TVCC’s Iota Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honorary society for two-year colleges, inducted 23 new members in a candle lighting ceremony held in the Athens Student Union Building Ballroom on Sunday, Aug. 9. Those inducted were Dixon Baird of Malakoff; Kimberlin Berger of Tennessee Colony; Dakota Chappell, Mitchell Morgan and Joshua Weeks of Crandall; Emily Cooper and John Riley of Terrell; Anna Decker of Nacogdoches; Kyle Dennie of Mabank; Amy Dill of Lone Oak; Sierra Franklin, Matthew Hernandez, Linicia Humphrey, Brian Lookabaugh, Kyra Pace, Gabrielle Toon and Will Van-Dusen of Athens; Richard “Kai” Hammon and Ganiyot Ayomide Owodunni of Palestine; Douglas Hayden and Eddie Wilson of Wills Point; Hannah Hernandez of Eustace and Haylee Smith of Cayuga. A reception followed for the inductees and approximately 100 guests.