Sixty-one academically outstanding students were inducted November 30 into Gateway Community College’s (GCC) Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society in a ceremony at the Church Street campus.

The mission of the Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize and encourage the academic success of students attending two-year colleges. Members have the opportunity to participate in honors and leadership programs, community service and fellowship programming. Students who are inducted have completed 12 hours of course work while achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

The following GCC students were inducted into the prestigious society Friday evening:

Britzia Suarez, Ansonia; Thomas Socha, Beacon Falls; Cochi Shavit, Bethany; Jesse Gordon, Branford; Vinaliben Patel, Branford; Alyssa Rafter, Branford; Claudio Rojas-Verde, Branford; Alexandra Snyder, Branford; Shelby Richitelli, Clinton; Joseph Cusano, East Haven; Anita Lewis, East Haven; Karina Morales; East Haven; Amy Pantano, East Haven; Jillian Piscitelli, East Haven; Robert Arbuckle, Guilford; Marne Delgado, Hamden; David Morganelli, Hamden; William Caleb N’Doua, Hamden; Adjoa Nyarko, Hamden; Paola Suazo, Hamden; Catherine Cyr, Killingworth; Elizabeth Wilson, Madison; Rachid Yaghzar, Meriden; Meredith Giblin, Middletown; Larissa DelVecchio, Milford; Pauline D’Orsi, Milford; Audrey Meyers, Milford; Kyle Rogers, Milford; Steven Schwartzenberg, Milford; Katy Barnett, New Haven; Penny Blauvelt, New Haven; Kelli Gorman, New Haven; Aquila Hatcher, New Haven; Brigitta Henderson, New Haven; Teri Howell, New Haven; Joseph Libretti, New Haven; Frances Ogudebe, New Haven; Nicole Vanterpool, New Haven; Connor Smith, North Branford; Mark Cassella, North Haven; Irene Furnival, North Haven; Bryan Bennica, Northford; Luke Schettenhelm, Orange; Paula Warncke, Orange; Abdelmohssen Eldeftar, Shelton; Katherine Treschitta, Shelton; JoAnn Welsh, Shelton; Mark Marotto, Stratford; Andrea DeRusso, Wallingford; Joseph Lafleur, Wallingford; Kelly Read, Wallingford; Amanda Hurdle, Waterbury; Jennifer Bennett, West Haven; Michelle Dahr, West Haven; Ashley Dufreny, West Haven; Jeffrey Hurlburt, West Haven; Vimary Parra, West Haven; Joshua Stratoudakis, West Haven; Danielle Campbell, Whitneyville; James Weaver III, Whitneyville; Michael Boyle, Woodbridge.

GCC congratulates all the inductees.