The following Lehigh Carbon Community College students were recently inducted into Alpha Omicron Alpha, the college’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the national honor society for two-year colleges. The following students were honored.

Ashland: Margaret Looney.

Coaldale: Rosella D’urso.

Danielsville: Lauren Pitts.

Germansville: Phillip Castrine.

Jim Thorpe: Kristy Berger and Samantha Sterner.

Lansford: Emily Leinthall.

Lehighton: Erick Boorum, Zoryana Duda, Lee Monti and Gabriella Sabina.

Nesquehoning: Arthur Bernard and Erica Tout.

New Ringgold: Erin Ryan.

New Tripoli: Stephen Cebenko, Jacob Crawford and Jessica Wertman.

Orefield: Shealin Weston.

Orwigsburg: Ashley Sullivan.

Palmerton: Jesse Eberly.

Schnecksville: Samantha Chabak, Connie Dazzo, Kyleigh Haas, James Reid, Luis Ramos, Miranda Scocca and Thomas Williams.

Slatedale: Benjamin Bazzley and Jamie Knerr.

Slatington: Christine Caban and Robert Smith.

Summit Hill: Nina Hibbard.

Tamaqua: Sarah Allesch, Richard Evans, Brandon Heffelfinger, John Maresca, Amanda Stahley and Kayla Wassel.

Tuscarora: Janette Kabana.

Walnutport: Nicole Secara.

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is the only nationally-acclaimed honor society serving two-year colleges, which offers associate degree programs. Membership into Phi Theta Kappa is by invitation only. To be considered, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree program, have completed at least 12 credit hours of coursework, have established a minimum grade-point average of 3.5, have established a record of academic excellence as judged by the faculty, and be of good moral character and possess recognized qualities of citizenship.

LCCC’s Alpha Omicron Alpha Chapter was recently awarded several distinguished awards, including Middle States Region Most Distinguished Chapter. This is the first time LCCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa won multiple awards on the regional and international level.