Coffeyville Community College’s Colter Comstock and Reina Garcia joined 46 of their peers when Kansas saluted the 48 community college scholars for their academic accomplishments during the Twenty-First Annual Phi Theta Kappa Honors Luncheon on Feb. 11. The event took place at the Ramada Inn Hotel, in Topeka.
 
Comstock served as president of the Eta Gamma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and Vice President of Correspondence for the Kansas Region. At CCC, Comstock has been a head student athletic trainer and participant in the Agriculture Club. He represented the student body on the college’s Strategic Planning Committee. In the community, Comstock has served as a docent at the Dalton Defenders Museum and assisted with projects at the Brown Mansion. Colter is from Caney.

Garcia serves the Eta Gamma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa as Vice President of Membership. She also serves as co-captain of the CCC volleyball team where she was named to the All-Conference Academic First Team. Garcia tutors at Coffeyville Community Elementary School as well as the college Student Success Center. She has participated in international services projects such as Operation Christmas Child. She is from Topeka.

Phi Theta Kappa is the honor society for students attending community and two-year colleges. Membership is based on high grade point averages and other criteria, with members focusing on scholastic achievement and service to community and campus. These 48 student scholars are part of a statewide student body of more than 123,000 students enrolled at the 19 Kansas community colleges.

Each scholar was selected by his or her own community college for the annual statewide academic team, and were presented with medallions, certificates, and scholarship awards for the Presidents’ and Trustees’ organizations at the Luncheon.  Each scholar also is a nominee for the 2016 All-USA Academic Team, sponsored by the newspaper USA Today, Phi Theta Kappa, and the American Association of Community Colleges. First team members will receive a $2,500 stipend and will be featured along with second and third team members in USA Today. Names of the students will be placed on the Society's website, www.ptk.org.