FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim Court, Public Affairs

April 1, 2009 (315) 498-2054

137 Students Inducted to International Honor Society at Onondaga Community College

SYRACUSE, NY – On Wednesday, March 25, Onondaga Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society inducted 137 new members. To be eligible for membership in Phi Theta Kappa, a student must be matriculated; have completed 12 credit hours at Onondaga; earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 and maintained a high academic standing throughout his or her enrollment at the College.

Phi Theta Kappa is the official honor society for two-year colleges.

With more than 11,000 students, Onondaga Community College is the fastest growing college in the 64-campus State University of New York system and was recently named one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the country by Community College Week. Founded in 1961, it is a comprehensive two-year college operating under the State University of New York (SUNY) and is locally sponsored by Onondaga County. Onondaga offers nearly 50 programs of study, bachelor and master’s degrees available on campus through a partnership with Keuka College, and more than 80 other transfer agreements with four-year colleges and universities.

Auburn John Ruzicka

Baldwinsville Kali Boutwell, Layne Butler, Elizabeth Evans, Mark Fancher, Brittanie Fitzgibbons, Gary Gregory, Jason Gusman, Margaret Hartmann, Joseph Matthews, Erik Petrie, Melody Williams, Matthew Zelie

Brewerton Morgan Brubaker, Ashley Hoffman

Bridgeport Denice Roehm

Bronx Robyn Albohn

Camillus Emily Baranello, Candis Lopez, Michael O’Brien, Stephanie Robertson, Spencer Smith

Canastota Corey Hopkins, Xiwen (Amy) Lazur

Cazenovia Christina Cameron, Gregory Cleghorn, Hannah Grajko

Cicero Samantha Grago, Joshua Judd, Eric Maine

Clay Rufina Chinikailo, Benjamin Dorion, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Adriana Gullotto, Thomas Major, Charisse Mannolini, Jessica Shuba

Cortland Thomas Morgan

East Syracuse Jeffrey Allen, Mallory Roach

Elbridge Kimberly Miller

Fayetteville Jozlyn Keller, Furaha Mpinga, Benjamin Shearer, Jared Volles

Jordan Kristen King

LaFayette Robert Amidon, Drew Beardslee, William Brangan, Helen Ribera

Liverpool Anu George, Jillian Goodfellow, Cynthia Korff, Andrew Loucy, Isaac Muthu, Sean Perry, Amber Pitoniak, Sarah Pluff, Eric Quackenbush, Michele Robbins, Christine Szczesniak, Thomas Tzivanis

Manlius Shannon Carroll, Craig Jurison, Maria Soto

Marcellus Mary Huss, Weston Malek

Minoa Samantha Barone

North Syracuse Roger Elston, Jennifer Gressel, Bethany Iqbal

Phoenix Adrienne Porter

Sauquoit Trevor Goodenough

Sherburne Paul Weinell

Skaneateles Christopher Fedor, Adam Severance

Skaneateles Falls Donna Bigness

Sylvan Beach Cheryl Lamphere

Syracuse Michael Angelo, Ashley Beck, Stephanie Bergstrom, Andrea Bianchi, Ruby Brunner, Heidi Byrd, Molly Byrne, Kaitlin Cassidy, Rose Castilano, Jun Xin Chen, Sean Conway, William Curley, Pamela Dausman, Elizabeth Dooher, Alexandra Dotcheva, David Dygert, Katie Eastman, Kristina Fahsel, Scott Fisher, Troy Fitchette, Cassandra Fowler, Jami Freeman, Leeanna Gaj, Shelia Gordon-Smith, Justin Grimes, Stephanie Guiffrida, Raven Hanna, Zephaniah Horton, Joshua Irby, Matthew Kelley, Nicole Kelly, Kyle Larson, Kimberly Latimer, Stephanie Martin, Laura Masuicca, Eileen McLaughlin, Diane Mejias, Kennedy Mihigo, Jennifer Muller, Peter Mumford, Katherine O’Connor, Michael Parker, Richard Parker, Laura Pfohl, Marissa Porter, Alyssa Przydrozny, Glenda Sherwood Roberson, Cherry Simmons, Joshua Soper, Amber Spinner, Stephanie Stephan, Tricia Stevens, Tasha Terzini, D’Artist Vaughn, Justin West, Timothy Wheeler, David Williams

Warners Flynn Izard

Watertown Edward Prevost

- 30 -