BCC Students to Be Inducted Into National Honor Society

05:43PM / Tuesday, May 05, 2020Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College will hold a virtual induction ceremony for students joining the Xi Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on Wednesday, May 6, at 2 p.m., via Zoom.

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 include: Philip Baruch, Alecia Briggs, Brianna Christman, Liza Citron, Nancy Collins, Lisa Cook, Elena Dichiara, Alison Drozd, Alyssa Dunham, Stacey Ellery, Denise Foss, Lior Gazit, Lauren Gregory, Meghan Griffith, Nicole Haas, Jill Hersey, Theresa Kelly, Alexis Klemansky, Viviane Komenda-Scherer, Nicole Kotsos, Kristen Lee-Caro, Chelsea Mason-Basiliere, Irma Nivelo, Jack O’Meara, Dawn O’Neil, Jacqueline Pekosz, Theresa Quagliano, Erin Redd, Samantha Rodriquez, Elizabeth Russell, Hannah Shmulsky, Lisa Soucy, Colleen Sullivan, Julia Troie, Mary Wilson and Madeline Zelazo.

Established by Missouri two-year college presidents in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society serves to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through honors, leadership, and service programming. Today, Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 2.5 million members and 1,275 chapters located in 50 United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, Germany, Peru, the British Virgin Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the United Arab Emirates. In 1929, the American Association of Community Colleges recognized Phi Theta Kappa as the official honor society for two-year colleges.

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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

06:38AM / Wednesday, December 24, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.

The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner.

This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.

They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.

Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system.

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