On Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12 Clearwater Christian College students were inducted into the Florida Theta Chapter of the National College Honor Society, Alpha Chi. Alpha Chi is a well-known leadership society found in colleges across the country and Puerto Rico. According to the national website, “Alpha Chi is a general honor society that admits students from all academic disciplines. Membership is limited to the top 10 percent of an institution’s juniors, seniors, and graduate students.” The 2009 inductees were as follows: Kristen Pierce Jonathan Ohman Kymberly Murray Joanna Martin Eric Kiskaddon Joshua Kettenton Katelyn Hughes Evan Hoyt James Duncan Andrea Dobbs Natalie DeWalt Janell DeWalt The 2009 inductees are joined by current members: Hillary Alldredge Paul Conrad Lucy Heinz Matthew Kinkade Shalom Ocampo Carla Royall Christine Sugimoto New Alpha Chi members pledged to uphold the purposes of Alpha Chi and to strive to make its ideals their ideals in scholarship and service in front of the student body, faculty, and staff of CCC. Embodying this pledge, Alpha Chi members continuously offer their tutoring services to CCC students. Following the induction of new members, the installation of chapter officers was performed. The 2009-2010 officers are Lucy Heinz, President; Evan Hoyt, Vice President; Kristin Pierce, Secretary/Treasurer; and Joshua Kettenton, Chaplain. After repeating their oaths of office, each member received his or her respective symbols of duty and swore to uphold the motto and charge of Alpha Chi. Click on the following link for more photos from the event: Photo Gallery: Alpha Chi Induction Print Article
