholarships matter. PTK has given me a lot of room (and reason) to grow during my time at GCC. \u00a0Being a member of an honor society has focused me, reminded me that my hard work is noticed, and motivated me to put forth my best effort. \u00a0PTK can be as much or as little as you want it to be. \u00a0Active participation is never required, but is always available for those motivated to make a difference in the world.\"<\/p>\n April 2011 Inductees:<\/p>\n Ashley Carey<\/p>\n Jamieson Chappell<\/p>\n Michelle Cobb<\/p>\n William Comfort<\/p>\n Tyler Cook<\/p>\n Amy Deneault<\/p>\n Jennifer Derby<\/p>\n Christopher Doty<\/p>\n Emily Eaton<\/p>\n Jill Eaton<\/p>\n Rose Farley<\/p>\n Monique Gagnon<\/p>\n Kai Geffen<\/p>\n Holly Griswold<\/p>\n Ariana Hyer<\/p>\n Christopher Jennison<\/p>\n Prasoon Karmacharya<\/p>\n Annelise Kloster<\/p>\n Anthony Leonard<\/p>\n Nicole Macheski<\/p>\n Alice Miller<\/p>\n Julian Olavegoya<\/p>\n Nicole Rice<\/p>\n Wendy Sigda<\/p>\n Joanna Singh<\/p>\n Max Smulyan<\/p>\n Jamie Spencer<\/p>\n Evelyn Stankowski<\/p>\n Viney Vidal<\/p>\n Rebecca Walsh<\/p>\n Joshua Whitcomb<\/p>\n Tara Williams<\/p>\n Amanda Wright<\/p>\n For information visit https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/ptk\/<\/a> or contact Bob LaPalme at LaPalme@gcc.mass.edu<\/a> or 413-775-1143.<\/p>\n Mary McClintock, '82<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" High-achieving Greenfield Community College students get more than good grades \u2013 they get honored. \u00a0Each semester over 200 GCC students meet the strict eligibility requirements for GCC's Alpha Sigma Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Phi, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Requirements include completing 12 semester hours with a GPA of 3.5 or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}