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The Luzerne County Community College Phi Theta Kappa honor society recently held an induction ceremony. One hundred and seventy-two students were inducted into the college’s chapter. The purpose of the honor society is to recognize and encourage scholarship among associate degree students. Some of the inductees, from left, first row: Stacy Ann Dunkle, Berwick; Heather Rothman, West Pittston; Jenny Rizel, Kingston; Salina Sachetti, Hazleton; Nancy Atkinson, Avoca; Mary Jo Mellas, Mountain Top; Pat Brennan, Jenkins Township; Stephen Swicklik, Nanticoke, chapter vice president; Mary Buckley, Wilkes-Barre; chapter vice president; Marc Incitti, chapter president; and Mary Nickle, Strasburg, state president, Pennsylvania Phi Theta Kappa. Second row: Jennifer William, Swoyersville; Kevin Perrins, Kingston; Nathaly Rojas, Mountain Top; Claire Bennett, Sugarloaf; Shea Vought, Bloomsburg; Betty Anne Hughes, Hanover Township; E. Blandon Langdon, Bear Creek; Meredith Capuano, Blakeslee; Jeanette Gadison, Plymouth; Rachel Merth, Hunlock Creek; and Sarah Kennelly, Trucksville. Third row: Kathleen L. McKenzie, Cambra; Erin Malone, Bear Creek; Matt Dixon, Plains Township; Stephanie Young, Taylor; Michele Giedosh, Lattimer Mines; Joe Earley, Wilkes-Barre; Renae Novitski, Kingston; Tracy Eveland, Berwick; Kaylene Schan, Hawley; Walaa Mahmoud, Plains Township; and Thomas P. Leary, president, LCCC. Fourth row: Robert Hess, Ashley; David Arbizu, Wapwallopen; Heather Paradise, Scranton; Bill Hizny, Wyoming; Deborah Kowalczyk, Plains Township; Deborah Price, Hunlock Creek; Susan Gurka, Mountain Top; John Lopez, Hazleton; Jenny Choi, Scranton; Mary Sullivan, director, student life and athletics, LCCC; and Dr. Stephen Housenick, advisor, LCCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter. Fifth row: Shawn K. Kellmer, Hazleton; Stephen Scheers, Hazleton; Tracey Sands, Pittston; Sean Malone, Wilkes-Barre; Nikolas Butrej, Berwick; Austin Emenyonu, Luzerne; Kofi Adjen-Bohyen, Wilkes-Barre; Robert Reeder, Larksville; Allison Reeder, Larksville; and A. Marie Reeder, Larksville.