Wednesday, April 13, 2016

LOGANSPORT IVY TECH STUDENTS AWARDED AT NERDNATION 2016 CONFERENCE

A group of Ivy Tech Community College students and faculty members from the Kokomo Region are back after a very successful trip to NerdNation 2016, the annual convention of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society in National Harbor, Maryland. Ivy Tech students and faculty from Kokomo and Logansport were honored with several awards during conference, which took place April 7th through April 9th.. Carrie Sherer of Logansport, president of Beta Gamma Zeta Chapter, was one of 30 Phi Theta Kappa members from around the world honored with the Distinguished Chapter Officer Award.

Officer teams from Kokomo Region’s Beta Gamma Zeta Chapter in Logansport were among 30 chapter officer teams honored with the Distinguished Chapter Officer Team Award. Members of the winning teams from Kokomo Region included Logansport residents Bryan Martinez, Debra Powers, and Carrie Sherer. Logansport’s Beta Gamma Zeta Chapter also was honored with four chapter awards, including Distinguished Honors in Action Award, Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award, and Distinguished Chapter Award. The chapter also was named fourth runner-up for the Most Distinguished chapter in Phi Theta Kappa, making it the fifth-ranked chapter out of 1,285 chapters worldwide.