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MWCC’s Phi Delta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa international honor society inducted new members on Thursday.
“This honor society is here to help you reach your goals,” said Phi Delta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa President Rachel Fortier.
During the chapter’s induction ceremony on May 2, the newest members of the organization were inducted into the honor society for high-achieving community college students. Founded in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa recognizes and encourages the academic achievement of two-year college students and provides opportunities for personal, academic and professional growth through participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming.
“This provides an opportunity, a level of support and a level of drive for you as you reach for your goals,” MWCC President James Vander Hooven. “I’m very thankful for the program overall, but I am just awed by your accomplishments to be here because I know it takes a lot of sacrifice both academically and socially to get to this point.”
The students were told to aim high by the ceremony’s keynote speaker Senator Stephen Brewer. A great many things will change throughout their lives, he told the students, but hard work and innovation will always serve them well. He told the students that not only can they dream big, but that they should.
“This is an important achievement that you have. It will serve you well in further educational opportunities and certainly in employment opportunities as well,” said Senator Brewer. “The life you are about to go into is moving, it’s exciting, it’s daunting, and it’s also uncertain.”
This year’s new inductees include:
Ashburnham
Andrew Dorion
Ashby
Victoria Boyer
Janie Martin
Athol
Monica Bonner
Barbara Logan
Ayer
Kendra Bond
Baldwinville
Magdalen Bresee
Dejia Rodriguez
Bolton
Peter Hopkins
Elzbieta Solimeno
Fitchburg
Ammar Alkayal
Ayana Brodeur-Edmonds
Maria Burnett
Dazia Robertson
Gardner
Kaitlyn Aube
James Bargnesi
Cassparina Carlson
Kevin McDonald
Sidney Myers
Zachary Pavlosky
Holden
Rebecca Demarco
Hubbardston
Joshua Macomber
Leominster
Abraham Bravo
Audra Brown
Ayden Carrier
Nelson Garcia
Sahar Ghavimi
Helen Kamau
Julie McNamara
Angel Mendez
Patrick Newton
Jessica Palermo
Tremaine Pinnock
Lunenburg
Gina Leone
New Ipswich, NH
Tamara Krook
Laura Moran
Norton
Corey Legault
Orange
Lani Dediego
Roger Dirth
Oxford
Patrick Meehan
Petersham
Dylan Hatch
Peter Tattan
Rindge, NH
Shannon Beaulieu
Royalston
Theo Belmont
Isabella Cooke
Karen Trombly
Rutland
Chelsea White
South Grafton
Fredrick Mutitu
Townsend
Thomas Sullivan
Westford
Jordan Hasbrouck
Westminster
Jonathan Lerew
Bridgette Martin
Winchendon
Michael Anderson
Elaina Buckler
Michel Cocuzza
Hannah Morse
Bernie Westerling
Worcester
Vanessa Agyekum
Jason Spekmorza
Zipporah Wanjiku
Chloe Wiseman