NEMCC Honors 2013-14 Scholar’s Bowl Participants

Joining the team at the annual honors day included (from left) Northeast president Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D., team members Madi Van Zile of New Albany, Josh Davis of Hickory Flat and John Peter Ford of New Albany. Renee Malone of Columbus was unable to attend the honors day along with Scholar’s Bowl advisor LaShay Blansett.

BOONEVILLE, Miss. (Press Release) — Four Northeast Mississippi Community College students were honored for their achievements as members of the 2013-14 Scholar’s Bowl during the tenth annual Honors Day Ceremony held inside the Bonner Arnold Coliseum on the college’s Booneville campus.

Humanities and Social/Behavioral Sciences Division Head Janis Patterson praised Madi Van Zile of New Albany, John Peter Ford of New Albany, Josh Davis of Hickory Flat and Renee Malone of Columbus for their success on the scholar’s bowl circuit.

Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Honors Day Ceremony was held in the Bonner Arnold Coliseum on Thursday, May 1 and was sponsored by the Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, plus Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. Nearly 3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 131,000 students inducted annually. Phi Theta Kappa seeks to foster the development of leadership and service, to provide an intellectual climate for the exchange of ideas, and to encourage the establishment of scholarships for advanced education.

Northeast’s Iota Zeta chapter has been recognized as a “Five Star” chapter for 12 straight years, the highest rating given any chapter, and has been recognized as an exemplary model. Advisors for the chapter during the 2013-14 academic year are Dr. Ray Harris, Andrea Mathis of Booneville, Dr. Deborah Kehoe of Oxford and Carla Falkner of Tupelo.