New York, NY—This afternoon the Beta Rho Chi Chapter (ASA Institute) of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society swore in the class of 2011. In front of a packed house of family and friends, the honorees, all of whom carry an overall GPA of 3.75 and better, were sworn into the elite academic organization. Mr. Derek Jackson, the Dean of Student Affairs and Chapter Advisor, served as the master of ceremonies for the event. The keynote speaker of the event was Joshua Freeburn of Kingsborough CC, President of Phi Theta Kappa who delivered a speech of hard work paying off and of each one of the honorees using their induction as a stepping stone to achieve even more. After Mr. Freeburn’s speech, all of the inductees were sworn in by Dean Jackson participated in a candle-lighting ceremony solidifying their induction.
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Congratulations to all of the new Beta Rho Chi Chapter inductees listed below:
| Abreu, Jesus | Fernandez, Rossy | Markowitz, Issac | Than,Wi |
| Alfred, Merlina | Fletcher,Devon | Martinez, Andrearitza | Tudrujek Kosarga, Agnieszka |
| Anderson, Tanka | Flores, Gladys | Martinez, Katerine | Tull, Anadelina |
| Askew, Patricia | Fulop,Laszio | McIntosh, Dawn | Velez, Sabrina |
| Augustus, Dorothy | Gray, Malvin | Melo, Carmen | Vitkovskaya, Ekaterine |
| Barry, Ousmane | Hall, Latianna | Miller, Ayana | Wang, Beilei |
| Barry, Ousmane | Hargrove, Sjamika | Mohammed, Sheraz | Wamg, Yan Fang |
| Blackman, Alisia | Horry, Sparkle | Muzzy, Victoria | Watson, Audrey |
| Bligen, Sherice | Howell, Micheal | Paulino, Nilsa | Wedd, Courtney |
| Bobb, Anthony | Hoyte, Franca | Perazzo Dunningham, Sheree | Wells, Nicholas |
| Bonilla, Adriana | Hudson, Wanda | Peters, Tisha | Wen, Jin Yu |
| Borden, Xena | Jaiman, Jacqueline | Renaud, Stacy | Wilkins, Ayanna |
| Cabral, Anthony | James, Sharanda | Richards, Natalie | Xu,Zheng |
| Ceka,Nevin | Jamison, Michele | Rodriguez, Carmen | Zhang, Han |
| CephasWatson, Sallema | Johnson, Eliyah | Rodriguez, Debbie | |
| Charles, Constel | Johnson Arthur, Anita | Rubinshteyn, Dennis | |
| Chen, Yi | Jones, Damian | Sabir, Arfana | |
| Chen, Ying | Kailah, Matthew | Saha, Debashish | |
| Coper Valerio, Jessie | Kinght- Cadore, Deatra | Salik, Omolabake | |
| Corniffe, Brandy-Kay | Koita, Bakary | Salimova, Nilufar | |
| Cox, Monique | Kostyszyn, Beata | Samuel, Massalla | |
| Davilla Salgado, Wilnelia | Lashley, Ines | Samuels, Fatimah | |
| Diallo,Aissatou | Lebron, Jacqueline | Sanchez, Jr., Mario | |
| Diaz,Brigida | Leon, Caserin | Santos, Natasha | |
| Diaz, Xylina | Lixandru, Constanta | Seferaj, Minire | |
| Diaz- Acevedo, Ismael | Lixandru, Lucia | Shallow,Aketa | |
| Dmonte, Marlene | Lopez, Anthony | Sherrod, Shaunte | |
| Duricic, Ljubisa | Luke, Kwesi | Shrestha, Reejan | |
| Dussuau, Haifa | Lyons Grey, Cathy Ann | Skoczylas, Karolina | |
| Eveeva, Elena | Magloire, Martine | Smith, Lisa | |
| Felix, McKenzie | Soto,Tatyana | Stephy,Nina |
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