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Ivy
Tech
students
named to
All-Indiana
Academic
Team
Team
sponsored
by Phi
Theta
Kappa,
USA
Today
and the
American
Association
of
Community
Colleges
INDIANAPOLIS
-Twenty-six
students
from Ivy
Tech
Community
College
campuses
across
the
state
were
among
the 28
students
named to
the
All-IndianaAcademic
Team.
The
academic
competition
which
scores
students
on
academic
honors,
activities
including
leadership
and work
experience,
and an
essay,
issponsored
by Phi
Theta
Kappa,
an
international
honor
society
for
two-year
colleges,
USA
TODAY,
and the
American
Association
of
Community
Colleges.
Phi
Theta
Kappa
developed
the
All-Indiana
Academic
Team
competition
in 1994
as a
component
of the
All-USA
Team
Competition.
The top
contestants
arenamed
to the
First
Team and
runners
up to
the
second
and
third
teams.
Seven
members
of the
First
Team
were Ivy
Tech
students,
including
Deborah
Gale of
Ivy Tech
Community
College
- East
Chicago,
who was
named
the One
America
Scholar.
She will
receive
a $1,000
scholarship
from
OneAmerica.
The
highest
scoring
applicant
was
Steve
Sassaman
of Ivy
Tech
Community
College
-
Lawrenceburg.
He was
named
the New
Century
Scholar
and will
receive
a $2,000
scholarship
from the
Coca-Cola
Foundation
and the
Coca-Cola
ScholarsFoundation.
The
ceremony
recognized
the
following
Ivy Tech
students:
First
Team
Deborah
Gale,
East
Chicago,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-East
Chicago
Debbie
Head,
Bedford,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Bloomington
Kathy
Kurosky,
Warsaw,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Warsaw
William
Myers,
Elkhart,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-East
Chicago
Joanna
Nedeau-Kilby,
Columbus,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Columbus
Steve
Sassaman,
Aurora,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Lawrenceburg
Debra
Stockhover,
Columbus,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Bloomington
Second
Team
Deborah
Gooden,
Gary,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Gary
Alisa
Harris,
Fort
Wayne,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Fort
Wayne
Phaedra
Jones,
Madison,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Madison
Zanele
Kutamo,
Valparaiso,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Valparaiso
Kristina
Poer,
Crothersville,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Sellersburg
Angela
Southerton,
Logansport,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Logansport
Christopher
Swander,
Terre
Haute,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Terre
Haute
Susanne
Waldeck,
Columbia
City,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Fort
Wayne
Tracy
Walker,
Indianapolis,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Columbus
Third
Team
Jonathan
Bedrava,
Noblesville,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Kokomo
Daniel
Blair,
Milan,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Lawrenceburg
Michael
Bussberg
II,
Rushville,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Richmond
Sean
Goda,
Lafayette,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Lafayette
Thomas
Leonard
III,
Lafayette,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Lafayette
Johnny
Perez,
Michigan
City,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Valparaiso
Renee
Ripberger,
Kokomo,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Kokomo
Norma
Saenz,
Logansport,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Logansport
Kimberly
Wheeler,
Richmond,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Richmond
Jane
Whipple,
Mount
Vernon,
Ivy Tech
Community
College-Evansville
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.
Students
must
complete
at least
twelve
hours of
course
work
towards
an
associate
degree
and
generally
have at
least a
3.5
grade
point
average
to be
considered.
Ivy Tech
Community
College
is of
the
nation's
largest
singly-accredited
statewide
community
college
system
and the
state's
second
largest
public
post-secondary
institution
with
more
than
110,000
students
enrolled
annually.
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.
50 W.
FALL
CREEK
PARKWAY
NORTH
DR.
INDIANAPOLIS,
IN
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