BCC students will be honored for acceptance into All-Massachusetts Academic Team

Awards presented by Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society

Berkshire Community College (BCC) students, Travis Costello and Jimmy Phan, were recently nominated to the All-USA Academic Team. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and community college presidents co-sponsor All-State Academic Team recognition programs in 38 states each year.

Students nominated to the national All-USA Academic Team are automatically named to the All-State Academic teams. To be eligible for nomination, students must have earned a minimum cumulative college-level GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale.

Each year, BCC can nominate two students to the All-USA Academic Team. High achieving students are recognized for their academic and intellectual rigor combined with leadership and service that extends their education beyond the classroom. This years’ nominees are Travis Costello and Jimmy Phan. Phan is a Student Ambassador, a member of Phi Theta Kappa, a Green Team member, a Student Government Association member, and has performed as Burke, the BCC mascot.  Costello is the BCC Student Trustee, a Phi Theta Kappa officer, a member of the TRiO program, among other extra-curricular opportunities.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Phi Theta Kappa All-Massachusetts Academic Team ceremony originally scheduled for April 8, 2020 at the State House has been cancelled. All public events at the State House are on hold for the foreseeable future. However, the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges will still recognize the outstanding and exemplary students that make up the 2020 PTK All-MA Academic Team in lieu of the in-person State House event.

PTK Community College Excellence Week, a communications campaign over a five-day period (Monday-Friday), will highlight the student members of the All-Massachusetts Academic Team (36 students) for their outstanding academic achievement and student service, starting Monday, April 27, 2020.