Honors Assembly to recognize outstanding students
The 32nd annual Georgia Highlands College
Honors Assembly will be
held on Wednesday, April 21, at
7 p.m. in the Lakeview Building
on the main campus.
Dr. Randy Pierce, president
of Georgia Highlands College and Chris
Lundy, Student Engagement
Council chairperson, will make
opening remarks. John
Spranza, director of student
life, will be the master of ceremonies.
The Barbara Holden Floyd
Medical Center Auxiliary
Scholarship Award will be presented
to Kristina Maddox.
This award is for a freshmannursing
student, resident of
Floyd County, who has potential
for exemplary professional
service.
Terry Ingram will receive
the Redmond Regional Medical
Center Outstanding Nursing
Student Award. This award recognizes
competent clinical performance
and outstanding academic
achievement.
The Outstanding Academic
Achievement in Nursing Award
for the highest cumulative and
graduating grade point average
for a nursing student will go to
Teresa Velzy-Bowers, Elizabeth
Edwards and Christi
Thompson.
The Floyd Medical Center
Greatest Dedication and
Achievement in Nursing Award
will be presented to Julianna
S. Hunt, Amy Moon and
Steven Hyde. This award is for
students who have demonstrated
outstanding clinical
performance and dedication to
nursing.
Seventh District Georgia
Nursing Association's �Excellence
in Bedside Care� Award
will be presented to LaDean
Wise. The candidate for this
award is nominated by the
sophomore nursing class based
on competent clinical performance.
The award recognizes
the student who has demonstrated,
through his/her nursing
care, the most concern for
patients.
The Coosa Valley Home
Health Care Agency Award for
excellence in nursing and a
demonstrated interest in home
health will be presented to
Teresa Velzy-Bowers.
The Coosa Valley Home
Health Care Agency Outstanding
Nursing Student in Geriatrics
Award will be presented to
Lynn Hatcher. This award is
for students who demonstrate
the ability to work with aged
patients and their families in
the home and community.
Kristin R. Baumann will
receive the Sigma Phi Alpha
Award for being a dental hygiene
student who is a member
of the National Dental Hygiene
Honor Society and exhibits
high quality in academics and
character and demonstrates potential
for future growth and
attainment.
The inductees to the 2004
National Creative Society are
Atteka Abdou, Deanna
Adcock, Jennifer Lynn
Allen, Michael Atwater, Gilbert
Bailey, Lila Bramblett,
Nakia Brinson, Brandon
Buford, Rusty Causey, Sam
Chapman, J. Tyler Collum,
Amanda Cordle, Mike
Davis, Crystal Dean, Rob
Dellenback, Erin
Demesquita, Jeff Denmon,
Diane Diamond, Malinda
Dugger, Tabby Garrett,
Kristi Gilleland, Pierce
Gossett, Erin Gray, Josh
Grubb, Scott Hale, Georgia
Henderson, Jason Jennings,
Casey Jones, Daniel Klimek,
Lisa Lahti, Nicole Marion,
Chad Martin, LaShay
McBurnett, Jewayne Morgan,
Jason Sapp, Melissa
Shelnutt, Ken Shepherd,
Krishna Sisson, Jen Smith
and Sandy Watkins.
Amanda Welch will be the
recipient of the Dr. Melvin
Perry American Association of
University Professors Outstanding
Future Educator
Award. The award is presented
to students with a minimum
3.0 GPA who demonstrate an
aptitude for and commitment to
excellence in teaching.
The �Old Red Kimono� Creative
Writing Awards will go to
Nicole Marion (first place),
Mary Wheeler (second place)
and Carmen von Rohr (third
place). The �Old Red Kimono�
Art Awards will go to Ken
Shepherd (first place), Andrew
Dodd (second place) and
Tyler Morgan (third place).
The Georgia Highlands College Leadership
Award is for students who
have demonstrated exemplary
leadership in campus and community
activities while maintaining
high academic standards.
Bobby Moore and Bo
Bowling will receive the
award.
The Georgia Highlands College Spirit
Award will be presented to
Chris Lundy. This award is for
students who have shown dedication
to campus life, been active
in school and community
projects, and shown outstanding
promotion of school spirit.
The Who's Who Among Students
in American Junior Colleges
awards recognize students
for their service to the college
and community and their academic
average. The recipients
will be Atteka Abdou, Jennifer
Lynn Allen, Elizabeth
Ard, Vickie J. Beckler, Linda
Beuoy, Michael Bo Bowling,
Joy L. Cash, William Russell
Causey, Tracey Cawthon,
Melody S. Connor, Monty
Davis, Elizabeth Barbara
Edwards, Melinda Fitts,
Jennifer Franklin, Josh
Grubb, Scotty Hancock,
Aimee L. Harmison, Jan
Marie Hartness, Jesse
Hatcher, Mitchell Hewell,
Leah Honea, Sandy Gayle
House, Julianna S. Hunt,
Sonja Johnson, Lillian L.
Long, Jessica Lovell, William
Christopher Lundy,
Thanh Ly, Judith G.
