PTK Honor Society Welcomes New Members

Onondaga Community College's chapter of international honor society Phi Theta Kappa, known as Alpha Sigma Seta, welcomed 168 new members during an induction ceremony March 29 in Storer Auditorium. Students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 to be selected.

Speakers during the induction ceremony included OCC President Dr. Warren Hilton, PTK Advisor Dr. Annie Tuttle, PTK Chapter President Andrew Coleman, and PTK Co-CP for Fellowship John Baker. OCC's Vocal Ensemble performed the National Anthem and the PTK Song under the direction of David Rudari, D.M.A.

The spring 2023 PTK inductees are:

• Tarek Abakar
• Marian Abdikarin
• RaShaun Adams
• Hunter Ambrusko
• Landen Anderson
• Hafize Ataniyazov
• Quinn Backenstross
• Logan Bailey
• McKenzie Barber
• Stephen Beal
• Chelsea Bebernes
• Isaac Bennett
• Benjamin Bialek
• Elizabeth Brault
• Rachel Brown
• Kylie Burnett
• Molly Cahill
• Gabbi Caisse
• Wolf Camacho
• Kennedy Cannon
• Logan Carpenter
• William Carver
• Anthony Castracane
• Emily Cavanaugh
• Noel Chang
• Essi Cole
• Clara Congden
• Kendra Connor
• Mairead Conway
• Jason Criollo
• Alexis Cullen
• Kendall Cuyler
• Jake Daniul
• Anthony Darling
• Kevin Davidson
• Dionysus Deliyannis-Burton
• Jeremiah Dennis
• Awa Diakite
• Peter DiBello
• Jenna Dobbins
• Colin Doner
• Heather Doroshenko
• Jordan Espinoza
• Taylor Farrell
• Lauryn Fava
• Maryrose Fiore
• Daniel Fox
• Aubrey Fraher
• Silas Francis
• Laura Frateschi
• Maya Fredette
• Emily Fuller
• John Galeazza
• Abigail Ganser
• TJ Garrett
• Ta'Kara Gary
• Bianca Gascon
• Kaia Gaskins
• Trinity Gay
• Connor Gell
• Pavel Daniel Gonzalez del Rio Costa
• Amya Graves
• Lily Grenis
• Maddie Grolling
• Zainab Habiba
• Olivia Hale
• Mateo Hernandez
• Julie Herron
• Ryan Heselden
• Cas Holz
• Alexandra Horth
• Yolanda Hosea
• John Hso
• Emma Jaquin
• Michele Jara
• Thuw J-Elmi
• Laurel Jones
• Jeanie Kells
• Salih Khaleel
• Adriana Kimball
• Christian Knights
• Dashiel Knox
• Jason Kramer
• Emma Kravec
• Jacek Krol
• Yu Mi Mi Kyaw
• Danielle Lambert
• Katie Larsen
• Michael Lavalette
• Ater Lay
• Mason Learo
• Timothy Long
• Enre Lotter
• Haley Madej
• Anthony Mancini
• Ryan Marchewka
• Joseph Mariani
• Gage Marshall
• Tasneem Ali
• Gwyneth Matzell
• Taylor McGlocklin
• Hannah McVicker-LaGoe
• Ally Merron
• Emina Mesanovic
• Joseph Mevec
• Mason Michel
• Maya Mills
• Joelle Mohr
• Kaylee Moreau
• Petula Morgan
• Jeam Munoz-Mas
• Elizabeth Murray
• Aidan O'Donnell
• Noah Olmsted
• Logan Osborne
• Eva Owens
• Quinn Pens
• Taly Phan
• Hanna Pierce
• Lulu Pierce
• Mu Play
• Sam Posecznick
• Joshua Proctor
• Shradha Raina
• Rickelle Rellos
• Jessica Reneau
• Chaiya Renfroe
• Gareth Roche
• Carlos Rodriguez-Bornot
• Bumeh Romay
• Olivia Rotundo
• Tyler Roueche
• Meryem Salih
• Germaine Samezard
• Christian Sampsell
• Lisa Santurri
• Seaver Schultz
• Jacob Scraggs
• Eric Shear
• Brianna Sloan
• Ash Spath
• Dominika Staniszewska
• Jordan Stevens
• Patrick Stevens
• Dylan Swartwood
• Shabani Swedi
• Blake Terry
• Matthew Thompson
• Mary Tomascak
• Gabriel Tucker
• Mac Turcotte
• Autumn Valentine
• Michael Veaudry
• Elena Vespi
• Aidan Walsh
• George Washington
• Tiara Washington
• Stephanie Webb
• Gracie Wheeler
• Hailey Wilson
• Headan Wilson
• Sarah Wright
• Maya Wunderlich
• Shouda Yan
• Joel Young
• Julian Zavaglia
• Jake Zawadzki
• Julia Zehner

Honor Society students were also recognized for completing professional development courses, known as PTK Edge, which help build skills to get hired, transfer successfully, and conduct scholarly research.

• Competitive Edge: Alex Beavers, Tevin Martin, Fatumo Matan, Rainey Morgan, and Elliott O'Connell.
• Employment Edge: Celia barley, Alex Beavers, Farah Chatila, Andrew Coleman, Tevin Martin, Fatumo Matan, Elliott O'Connell, Taylor Pitman, and Saray Quevedo.
• Healthcare Edge: Alex Beavers, Nick Chai, Andrew Coleman, and Tevin Martin.
• Research Edge: John Baker, Celia Barley, Alex Beavers, Tevin Martin, Fatumo Matan, and Taylor Pitman.
• Transfer Edge: Alex Beavers, Yasmine Chatila, Shane Conklin, Allie Elkins, Tevin Martin, Fatumo Matan, Rainey Morgan, Kadric Mujo, Elliott O'Connell, Alexander Park, MacKenzie Petrocci, Long Pham, Taylor Pitman, and Saray Quevedo.