BCC Students to be Inducted Into National Honor Society

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College will hold an induction ceremony for students joining the Xi Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on Tuesday, April 24 at 12:30 p.m. in the Boland Theatre of the Koussevitzky Arts Center on the college's main campus in Pittsfield.

Phi Theta Kappa is the national honor society of junior and community colleges in the United States. The purpose of the society is to recognize and encourage scholarship among students.

To be eligible for membership, students with freshman standing (12 to 29 credits) must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 or better. Students with a sophomore standing (30 or more credits) must have achieved a cumulative average of 3.6 or better.

The inductees from Massachusetts are:

Adams
: Alexandria Brandon, Sonia McWhirt, Kelsy Pero

Cheshire: Melissa Pantano, Kia Yang

Dalton: Magdelin Bennett, Deidre Brainerd, Hayden Cantoni, Rachel Zink-Kavey

Great Barrington: Sophie Shrum, Andrew Turnbough

Haverhill: Abigail Shin

Hinsdale: Patricia O'Brien

Housatonic: Ryan Higgins

Lanesborough: Alexander Kusick, Nicholas Vlahopoulos



Lee: Emma Bartini, Tyler Buratto, Jakob Touponce

Lenox: Marybelle Burns, Kaung Htay, Jill Wollins, Jessica Zamboni

North Adams: Timothy Brames, Nicole Maloney, Stephanie Rogers          

Pittsfield: Kevin Beaulieu, Laura Burgess, Brittney Collins, Rebecca Cook, Hannah Dargi-Cartelli, Lauren Eichorn, John Fontaine, Adlai Greene, Thomas Gwinnell, Carly Holmes, Jisen Hu, Demid Karpov, Zhiling Liang, Bridget Mara-Williams, Coral Marine, Lubia Martinez, Mathieu Moreau, Thien Nguyen, Pamela Preston, Jackie Rosario, Lindsey Schnopp, Gabriel Schultheis, Linda Segarra, Lee Sotis, Carmen Villalobos Guevara, Joseph Williams, Soncere Williams

Savoy: Caleb Keels

Sheffield: Jessica Abbott

Tyringham: April Curtin

West Stockbridge: America Lopez

The inductees from neighboring New York state are:

East Nassau:
Devin Feathers

Spencertown: Kate VanAlstyne

 


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Pittsfield Traffic and Parking Restrictions for First Fridays at Five

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City of Pittsfield, along with Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will be hosting a brand new event - First Fridays at Five – on May 3 from 5 to 8 p.m.
 
Be aware that North Street will be closed from Park Square to Depot Street from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 3.
 
Drivers are asked to seek alternate routes during this timeframe and follow appropriate detours. In addition, a parking restriction will be in place on North Street between Park Square to Depot Street starting at 2 p.m.
 
First Fridays at Five will include artist opening receptions; a community walk with NAMI; live music on the city stage; a family fun zone; artisan vendors; fire dancing at Persip Park; art demonstrations; a beer garden at Hot Plate Brewing and much more.
 
Go to LovePittsfield.com for a full list of activities.
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