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FSCC students receive honors
Four Fort Scott Community College students are among 49 other community college students across the state who will be honored next month for their academic accomplishments.
Kansas will salute 49 top community college scholars during an award ceremony Feb. 18 at the Ramada Inn Hotel in Topeka. These scholars have been named to the 2010 All-Kansas Academic Team, sponsored by the international headquarters of the Phi Theta Kappa international honor society, the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees and the Kansas Council of Community College Presidents.
The group of outstanding community college students will be recognized during the ceremony, which also draws educators and lawmakers from Kansas each year.
FSCC students selected for the 2010 All-Kansas Academic Tea include Chioma Okoronkwo, Megan Wyman, Dustin Olson, and Josh Brend.
Okoronkwo is a physical therapy major who plans to transfer to Hogeschool, Van, Amsterdam in the Netherlands after graduating from FSCC. Okoronkwo, who maintains a 3.67 grade point average, is a member of the FSCC women's basketball team, and the track and field team. The honor roll student also participates in the FSCC Student Support Services program and is a member of the FSCC President's Ambassadors.
Wyman maintains a 3.6 GPA and intends to transfer to the University of Missouri-Kansas City after her time at FSCC. Some of her accomplishments include serving as president of the FSCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter, as homecoming dance coordinator, and as a volunteer for such community events as blood drives, Earth Day, clean-up projects, and canned food drives. She is also a homecoming candidate runner-up.
Two FSCC students who maintain 4.0 GPAs will also receive awards during next month's ceremony. Olson is an art therapy and graphic design major at the FSCC Miami County Campus in Paola who plans to transfer to Ottawa Univeristy or Emporia State University. Olson has served as president and vice-president of the FSCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter, and as vice-president and secretary of the Miami County Campus Ambassadors. Olson also volunteers for a local thrift store that supports a shelter, and the Roots Festival at FSCC.
Brend, also a 4.0 student and Eagle Scout, is a mathematics and computer science major at the Miami County Campus who has served as secretary and vice-president of public relations for the FSCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter. He has also served as vice-president and secretary of the Miami County Campus Ambassadors. Brend is also a member of his local 4-H and church youth group and works as a math tutor.
