Blinn inducts 84 Bryan and RELLIS campus students into national honor societies

Students earned membership into Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta, and the Sigma Kappa Delta honor societies

February 27, 2024

The Blinn College District recently inducted 84 students into the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Psi Beta, and Sigma Kappa Delta honor societies during a ceremony in the Blinn-Bryan Student Center. The organizations reflect students from the Blinn College-Bryan and RELLIS campuses.

PTK is the premier honor society recognizing the academic achievements of students at associate degree-granting colleges. To be inducted, students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average with a minimum of 12 transferrable hours. The society is comprised of more than 3.8 million members, with almost 1,300 chapters in 11 countries.

“We are immensely proud of these students who reflect a commitment to accomplishing their educational goals at Blinn and beyond,” Blinn-Bryan PTK Co-Advisor Rachel Valentine said. “Involvement in PTK provides our students with mentorship, leadership, and research opportunities that will benefit them as they continue their studies or embark on rewarding careers.”

Inductees into the Alpha Phi Lambda Chapter of PTK include: Rayan Ali (Sugar Land), Maria Angarita Cardona (College Station), Braden Ascenzi (Richmond), Havva Bayramli (Missouri City), Abigail Blacklock (Bryan), Valentina Bonilla Jaimes (College Station), Nicholas Campbell (College Station), Chelsea Cantu (Stonewall), Douglas Capener (College Station), Megan Cater (Spring), Mason Charo (Orange Grove), Makenzie Colin (Tomball), Patrick Collopy (Austin), Hayden Davis (College Station), Lilly Debraska (College Station), Emma Demczak (Montgomery) Ava Dever (Flower Mound), Sonia Diaz (Fort Worth), Danielle Eller (Kingwood), Allen Ferno (Dripping Springs), Katelynn Fields (New Braunfels), Alexander Fisher (The Woodlands), Anthony Fullerton (College Station), Emma Garcia (College Station), Isabella Garcia (College Station), Madison Gonzalez (College Station), Remi Greenberg (Cypress), Brooke Hansen (Richardson), Alyssa Harless (Cypress), Bailey Harris (Sugar Land), Quaneshia Hawkins (College Station), David Haye (College Station), Avery Jeffers (Grand Prairie), Matthew Klepp (College Station), Courtney Koehler (The Woodlands), Matt Lewiesson (College Station), William Lewis (Anderson), Jacob Lopez (College Station), Ava Lynn (Hurst), Maia Martin (San Antonio), Daniel McCoy (Bryan), Michael McMahon (Bay City), Mia Mendoza (Round Rock), Sydney Messersmith (Sugar Land), Olivia Montorello (College Station), Kathryn Muntsinger (Spring), Ian Murphy (Midland), Phuong Nguyen (Brenham), Sarah Nicholson (Leander), Sarah Ochu (College Station), Erin Palmer (College Station), Anyssa Palomino (Mont Belvieu), Soohee Park (College Station), Maxwell Parkin (College Station), Trinity Pitman (College Station), Joshua Quinton (Double Oak), Jacob Ruhmann (College Station), Denise Sander (Brenham), Kassidy Seaton (Bryan), Dylan Shipp (Cypress), Payton Solise (The Woodlands), Emiko Soria (Houston), Sianna Suarez (Corpus Christi), Andrea Tumaian (College Station), Margaret Venghaus (Houston), Rhea Vivero (Bryan), Devon Weber (Houston), Lauren Wolfgram (Magnolia), Joseph Young (Austin), Jose Zea (College Station), and Gabe Zumwalt (Arlington).

In addition to PTK, several students also were inducted into Psi Beta and Sigma Kappa Delta, the national honor societies for students attending two-year colleges who are involved in psychology or English, respectively.

Psi Beta inductees include: Opeyemi Abe (Lagos, Nigeria), Ava Elizabeth Denver (Flowermound), Brook Olivia Hansen (Richardson), Darian Renae Schultz (College Station), Kendall Skye Urdiales (San Antonio), and Hannah Leigh Wertz (Bryan).

Sigma Kappa Delta inductees include: Regino Codiz (College Station), Presley Graves (Hockley), Jacob Lopez (College Station), Mason Navarro (Fulshear), Monica Sanchez (Bryan), Benjamin Schofield (The Woodlands), and Juan Esteban Sett (Spring).

Registration is open for Blinn’s 8-week spring 2023 courses that start March 18. For enrollment or financial aid information, visit www.blinn.edu.