The following Lehigh Carbon Community College students were recently inducted into Alpha Omicron Alpha, the college’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the national honor society for two-year colleges. The following local students were honored.

Albrightsville: Rachel Kempton.

Bowmanstown: Makayla Muffley.

Danielsville: Ashley Badesso.

Jim Thorpe: Max Allaham, Christian Bradley and Brianna Swinkowski.

Kunkletown: Lauren Rehrig.

Lansford: Samantha Whitehead.

Lehighton: Madison Cressley, Luke Engler, Haley Fritz, Callie Hayman, Joe Neff and Tonya Peddigree.

McAdoo: Olivia Onore.

New Ringgold: Ashley Foux.

New Tripoli: Morgan Werley.

Orwigsburg: Tara Brown.

Palmerton: Maddison Beahm.

Slatington: Tara Becker, Katie Muth and Trinity Packard.

Tamaqua: Sarah Hartzell, Emma Hope and Gretchen Pucklavage.

Walnutport: Adiah Amadou and Stefanie Lotti.

Phi Theta Kappa is the only nationally acclaimed honor society serving two-year colleges, which offers associate degree programs. Membership into Phi Theta Kappa is by invitation only. To be considered, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree program, have completed at least 12 credit hours of coursework, have established a minimum grade-point average of 3.5, have established a record of academic excellence as judged by the faculty, and be of good moral character and possess recognized qualities of citizenship.