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5:10 am Saturday, April 13, 2002

MCC inducts 119 into Phi Theta Kappa

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PHI THETA KAPPA Angela Boyd, right, receives her Phi Theta Kappa certificate from Dr. Scott Elliott, Meridian Community College president, during a PTK induction ceremony Thursday night. Submitted photo.
April 13, 2002
A record class of 119 Meridian Community College students were inducted Thursday night into Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honor fraternity for community and junior colleges.
Newly installed members of PTK included:
Glynnie Carol Abston, David Michael Holifield, Kristina Noelle Smith, David Ralph Bailey, Lyndsey Marie Howard, Lindi Nicole Smith, John David Barr, Tylier Mychele Howton, Melissa Jill Stafford, Morgan J. Barrow, Russell Norman Huntley, John Anthony Steele II, J.D. Jake Bell III, Jennifer K. Hutchinson, Erica Joy Stokes, Stephen Patrick Bergin, Ashley Nicole Jackson and Amanda Faye Stricklin.
Lara Marie Boles, Randall Scott Jackson, Ryan Talbert, John Abraham Bouder, Charlotte Lakesha Johnson, Jeremy Gray Taylor, Angela B. Boyd, Dusty Edward Jones, Anderson Evan Thomas, Deanna Lynn Boyette, Jennifer Marie Jones, Patrick Lee Threatt, Laura Nichole Brashier, Casie Lynn Joyner, Christopher Raysun Tisdale, Lehne Matthew Brasseal, Kevin Michael Kitchens and Terri Anne Tucker.
Kendall Lashon Brown, Erin Binet Knight, Cecil Ray Vaughan III, Jeff D. Buckalew, Jennifer Nicole Kopf, Belinda Carol Vega, Cindy Candelaria, Daniel Wayne Lagrone, Brandy Jean Ward, Rita Marie Caudill, Lauren Annette Lee, Carla Ruth Warner, Lyrita Dale Cherry, Toni Karol Long, Linda Waters, Elizabeth Compton, Marsha Williams Martin, Matthew DeEdwin West and Courtney Paige Cooper.
Michael Lewis Mayerhoff, Angie Nicole White, Kelly Maurine Cornish, Christopher Thomas McAlilly, Daniel Joe White, Erica Cross, Mandy Mae McAlister, Jaricus A. Whitlock, LaVesha Antvanette Crowell, Pamelia Mayo McCann, Adam Grady Williams, Christine Curtis, Jerry D. McHan, Tuandelia' Lenore Williams, Kelly Marie Dabbs, Dayona Lynne Mollett, Jennifer Lynne Williamson, Amy Lorraine Daniels, Stevie Lorraine Moorehead, Lavonia Winford, Daphne Coail Davis, Michelle Mow, Petrice Drake-Pettigrew, Joni Elizabeth Parker and Aimee Brackin.
Transfer members included: Mary Catherine Deanna Duke, Amber Nicole Philhours, Yolanda Michelle Edmonds, Cheryl Rayne Pickard, Kathleen Merietta Edwards, Adam Preston Pickett, George Matthew Espey, Brandon Trevor Pritchard, Kara Lynn Etheridge, Tommy Lawayne Rials, James David Everett, Robert Lee Rigdon, Rodney Lamar Fagan Jr., Kassie Dara Rowell, Hal W. Fleming and Nathan Jere Sanders.
Sarah Fox, Christopher Ryan Satchers, Hannah Federico, Janice Denise Scott, John Phillip Garrett, Robert E. Scruggs, Memory Nicole Goines, Barbara Mignon Shelley, Sheryl Lynn Graham, Heather Renae Shirley, Narkesha T. Grant, Anne Evelyn Showers, Clinton Bartley Hales, Amanda Gail Smith, Rosette M. Harris, Valerie Stewart and Charlotte Ruth Heidelberg.

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