The
Michigan Region Convention was hosted by Alpha Tau
Alpha of Montcalm Community College in Sidney,
MI, from May 20-22. The Headquarters guests were Garon Tate and Brandon Marsh. The
Regional Coordinator is Tom
Obee.
First Runner-up: Zohar Aliya,
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm 
Community
College, Sidney,
MI
Winner: Pamelia O’Connor-Waldecker,
Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Second Runner-up: Daniela Palici,
Amanda Crockett, Mary Yabut, Elvisa
Salkic, Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community College,
Warren and Clinton Township, MI
First Runner-up: Megan Piwowar,
Omicron Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI
Winner: Beth Scheid,
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
Mi
Winner: Pamelia O’Connor-Waldecker,
Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Tie for First Runner-Up: Jessica Buchanan,
Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
MI
Cassandra Baumann, Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Winner: Heidi Simpson, Mu Tau, Lansing Community
College, Lansing,
MI
Ø
Drawing/Painting, Black and White:
Ashley Cannon,
Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
MI,
for “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep”
Ø
Drawing/Painting, Color:
Melissa Miron,
Alpha Xi Delta, Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba,
MI,
for “Tatoo”
Shona Drake,
Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
MI
Ø Sculpture/Soft Sculpture:
Catherine Martin,
Alpha Nu Eta, Kellogg Community
College, Battle
Creek, MI
Ø Distinguished Chapter Member Awards:
Pamelia O’Connor-Waldecker,
Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
& Clinton Township,
MI
Zohar Aliya,
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI
Brenda Penix,
Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
MI
Ø
Distinguished Chapter Officer Awards:
Roger Hammonds,
Omicron Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI
Melissa
Lowell-Pokorski,
Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Heidi Simpson, Mu Tau, Lansing Community
College, Lansing,
MI
Ø
Distinguished Chapter President Awards
Patricia Dettloff, Beta
Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Stephanie Hirschy,
Beta Gamma Alpha, Washtenaw Community
College, Ann
Arbor, MI
Douglas Campbell,
Lambda Mu, St. Clair County Community College, Port
Huron, MI
Ø Distinguished Alumni Award:
Leslie Goudreau,
President, Blue Water Alumni Association (formerly SC4 PTK Alumni Ass’n)Nominated by Lambda Mu
Chapter, St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron MI
Ø The Thomas Obee Scholarship Award ($250.00
each):
Laura Crawford,
Lambda Mu, St. Clair County Community College, Port
Huron, MI
Mary Griffore-Wilson,
Alpha Rho
Pi, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
Ø
The Susan Friedrich Memorial
Scholarship ($250.00):
Wendy Zeigler,
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Traverse
City, MI
(Awarded to the candidate who most clearly
represented the values of Phi Theta Kappa over personal gain. Voted on only by the
officer candidates. Involves two
free registrations to the next Michigan Regional Convention): Brandi Casciotti, Mu Tau, Lansing Community
College, Lansing
Ø Michigan Region Coordinator Awards
for Outstanding Service to the Region and/or a Chapter:
Joseph Shaw, Advisor, Alpha Xi
Delta, Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, MI,
and Member of the Advisory Board (for Distinguished Service to the Region and
to the Regional Coordinator)
Kari Kahler,
Advisor, Alpha Rho Pi, Northwestern Michigan College,
Traverse City, MI, and Member of the Advisory Board (for Distinguished Service
to the Region and to the Regional Coordinator)
Sherry Springer,
Advisor, Omicron Iota, and Advisor, Michigan
Region Alumni Association, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI (for
Distinguished Service to the Region)
Richard Trombley, Advisor,
Alpha Omicron Xi, Oakland Community College-Orchard Ridge, Farmington, MI,
Member of the Advisory Board, and Chair of the Leadership Committee (for Distinguished Service to the Region and
to the Regional Coordinator)
Michelle Casanova,
Advisor, Alpha Omicron Rho, Oakland Community
College, Auburn Hills-Auburn Hills, MI
(for taking her chapter from Three Stars to Five Stars)
Carolyn Verla,
Alumni Representative on the Regional Board, Alumna of Omicron Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI
(for Distinguished Service to the Region)
Tom Ray, Nu Omicron, Alpena Community
College, Alpena,
MI (for
re-invigorating his chapter)
Dr. Mark Ott,
Alpha Rho Lambda, Jackson Community
College (for reinvigorating his
chapter)
Debra Alexander,
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College (for distinguished
service to the Region) Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI (for
distinguished service to the Region)
Ø
Regional Lifetime Award:
(for
a retiring administrator who has given distinguished service to a chapter or
the Region):
No Entry
Ø Regional Award of Distinction:
(for
a continuing administrator who has provided significant support for a chapter
