Anoka-Ramsey Community College was well represented at the Minnesota Academic Team Recognition Ceremony, where three students were named to the All-State Team. Coon Rapids campus students Anneka Blum, Blaine, Minn. and Michelle Deziel, Coon Rapids, Minn., and Cambridge campus student Carolyn Fors, Mora, Minn. were honored during the event on April 25 at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Chanhassen, Minn.

Anneka Blum is congratulated for being named part of the All-State Academic Team by Ronald Thomas, President Dakota County Technical College and the Minnesota Presidential Ambassador for Phi Theta Kappa, left, and Gordy Wax, Phi Theta Kappa advisor at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. Blum is a Chemistry/Biochemistry major with a 4.0 G.P.A.

Carolyn Fors of Mora, Minn. is a student at the Cambridge campus of Anoka-Ramsey Community College. She was named to the All-State Academic team and maintains a 4.0 G.P.A in her law courses.

Only two students from each two-year college campus can be nominated for the All-State Team. To be eligible, students must be enrolled at a Minnesota two-year college and expecting to graduate during the 2002-2003 academic year. The nominees must have accumulated at least 12 semester credits and have a G.P.A. between 3.25 and 4.0 in credit work at a Minnesota two-year college. Winners are selected on the basis of biographical information, letters of recommendation, academic performance, demonstration of leadership, and campus and community service. Selection is also based on a 500-word essay.

As part of the All-State team, Blum, Deziel and Fors are automatically considered for placement on the All-USA Team. The academic award program is a segment of the USA Today All-USA Team Program, which is sponsored annually by Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society.

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