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“My planned future goal is to have a teaching
job working with special needs children as
well as the deaf. I want to become fluent in
American Sign Language.”
congratulations
to the 2015
all-pa academic team
Cassidy Belle, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Pennsylvania Commission for
community colleges
“While many seeming ‘misfortunes’ altered my
original college plans, they have led me here,
to community college, and to all the amazing
people and experiences I have met/had over the
past three years. Today, I am stronger, smarter
and better because of the path I have followed.”
Rachel Lee, Reading Area Community College
Cassidy
Belle
Pennsylvania Highlands
Community College
Christina
Smith
Bucks County
Community College
Rachel Lee
Jenna
Massaro
Butler County
Community College
Casey Jarding
Westmoreland County
Community College
Katie Fisher
Marie
Helstrom
Danielle Suman
Lizette Lewis
Bryce
Detweiler
emily burks
Community College of
Allegheny County
Kouame Aka
NathanaËlle
Dubreuil
Eric Reiche
Hashim
Ahmed
Community College of
Allegheny County
Elizabeth
Betancourt
Delaware County
Community College
Delaware County
Community College
Quyen Do
darice
mayhew
Northampton
Community College
Andrea
Dean
Butler County
Community College
HACC
Lianna
Coholich
Community College of
Allegheny County
Danielle
Close
Theresa Kings
HACC
Jamie Derr
Megan
McMonagle
Community College of
Allegheny County
Michaela
Hanlon
Rachel
Cimera
Community College
of Philadelphia
Community College of
Allegheny County
Rachael Marks
Westmoreland County
Community College
www.pacommunitycolleges.org
Pennsylvania Highlands
Community College
Cherylann
McGuire
Reading Area
Community College
Caitlin
Moser
Montgomery County
Community College
Pennsylvania Highlands
Community College
Christine
Hallman
Luzerne County
Community College
Melissa
Suehr
Pennsylvania Highlands
Community College
Montgomery County
Community College
Community College
of Philadelphia
HACC
HACC
Jennifer
Biggs
Angelina
Sirak
Community College
of Beaver County
Reading Area
Community College
Luzerne County
Community College
Community College
of Beaver County
Bucks County
Community College
Community College of
Allegheny County
Ariel
Harro
Chelsea
Simonson
Lehigh Carbon
Community College
HACC
“I attend both [Montgomery County
Community College] and high school, and will
graduate from both in May only two weeks
from each other.”
Kendra Houck, Montgomery County Community College
congratulations
to the 2015
all-pa academic team
Pennsylvania Commission for
community colleges
“Throughout my degree process I transformed
from the student who sat in the corner scared
to speak into being VP of Phi Theta Kappa,
president of the political science club, president
of the National Honor Society of Psychology,
and the North American Ambassador to an
international institution.”
Steven Davanzo, Northampton Community College
Aaron
Rosengarten
Steven
Davanzo
silver Scholar
new century
Scholar
Gold Scholar
Montgomery County
Community College
Northampton
Community College
Kendra
Houck
Jennifer
Alspaugh
Cassie Gartin
Gold Scholar
Community College of
Allegheny County
Heidi
Hunsberger
Gold Scholar
Community College of
Allegheny County
Michael
Colarruso
Gold Scholar
Lehigh Carbon
Community College
Northampton
Community College
silver Scholar
Montgomery County
Community College
Carla Garis
Gold Scholar
Northampton
Community College
R. Patrick
Lehman
silver Scholar
Pennsylvania Highlands
Community College
About the All-PA Program
About the New Century Scholar
About the Coca-Cola Gold/Silver Scholars
Annually, the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges joins Phi Theta
Kappa to honor students who have been nominated to the All-PA Academic Team.
The All-PA Academic Team awards recognize exceptional students who have
achieved academic excellence and demonstrated a commitment to their colleges and
communities. These students represent the diversity of community colleges and are a
testament to the community colleges’ mission: to provide an accessible and affordable
path to higher education for all Pennsylvanians.
The student receiving the highest All-USA Community College Academic Team
application score in each state is named a Coca-Cola New Century Scholar. The
program annually recognizes 52 scholars with scholarships of $2,000 each.
The Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team recognizes high-achieving
two-year college students who demonstrate academic excellence and intellectual
rigor combined with leadership and service that extends their education beyond the
classroom to benefit society. The Gold Scholars will each receive $1,500 scholarships,
and the Silver Scholars will receive $1,250 scholarships. In 2015, eight PA students
received these prestigious awards and scholarships, including five Gold Scholars, which
represents 10% of the Gold Scholars nationwide.
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