Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) will recognize 18 community college presidents with the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction during PTK Catalyst 2019, the Society’s annual convention, April 4-6 in Orlando, Florida.
These awards are given to college presidents who have shown strong support of student success on their campus by recognizing academic achievement, leadership, and service among high-achieving students at their colleges. Recipients are nominated by students on their campus and are only eligible to receive the award once over the course of their career.
The Shirley B. Gordon Award is Phi Theta Kappa’s most prestigious award for community college presidents and is named in honor of the late Dr. Shirley B. Gordon, Phi Theta Kappa’s longest-serving Board of Directors Chair and a founder and long-time president of Highline Community College in Washington. The 2019 recipients are:
Dr. Pam Anglin
Paris Junior College
Texas
Dr. John Cox
Cape Cod Community College
Massachusetts
Dr. Jack Daniels III
Madison Area Technical College
Wisconsin
Dr. John Downey
Blue Ridge Community College
Virginia
Dr. Algie Gatewood
Alamance Community College
North Carolina
Dr. Zachary Hodges
Houston Community College Northwest
Texas
Dr. Todd Holcomb
Western Nebraska Community College
Nebraska
Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Arkansas
Dr. Vicki Karolewics
Wallace State Community College
Alabama
Dr. Frederick Keating
Rowan College at Gloucester County
New Jersey
Dr. Joel Kinnamon
College of the Desert
California
Dr. Dan Kinney
Iowa Western Community College
Iowa
Dr. Ronald Kraft
Napa Valley College
California
Dr. Shari Olson
South Mountain Community College
Arizona
Dr. Bill Path
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
Oklahoma
Dr. William Serrata
El Paso Community College
Texas
Dr. Billy Stewart
East Central Community College
Mississippi
Dr. Christopher Whaley
Roane State Community College
Tennessee
