{"id":2176,"date":"2024-04-30T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:48:02","slug":"southwest-virginia-community-college-student-named-coca-cola-gold-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/30\/southwest-virginia-community-college-student-named-coca-cola-gold-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Named Coca-Cola Gold Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RICHMOND, Va. \u00a0\u2013 Kelsey Messer, a Southwest Virginia Community College student and president of the Upsilon Upsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, has been recognized as one of fifty nationwide Coca-Cola Gold Scholars.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This award is part of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation program, which honors students nationwide, divided into Gold, Silver, and Bronze categories based on their academic excellence and leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messer, a Mental Health major and member of the Honors College who will graduate in May 2024, plans to pursue a career as a Licensed Professional Counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recognition occurred at the Phi Theta Kappa All-Virginia Academic Team luncheon in Richmond, where two other students from Southwest Virginia Community College, Isaac Wolford, a Radiologic Technology major, and Erin Sullivan, a General Studies major, were also nominated to the All-Virginia Academic Team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Kelsey-Messer-Isaac-Wolford-1024x598.jpeg\" alt=\"(Pictured L-R) Dr. Tommy Wright, President, SWCC, Isaac Wolford, Kelsey Messer, Dr. David Dor\u00e9, Chancellor, Virginia Community College System\" class=\"wp-image-2179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Kelsey-Messer-Isaac-Wolford-1024x598.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Kelsey-Messer-Isaac-Wolford-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Kelsey-Messer-Isaac-Wolford-768x448.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Kelsey-Messer-Isaac-Wolford-1536x896.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Kelsey-Messer-Isaac-Wolford.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Pictured L-R) Dr. Tommy Wright, President SWCC, Isaac Wolford, Kelsey Messer, Dr. David Dor\u00e9, Chancellor, Virginia Community College System<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are so proud of Kelsey for winning such a prestigious award. She has worked hard and certainly deserves the recognition. It has been an honor to work with her,\u201d said Hannah Hensley, Associate Professor of History and Faculty Co-Advisor of PTK at Southwest Virginia Community College. Faculty members Jacob Richardson and Julia Dotson, also serve as Co-Advisors to the Phi Theta Kappa chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About Phi Theta Kappa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) recognizes the academic achievement of college students and provides opportunities for its members to grow as scholars and leaders. Established in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa has a presence on almost 1,300 community college campuses in 11 nations. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) recognized Phi Theta Kappa as the official honor society for two-year colleges in 1929. More than 3.8 million students have been inducted since 1918, with approximately 250,000 active members in the nation\u2019s community colleges, making Phi Theta Kappa a true catalyst among members and colleges.&#8221;<\/em> (source: ptk.org)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND, Va. \u00a0\u2013 Kelsey Messer, a Southwest Virginia Community College student and president of the Upsilon Upsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, has been recognized as one of fifty nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[153,152,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-studies","category-mental-health","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.11 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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