Phi ThanKs

Saturday, I joined twelve of our Phi Theta Kappa students from our Alpha Alpha Iota chapter, along with Karen Hedgepeth and Mark Ulseth, as we cleaned Springsteen Road. It was a great encouragement to me for so many of our students to come out and participate. The students who were there were:

Doris Kasprak
Stacey Hill
Jamie Boone
Jennifer Bell
Vicki Pennington
Elizabeth Palmisano
Joe Green
Shannon Gardner
Stephen Medlin
Patricia Celley
Diane McBride
Darrell Hyatt

They were enthusiastic about the roadside cleaning and their work at the College. My thanks go out to all of them, their sponsors Karen Hedgepeth and Bill Bass and all the members of our PTK. I had a chance to catch up with Patricia Celley who was PTK president last year. She went through a tough time recently with the after effects of a car accident and had to withdraw for a while. She told me she was in a good place now and on track to graduate this spring. I also had a chance to talk with our current PTK president, Jamie Boone. Jamie has volunteered to participate as a learning coach in a project led by Taunya Paul to help students with learning skills. Jamie blew me away with her insight into the paradigm many of our students are in who are failing but don’t seek out assistance. My time with all of them reminded me how thankful I am for York Tech and all the people who make it happen. You are doing amazing things every day in a real, bold and better way.