Barton Community College’s Phi Psi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has named initiates for the 2012-13 academic year.

Students eligible to join the group have distinguished themselves academically by maintaining a 3.5 or higher grade point average. They must have completed at least 12 credit hours and be currently enrolled full time at Barton. Students invited to join Phi Theta Kappa were nominated by college faculty, staff and administrators.

Phi Theta Kappa is the only nationally recognized honor society for two-year colleges. It is the largest honor society in American higher education and contains approximately 2 million members and 1,200 chapters. The group currently has a presence in all 50 states as well as eight countries internationally. Barton’s Phi Theta Kappa advisers are English instructor Stephannie Goerl and technical accounting and accounting instructor coordinator Kathy Boeger.

Phi Theta Kappa initiates, listed by hometown, include:

Robin Hickel

Blair Bloomfield

Lacey Major

Blanca Montoya, Charles Bookout, Jacob Christiansen, Kristi Dewerff, Michelle Klepper, Michelle Miller, Ruthann DeWerff

Jessica Lopez

Lindsey Rojas

Sarah Maddox

Megan Richardson

Ashley Boeger, Ashlie Munson, Brenda Holden, Brooke Tiemeyer, Emily Seiwert, Gustavo Madrid, Heather Jackson, Jeffrey Pike, Joshua Murphy, Kristina Wagner, Rochelle Hass, Shannon Peterson, Shauna Koester, Cody Behrends

Anna Voss

Daphne Orebaugh, Talisha Hesher