Phi Theta Kappa Member of the Month

Coffeyville Community College (CCC) student, Ashley Golden of Independence, Kan. has been selected as a Guistwhite Scholar of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.  She is one of only 20 students selected from over 500 applicants and the second Scholar CCC has called one of its own in the past two years. 

Guistwhite Scholars are awarded $5,000 scholarships to assist them in completing their baccalaureate degrees.  High academic standards must be met and retained for Scholars to receive the scholarship.

”The scholarship, in addition to the others I’ve received, means I should be able to go to Texas A&M Commerce for free,” said Golden.  “I save a lot of money by coming to Coffeyville first and it gave me the opportunities to earn money for a four year degree.” 

Golden was also named the CCC Phi Theta Kappa Member of the Month for February.  She serves as the President and is active in fundraising for the Relay for Life among other club functions. 

Golden will graduate in May from CCC and will begin an aeronautics degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the fall.

Brooke Bradbury of Fort Scott, Kan. was named the Coffeyville Community College (CCC) Phi Theta Kappa Student of the Month.  Bradbury is a sophomore pre-veterinary science major.  She attends CCC on a Presidential Scholarship and currently has a 3.9 grade point average. 

“It will be a 4.0 by the time I graduate,” she said. 

Brooke is a member of the CCC Livestock Judging Team, Vice President of Communications for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Vice President of the Collegiate Farm Bureau club and the reporter for the Aggie Club’s Horticulture, Cattlemen and Cattlewomen and Block and Bridle Clubs.   

Bradbury will graduate from CCC in May and plans to continue her education at Kansas State.  She hopes to one day have a mixed animal practice in Kansas.

Michael Steen of Coffeyville, Kan. was selected at the October Coffeyville Community College (CCC) Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Student of the Month.  A sophomore at CCC, Steen is studying Computer Network Program at the Coffeyville Technical Campus.  He will graduate in May and plans to attend a four-year university to continue his education in computer science.  Steen plans to work one day in the information technology field. 

Steen is the Vice President of Fellowship in the PTK organization.  “I enjoy PTK,” he said. “It is fun and there are a lot of benefits to being involved.”  Steen chose CCC because he “is a Coffeyvillian”.  When he is not in class or helping with PTK activities Steen works at K&S Oil.

Tori Loomis of Coffeyville, Kan. was named the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member of the Month.  A pre-marketing major, Loomis graduated in May 2006 with an Associate of Arts degree from Coffeyville Community College (CCC).  She is currently taking transfer courses at CCC until December when she will transfer to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, Calif.  Loomis earned a Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship that will apply $4,000 a year to her tuition in California.  She will finish her degree from the Fashion Institute in 2008 and hopes to work as a promoter of clubs and underground musicians and artists. 

Loomis is active in the CCC Phi Theta Kappa Eta Gamma Chapter and serves as its Vice President of Service.  Loomis is also a member of the Student Government Association and a tutor in the CCC Learning Lab.