Anderson Ivy Tech students name to All Indiana Academic Team

INDIANAPOLIS – Two Anderson students are among the twenty-nine students from Ivy Tech Community College campuses across the state who were among the 33 students named to the All-Indiana Academic Team at a ceremony in Indianapolis on March 22. The academic competition, which scores students on academic honors, activities including leadership and work experience, and an essay, is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year colleges, USA TODAY, and the American Association of Community Colleges.

Anderson students recognized at the ceremony hosted by Carol D’Amico, executive vice president of Ivy Tech Community College, were Kimberly Rice, office administration major, First Team, and Tamara Grimes, accounting major, Third Team.

Phi Theta Kappa developed the All Indiana Academic Team competition in 1994 as a component of the All-USA Team Competition. The top ten contestants are named to the First Team and runners up to the second and third teams. Nine members of the First Team were Ivy Tech students, including Joseph Paulin of Ivy Tech Community College - Evansville, who was named the OneAmerica Scholar, receiving a $1,000 scholarship from OneAmerica, and the highest scoring applicant was Katrina Lock of Ivy Tech Community College – Lawrenceburg. She was named the New Century Scholar and will receive a $2,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Foundation and the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

Other Ivy Tech honorees are:

First Team

• William Jennings, early childhood education, Ivy Tech Community College-Richmond
• Patrick Klinger, construction technology, Ivy Tech Community College-Fort Wayne
• Paula Lafferty, office administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Richmond
• Judy Martin, accounting, Ivy Tech Community College-Fort Wayne
• Melissa Pier, human services, Ivy Tech Community College-Kokomo
• Christine Rehbein, business administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Michigan City

Second Team

• Joseph Bliton, computer information systems, Ivy Tech Community College-Madison
• Leann Brackney, business administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus
• Anita Flannery, business administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Sellersburg
• Melana Florer, liberal arts, Ivy Tech Community College-Michigan City
• Stacey Foltz, early childhood education, Ivy Tech Community College-Lafayette
• Lois Kanable, medical/health science, Ivy Tech Community College-Elkhart
• Xiaoxia Michelson, nursing, Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington
• Jeffrey Ventrano, computer information systems, Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington
• Cassandria Williamson, business administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Gary

Third Team

• Oxana Diaguileva, business, Ivy Tech Community College-Warsaw
• Tricia Hall, criminal justice, Ivy Tech Community College-Lafayette
• Iesha Lockett, computer information systems, Ivy Tech Community College-East Chicago
• Lois Manderino, nursing, Ivy Tech Community College-Terre Haute
• Ginger Meyers, business, Ivy Tech Community College-Lawrenceburg
• Trina Noakes, office administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Logansport
• Sarah Planck, paralegal studies, Ivy Tech Community College-Indianapolis
• Arlisa Rucker, computer information systems, Ivy Tech Community College-East Chicago
• Nashanta Taylor-Weems, general education, Ivy Tech Community College-Gary
• Jennifer Weaver-Wiggs, office administration, Ivy Tech Community College-Warsaw

Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for students of two-year colleges. With more than 1.3 million members, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education. Its more than 1,100 chapters are located throughout the United States, U.S. territories, Canada, Germany and Japan. Students must have complete at least twelve hours of course work towards an associates degree and have at least a 3.5 grade point average to be considered.

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s second largest public post-secondary institution with over 73,000 students enrolled this spring. Ivy Tech has 23 campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state's engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Published: April 4th, 2006

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