NEMCC HONOR SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – Officers of Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Iota Zeta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently prepared shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Officers of the honor society pictured working on the boxes are Jenna Cutshall, Iuka, historian; Brianna Barnett, Iuka, vice president of leadership; Jennifer Nabors, Ripley, and Dustin Moody, Booneville, co- vice presidents of scholarship; Chris Prather, Corinth, vice president of fellowship; Brittany Whisenant, Booneville, recording secretary; and Rebecca Wanner, Booneville, vice president of service.

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than two million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually. Recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges, Phi Theta Kappa is the official honor society of two-year colleges. Northeast’s Iota Zeta chapter is a “Five Star” chapter, the highest rating given any chapter. It is open to students enrolled full-time who maintain a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.