or the Region): No Entry
Ø Advisor
Paragon Awards:
Lynne Morrison, Alpha
Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI
Michelle Casanova,
Alpha Omicron Rho, Oakland Community College-Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
Joseph A. Shaw,
Alpha Xi Delta, Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, MI
Ø Distinguished
Advisor Awards:
Helene Habib, Alpha Omicron Xi, Oakland
Community College-Orchard Ridge, Farmington Hills, MI
Diane Wisnewski, Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community College, Warren and Clinton Township, MI
Ø
Continued Excellence Advisor Award:
Kari Kahler,
Alpha Rho Pi,
Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
Tom Ray, Nu Omicron, Alpena Community
College, Alpena,
MI
Joseph Shaw,
Alpha Xi Delta, Bay de Noc Community College,
Escanaba, Mi
Dr. Mark Ott,
Alpha Rho
Lambda, Jackson Community
College, Jackson,
Mi
Lynne Morrison,
Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
Mi
Terah Zaremba,
Alpha Nu Eta, Kellogg Community
College, Battle
Creek, MI
Jennifer Lock, Mu Tau, Lansing Community
College, Lansing,
MI
Diane Wisnewski, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Niky
Bean, Alpha Omicron Omicron, Mid-Michigan Community
College, Harrison
and Clare,
MI
Debra Alexander,
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
Mi
Kari Kahler,
Alpha Rho
Pi, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
Richard Trombley,
Alpha Omicron Xi, Oakland Community College-Orchard Ridge, Farmington
Hills, MI
Helene Habib,
Alpha Omicron Xi, Oakland Community College-Orchard Ridge, Farmington
Hills, MI
Michelle Casanova,
Alpha Omicron Rho,
Oakland Community College-Auburn Hills, Auburn
Hills, MI
Sherry Springer,
Omicron Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI
Heather Byrne,
Beta Gamma Alpha, Washtenaw Community
College, Ann
Arbor, MI
Liz Chamberlain,
Alpha Upsilon Zeta, Wayne County Community
College, Detroit,
MI
Earlene Williams,
Alpha Upsilon Zeta, Wayne County Community
College, Detroit,
Mi
Ø
International Award -hosting the 2004-05 MI Regional
Convention
Alpha Tau Alpha, Moncalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI
Ø
Regional Challenge Awards (“The Hunt for Popular
Culture”), $100 each:
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI
Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
MI
Ø
Regional Contest Winners (“The Capin’ Challenge,”
Jones Soda):
$50, Lambda Mu,
St. Clair County Community College, Port
Huron, MI
$100, Alpha Xi Delta, Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba and Kingsford,
MI
$150, Alpha Xi Mu,
Henry Ford Community
College, Dearborn,
MI
Ø Regional Yearbook Awards:
First
Place: Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
Mi
First Runner-up: Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Second Runner-Up: Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI
Ø Chapter Milestone Awards
(chapters having made the greatest progress in the past
year):
Mu Tau, Lansing Community
College, Lansing,
MI
Alpha Omicron Rho,
Oakland Community College-Auburn Hills, Auburn
Hills, MI
Alpha Rho
Lambda, Jackson Community
College, Jackson,
MI
Ø
Fellowship Hallmark Awards:
Winner: Alpha Rho Nu, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kalamazoo,
MI
First Runner-Up:
Alpha Rho
Pi, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
Second Runner-Up: Lambda Mu, St.
Clair County Community College, Port
Huron, MI
Third Runner-Up: Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Ø
Service Hallmark Awards:
Winner:
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI
(Scholarship to International Honors Institute)
First Runner-Up: Alpha Rho
Pi, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
Second Runner-Up:
Lambda Mu, St. Clair County Community College, Port
Huron, MI
Third Runner-Up:
Beta Gamma Alpha, Washtenaw Community
College, Ann
Arbor, Mi
Ø
Leadership Hallmark Awards:
Winner: Alpha Rho
Pi, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
First Runner-Up: Lambda Mu, St.
Clair County Community College, Port
Huron, MI
Second Runner-Up:
Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Third Runner-Up:
Omicron Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI
Ø
Scholarship Hallmark Awards:
Winner: Lambda Mu, St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI
First Runner-Up: Alpha Omicron Xi, Oakland Community College-Orchard Ridge, Farmington Hills, MI
Second Runner-Up: Beta Lambda Kappa, Macomb Community College, Warren and Clinton Township, MI
Third Runner-Up: Omicron
Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI
ØContinued Excellence Chapter Award:
Lambda Mu, St. Clair
County Community College, Port Huron,
MI
ØMost Distinguished Chapters
(excluding Continued Excellence Chapters)
Winner:
Alpha Rho
Pi, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse
City, MI
First
Runner-Up: Beta Lambda
Kappa, Macomb Community
College, Warren
and Clinton Township,
MI
Second Runner-Up: Omicron Iota, Schoolcraft College, Livonia,
MI;
Third Runner-Up: (Tie)
Alpha Tau Alpha, Montcalm Community
College, Sidney,
MI
Alpha Omicron Xi, Oakland Community College-Orchard
Ridge, Farmington Hills,
MI