CCC Student From Cherry Hill Accepted To National Honors Society

CHERRY HILL, NJ — A Camden County College student from Cherry Hill has been accepted to the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society All-State Academic Team for New Jersey, the college announced.

Claudia Jablonski was one of 38 students in the state who earned entry into the society. Camden County College student Rebecca Keeny, of Turnersville, was also accepted.

Each year, Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community colleges, and two-year college presidents hold All-State Academic Team ceremonies in each participating state. The event, sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, the Coca-Cola Foundation, and the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), provides community college students statewide recognition from policymakers and legislators, as well as medallions and certificates, and in many cases, scholarships.

Jablonski will receive her associate’s degree in pre-nursing from Camden County College in May, and will continue her studies at Camden County College in the Rutgers-Newark nursing program. Jablonski was an NJSTAR and a CCC Honors program student. She hopes to attain a master’s degree in the future.

She was Vice President of Service for Phi Theta Kappa and a William G. Rohrer Charitable Foundation Transfer Scholarship recipient. Jablonski also spent every Friday for the past two years, volunteering at Jefferson Hospital.

Keeny earned her associate’s degree in mathematics from Camden County College last year and has been a student at Drexel University for one term. A finance major at Drexel, she plans to work in treasury one day.

“I am the first person in my family to graduate college, and I am very proud of that,” said Keeny, who attended the PTK event with her niece.

While earning her degree at Camden County College, Keeny was Vice President of Leadership in Phi Theta Kappa, a member of the mathematics honor society, Alpha Nu Mu, as well as a volunteer for the AWA, Unforgotten Haven, and the MS society.

She was also a Math and English tutor and maintained a job at Starbucks. Keeny won the prestigious Miller Mathematics Award for Excellence in Mathematics and the Rising Alumni Award and was on the permanent President’s List. She was also named an ALL USA Academic Team candidate for PTK.

The attached images were provided by Camden County College

Photo 1: Camden County College students Rebecca Keeny, of Turnersville, and Claudia Jablonski, of Cherry Hill, were recognized for their exceptional academic accomplishments by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges on May 3, during the 24th annual Phi Theta Kappa Day (PTK) celebration in Trenton.

Photo 2: CCC President, Don Borden, Rebecca Keeny, CCC Trustee, Helen Albright-Troxell, Claudia Jablonski, and PTK advisor and CCC physics professor, David Nugiel.