MacDonald, Amanda L.
Mays, Candice McBurnett,
Mishaw J. Mersberger,
Angelle Mitchell, Robert
Adolphus Moore, Dustin
Neighbors, Julie Lee
Norton, Robbie Michelle
Ornay, Samantha Pierce,
Anila Roy, Serpentfoot, Lisa
Seymore, Krishna Anne
Sisson, Lawrence Smith,
Titus Smith, Tracie
Swanson, Christi Thompson,
Nathan Ryan Tucker,
Linda Turpin, Elizabeth
Wadsworth, Cassandra
Watkins, Michael Charles
Watson and Brooke Nicole
Worley.
The Community Criminal
Justice Award of Excellence
will be presented to Scotty
Hancock. The award recognizes
a student who has demonstrated
a commitment to embracing
and fostering higher
education in criminal justice,
dedication to community service
and a true sense of honor,
integrity and professionalism.
The Warren Akin IV Excellence
in English Studies Award,
which is given to a student who
has demonstrated excellence in
writing ability and personal interest
in literature and who has
at least a 3.0 GPA, will be given
to Heather Baker.
Samuel Isaac Bentley,
Corinne Allison Kersh, Nina
Rowe Eidson, Patrick
McManes Gerard and Amber
Orlena Payne will receive
the Regents' Test Essay Award
for making a perfect score of 4.0
on the Regents' Test Essay.
The Business Merit Award
will go to Bridgette Wallner
Dye. This award is given to a
business major who has completed
30 semester hours, maintained
a 3.4 GPA and exhibits
potential for success in the
business environment.
The Georgia Society of
CPA's Excellence Award will go
to Juan Segura for excellence
in the study of the principles of
accounting.
Christopher W. Chambers
will receive the History
Award. This award recognizes
excellence in the field of history.
Sonja Johnson will receive
the Jim McKeel Human Services
Achievement Award. This
award is given to students that
demonstrate commitment to
the field of Human Services and
are involved in volunteer experiences
and demonstrate a
genuine concern for the community.
Christopher W. Cox will
receive the Mathematics Award
for high achievement in mathematics
presented to the student
with the highest class average
in Calculus 2262 or 2263
as determined by mathematical
reasoning.
The Dr. Philip Dillard
Achievement Award honors
students who, in spite of disability,
are making achievements
in intellectual, social and
cultural endeavors or students
who enhance disability awareness
in the Georgia Highlands College Community
by demonstrating a desire
to educate and inform others
about disability issues
through such involvement as
participation in campus organizations
and activities and volunteer
services. Sandy
Watkins will receive this
award.
The United States Achievement
Academy Collegiate All-
American Scholar Awards recognize
high academic achievement.
The recipients will be
Elizabeth Ard, Jamie Lynn
Armstrong, Angela Michelle
Barnette, Kristin J.
Baumann, Sarah Elizabeth
Brockington, Joy L. Cash,
William Russell Causey,
Tracey H. Cawthon, Christopher
W. Cox, Teela
Antionette-Sanchez Davis,
Lottie Rose Duncan, Jennifer
Michelle Franklin, Elizabeth
Ann Frias, Kellilyn
June Gates, Sarah M.
Hepler, Julianna S. Hunt,
Clara Michelle Huskins,
Amy Kay Jackson, Renee
Janel Lamb, Lillian L. Long,
Jessica Lovell, Kristina
Lynn Maddox, Amanda S.
Mayo, Angelle Mitchell,
Robert Adolphus Moore,
Rebekah Danielle
Roaderick, Jessica Lynn
Rogers, Anila Joyce Roy,
Serpentfoot, Monica L.
Southern and Kristy
Breann Van Horn.
Atteka Abdou and Sam
Chapman will receive the
McCorkle Creative Society
Award. This award goes to a returning
student who excels in
one or more artistic areas of
prose, poetry, visual arts, theatrical
or musical performance
and who serves as a role model
to other students interested in
creative expression.
The Lovie Borchardt Memorial
Scholarship is presented to
an education major who has
promoted excellence in education
and is awarded by the Alpha
Delta Kappa educational
sorority. The recipient will be
announced at the Honors
Assembly.
The FELLOWs Achievement
Awards go to students
completing the Floyd Emerging
Leaders � Learn, Organize and
Win program on leadership development.
The recipients are
Phillip Breaux, Tyler Collum,
Megan Dixon,
Gwendolyn Dupree, Zella
Fleming, Ira Gonzalez, Jen
Henley, Amy Hughes, Andrew
Johnson, Brandy
Norris, Christie Oh, Titus
Smith, Penny Sutton and
Terae Thomas.
Rusty Causey will receive
the Outstanding Service as a
Peer Tutor Award. This award
is for a student who has served
for two or more semesters in
the Georgia Highlands College Tutorial Center
and demonstrates the ability
to take on a leadership role.
The Board of Regents Academic
Excellence Recognition
Award will be presented to Joy
L. Cash. This award is given
to a student who has demonstrated
outstanding academic
and scholastic achievement.
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