On Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, Mohawk Valley Community College added 75 students to its five-star Lambda Beta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during an induction ceremony at the College’s Utica Campus. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges and the largest honor society in American higher education.

Group of students standing with Phi Theta Kappa membership honors

Membership in Phi Theta Kappa is offered to students who have a 3.5 GPA or higher with at least 12 credit hours in a degree program. MVCC’s Spring inductees are:

Ava, N.Y.

  • Dylan Anderegg
  • Alyce Frost
  • Julia Hinckley

Camden, N.Y.

  • Jeremy Skinner

Canastota, N.Y.

  • Jade Garcia
  • Gabrielle Tyler

Chittenango, N.Y.

  • Brittany Erlenback

Clendenin, W.Va.

  • Arthur St. Clair

Clinton, N.Y.

  • Cameron Maline
  • Arina Samoshuk
  • Joshua Sealey
  • Olivia Spina

Duluth, Minn.

  • Lucas Guimarães Lacerda

Forestport, N.Y.

  • Kyle Doty

Glenfield, N.Y.

  • Angel Duncan

Herkimer, N.Y.

  • Cassandra Larzelere

Holland Patent, N.Y.

  • Miranda Millick
  • Kristina Odell
  • Emily Paladino
  • Heidi Yax

Hubbardsville, N.Y.

  • John Platt

Ilion, N.Y.

  • Samantha Skottke
  • Courtney Wood

Lowville, N.Y.

  • Hunter Finehout

Lyons Falls, N.Y.

  • Corrine Newland

Marcy, N.Y.

  • Danielle Mazza

Mount Upton, N.Y.

  • Taylor Gager

New Hartford, N.Y.

  • Samantha Jordan
  • Liam Mahardy

New York Mills, N.Y.

  • James McNeal

Oneida, N.Y.

  • Jasmine Shampine

Oriskany, N.Y.

  • Sophia Longo
  • Kyle Saladin

Plattsburgh, N.Y.

  • Jessica Fessette

Rome, N.Y.

  • Aaron Albright
  • Heather Boucher
  • Andre-Pierre Cadrette
  • Joseph Crouse
  • Patrick Lettery
  • Liam Powers-Ginter
  • Glenn Rothe
  • Lucas Tapia
  • Gavyn Toepp
  • Lleyton Vescio

St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Maxim Foroshcuk

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

  • Alejandro Limardo Vasquez

Sauquoit, N.Y.

  • George Marsh
  • Paige Stayton

Sherburne, N.Y.

  • Jessica Howland

Syracuse, N.Y.

  • Dylan Buck
  • Jamie Wilkie

Utica, N.Y.

  • Sameer Ahmadi
  • Hawaa Alsamet
  • Eaindra Aung
  • Aldin Bajrektarevic
  • Christopher Caruso
  • Lexis Coons
  • Kim Duong
  • Leo Elsdon
  • Aung Thant Hein
  • Yana Mikhalevich
  • Htat Soe Paing
  • Reesta Tamang
  • Tachambree Thomas
  • Jayla Zayas

Vernon Center, N.Y.

  • Samantha Nelson

Verona, N.Y.

  • Sophia Ranney

Waterville, N.Y.

  • Jethro Van De Vossenberg

Westmoreland, N.Y.

  • Joel Lynch

Whitesboro, N.Y.

  • Lisa Bundonis
  • Madison Jones
  • Ophelia Parisi
  • Nova Smith

Yangon, Myanmar

  • Eain Dra May

Yorkville, N.Y.

  • Brianna Sharp

About Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa is the first honor society recognizing the academic achievement of students at associate degree-granting colleges and helping them to grow as scholars and leaders. The Society is made up of more than 4.3 million members and nearly 1,250 chapters in 11 countries, with approximately 230,000 active members in the nation’s colleges. Learn more at ptk.org.