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CLACKAMAS STUDENTS JOIN PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY
STORY AN D PHOTOS BY JASON SIS§ON @ N EW SM AN JAY
NEWS EDITOR
Another class o f Clackam as Com m unity
College students was inducted into Alpha Xi
Zeta, the local chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
Honor Society. Students m ust make the
CCC honor roll — which requires achieving
a 3.5 grade-point average — to be invited
to join PTK. Those who were invited and
accepted were honored at a ceremony at the
Elks Lodge in Oregon City on Wednesday,
May 15.
/‘W ell, it’ s definitely an achievem ent.
[I’ve] never really got inducted into much
o f a n y th in g b e fo r e ,” said A lexan d er
Novitchkov- Burbank, an inductee and now
recording officer for the local PTK chapter.
The event included a dinner, ceremony
and several speeches. The first speech was
from Jason Ward, an alumni advisory board
member for the Rocky Mountain Cascade
Region of PTK, who spoke about his journey
and how the honor society has improved
his life.
“ Som ething else th at I ’ve gotten out
of Phi Theta Kappa is the knowledge that
I have the* ability to set goals and obtain
them , and I don’t think I would have that Theta Kappa is really a good opportunity
sense o f self-e fficacy if I hadn’t set my t o h o n e th ese sk ills and really a nice
sights on getting involved with this honor opportunity that you want to be sure to
take advantage o f,” Cook said. “ And if it
society,” Ward sa id ..
W ard also touched o n the stu d en ts’ doesn’t work we just need to make friends
potential, saying they were a room fu ll with the robots.”
The last speech of the night came from
of mentees that just need “ a little bit o f
guidance, a little encouragement and the Michelle G ietl, the regional coordinator of
world can be yours,” before he ceded the the Rocky Mountain Cascade Region. Gietl
floor to C C C president Tim Cook, Cook . spent the majority of her tim e speaking
about turning obstacles into opportunities
was first m et with the surprise o f being
named an honorary PTK, member before while also noting that it was the largest
induction class she had seen, with more
diving into his speech. He spent his time
elaborating on some of his story and on than 100 in attendance. Gietl shared her
why these students’ accomplishments are own obstacles — such as having emergency
so important. Cook spoke about concerns open-heart surgery at 30— and how she
over a changing economy and how things - overcame them before leaving the.crowd
like automation will affect the future job with a quote of hers.
“ D on’t judge someone for how long it
m arket, and-w hy the skills th at can be
improved as a PTK member are, and Will takes to achieve their goals. Take tim e to
understand the path they took to get there,
be, so important.
“ But the types of things I just described you m ight learn som ething,” Gietl said as
like curiosity and grit and the rest are she read the paper that she keeps on her
uniquely hum an skills that we have. So at all tim es before closing her speech by
being a part o f an organization like Phi congratulating the inductees.
• After the speeches attendees were left to
mingle as the night wound to a close. It was
one meant to honor past accomplishments,
and to look forward to ail the opportunities
the future may bring. One student who is
now the public relationsOfficer of the local
PTK chapter, Ryan Balderas, summed up
neatly the benefits of join in g the honor
‘ society.
“ I don’t want to base everything down
to its q u an titative asp ects, but it i s ,”
Balderas said. ’’Having som ething show
that I’ m putting extra effort outside of my
curriculars — outside of my academics — it
means som ething to a lot of people.”
Top, students are inducted into Phi Theta Kappa on May 15. Below, Tim Cook
addresses the group.
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