Barton County Community College’s Phi Psi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa national honor society has named initiates for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Students eligible to join the honor fraternity have distinguished themselves academically by maintaining a 3.5 or higher grade point average. They must have completed at least 12 semester 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. It 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 include:

Julie Kierscht

Amanda Moran

Nathaniel Long

Kaitlin Ptacek

Alissa Byerly, Fiona Kline-Martin, Katie Morgenstern

Deedra Richard

Andrew Mitchener, Benjamin Niethamer, Blain Boaldin, Cassandra Niedens, David Tomlin, Devan Boeger, Edith Reza, Jay Werth, Jeffrey Hipp, Loretta Lauer, Rebecca Davidson, Shatlyn Marshall, Tanner Stephenson, Tarasa Miller

Tyler Rathke

Hope Chubb, Kacey Demel, Karisa Kaiser, Nolan Esfeld, Patrick Cowan, Reba Hickel, Rebecca Maier

Tanner George

Samantha Kysar, Macksville, Caitlyn Blakeslee, McCracken, Sheila Brown

Julie Stoss

Joshua Johnson

Lindsay Garinger

Lauren Aldrich

Aaron Spare

Carlee Lindsey

Monica McCarthy, Murray, Utah, Jordan Gallacher

Jonathan McNair

Hanna Ukhal