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29 Students Inducted into the 2008 Flint River Charter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)
Contact: Kay Williamson, Office of Public Relations and Information
Phone: 706.646.6131 ∙ Email: kwilliamson@flintrivertech.edu
Flint River Technical College inducted 29 students in the Flint River Chapter of the National Technical Honor Society on Thursday, May 29, 2008.
To be nominated into the honor society, students must have taken at least 20 credit hours before their last enrolled quarter, and maintained a 3.5 grade point average throughout their program courses.
The criteria for nomination include those individuals with high character ideals which include: Good Attitude, Dependability, Leadership, Safety Consciousness, Initiative, Teamwork, Attendance/Punctuality, Pride in Work, and Good Citizenship.
The purpose of this organization shall be: to promote the ideals of honesty service, leadership, career development, and skilled workmanship among technical students in their pursuit of educational and career goals; to develop a great awareness within the American business, industry, and service communities of the talents and abilities of student engaged in technical education; to provide technical students with a greater awareness of the world of work.
The National Technical Honor Society is a nonprofit student organization of outstanding students enrolled in occupational, vocational, or technical programs. Organized in 1894, the first chapter was established at the H.B. Swofford Vocational Center in Gramling, South Carolina. The organization has chapters in 35 states and was founded by Mr. C. Allen Powell and Mr. Jon Poteat.
Pictured above (front row; left to right): Katrina Parham of Upson County; Judy Youngblood of Meriwether County; Myra Smith of Upson County; LaRaysha Mobley of Upson County; and Donna Thomas of Upson County. (Middle row; left to right): Melinda Winters of Upson County; Patricia Bagley of Upson County; April Epling of Pike County; Rhonda Montgomery of Taylor County; Dore Head of Upson County; Carol Williams of Upson County; Rosie Hooks of Opelika, Alabama; Kathy McIntyre of Upson County; Rebecca Wilson of Spalding County; and Delana Smith of Lamar County. (Back row; left to right): Casandra Ward of Pike County; Pareshia Price of Upson County; Karen Ledford of Upson County; and John Childree of Taylor County.
Not Pictured: Julie Owen of Upson County, Lisa Wainwright of Taylor County, Heather Craven of Upson County, Jeremy Raybon of Upson County; Jermaine Hill of Upson County; Shelonnia Frazier-Bentley of Upson County; Andrea Jordan of Upson County; Yyacheeko Little of Bibb County; Meagan Murphy of Upson County; and John Baxter of Upson County.
