Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region recognized students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and leadership during its commencement ceremony Friday.
Phillips
Genevieve Phillips, Noblesville, who is graduating with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Medical Assisting, was honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence.
Phillips was selected from those students nominated for the Dean’s Award in each program who have a 3.75 grade point average or higher. Phillips’s GPA was a perfect 4.0. Other considerations for this award include leadership, community service and school involvement.
In nominating Phillips for the honor, Medical Assisting Program Chair Kathy Bunker described her as a leader in class, always willing to assist classmates and professional in interacting with instructors. She outlined Phillips’s many activities, including service as president of Ivy Tech Kokomo’s Alpha Pi Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honorary for community colleges, and as student representative on the Medical Assisting Advisory Board. Phillips also was one of two students who represented Ivy Tech Kokomo at the Indiana Academy of Science annual meeting this spring where they presented their microbiology research.
Outside of the classroom, Phillips has been active in her community, as a member of the Noblesville Adult Swim Team and a USA Swimming official for club-level swimming. She has served as a team parent for a son’s baseball team, volunteered for a daughter’s youth theater program, and been a volunteer grant writer for several school corporations. She credits Ivy Tech for offering the support she needed to successfully balance her educational life with her personal life that includes a husband and four children who range in age from 13 to 23.
Dean’s Awards honor students who are selected by the faculty chair for each program as the program’s outstanding graduate. Locally, Kari Totten, Noblesville, received the Dean’s Award for 2019 for Nursing.