Stark State College Phi Theta Kappa chapter
receives national and state awards

Wallace Hoffer

The Beta Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Stark State College recently received national and state awards. Nationally, Dean of Student Services Wallace Hoffer received the Administrator Award of Distinction for demonstrated support of the chapter, while the Stark State chapter was named among the top 100 chapters nationally. Nearly 1200 national chapters compete for these awards annually. On the state level, Stark State College hosted the Ohio Region Awards Convention comprised of 38 state chapters from Ohio and northern West

Virginia. Chapter Advisor Cherie Barth, student activities coordinator at Stark State, received the most distinguished advisor award. Carol Kirkpatrick, a business management sophomore, was elected 2008-09 president of the Ohio region. Dave Sigmund, an applied industrial technology sophomore and 2007-08 Ohio region president, was recognized for his service as region president and as northeast district representative. Chris Monroe, who graduated in December with an environment, health and safety technology degree, received the distinguished chapter president award for his service as president during 2007-08.

Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges. To qualify, a student must have a cumulative 3.75 grade point average in at least 16 semester hours of degree-related courses. To maintain membership, a student must sustain a cumulative 3.4 GPA. The Stark State College Beta Gamma Epsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappa currently has 250 members. Since its inception in 1996, the chapter has inducted over 1200 members.

Cherie Barth		Carol Kirkpatrick		Chris Monroe		Dave Sigmund

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