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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: May 15, 2002 |
Community Colleges Honor Academic Excellence Award Recipients
RALEIGH: The North Carolina Community College System honored 118 high achievers from the 58 community colleges and the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology. The students, selected by the colleges, were recognized for their accomplishments at a ceremony on May 14. NCCCS President H. Martin Lancaster, State Board of Community Colleges Chair James J. Woody and Dr. James Owen, President of the North Carolina Association of Community College Presidents, participated in the tribute to the students.
The goal of the Academic Excellence Award is to recognize excellence and encourage scholarship among the more than 780,000 students of the NCCCS. The students selected at each institution have set the highest possible goals and attained the pinnacle of academic success in the Community College System. A complete list of recipients is attached.
Three students were selected to represent the group by presenting their personal community college stories as part of the ceremony. Each student had a very different experience but shared similar feelings about their respective community colleges. (Their speeches are attached.)
Allen Percy Butler of Brunswick Community College is a 38 year-old resident of Bolivia, NC. Butler is an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and works full time as a technical training instructor at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport for Carolina Power and Light. A father of four, he completed most of his coursework using distance learning methods. He received an Associate in Science degree last Friday and will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University later this week. Butler credited his employers at CP&L for "adjusting schedules to maximize my participation in the courses." He also thanked his "qualified instructors who could adjust to teaching older full-time employed students."
Kelly Ann Gunter of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College was a 31-year-old high school dropout when she went to A-B Tech three years ago, to "take a second chance." In addition to being employed at the Mission St. Joseph's Health System, she has been SGA President at A-B Tech for the last two years and is a recipient of Who's Who Among Community College Students. Kelly will graduate from the college transfer program in August with an Associate in Arts degree. She plans to attend Western Carolina University where she will study social work. She thanked her community college for giving her a second chance. She talked about the diverse backgrounds of the community college students but added they all share one thing. "Passion to strive for success is the common thread that binds students with different backgrounds."
Ryan Kenyon McCain of Cleveland Community College
graduated last week with an Associate in Arts degree in the college transfer
program. While at Cleveland, he served as President of the Student Government
Association and organized a number of campus events including five bloodmobiles.
McCain is Assistant Pastor at his church, Macedonia Missionary Baptist in Waco,
NC. He plans to study the ministry and history at Gardner-Webb University
beginning this fall. He told his fellow honorees that it is important to
"know where you’re going so you know which road to take." He thanked
Cleveland CC for giving him the opportunity to make "the dreams of his
family his reality."
THE RECIPIENTS OF THE
2002 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Alamance Community College
1. Angela Bradshaw
2. Kimberly Wooten
Asheville-Buncombe Technical
Community College
3. Victoria E. Fugate
4. Kelly A. Gunter
Beaufort County Community College
5. Peggy D. Chandler
6. George David Peele
Bladen Community College
7. Amy Lynn Butler
8. Marjorie Faye Turner
Blue Ridge Community College
9. Jaime Dodson
10. Doug Metcalf
Brunswick Community College
11. Allen Percy Butler
12. Keiko Ito Creech
Caldwell Community College and
Technical Institute
13. Kenneth Howard Heavner
14. Larry Wayne Shanes
Cape Fear Community College
15. Cindee Apostolico
16. Brian Pepper
Carteret Community College
17. Tonnie T. Bryan
18. Sandra P. Moore
Catawba Valley Community College
19. Carrie Killian Gibson
20. Jacqueline Anita Gray
Central Carolina Community College
21. Diane Hollowell Barbour
22. Monique Howard McLeo
Central Piedmont Community College
23. Milledge Brannon
24. Christian Loebs
Cleveland Community College
25. Ryan K. McCain
26. Roxanne D. Stiles
Coastal Carolina Community College
27. Ashley K. Barnette
28. Mercedes A. Valentin
College of The Albemarle
29. Teri Michelle Edgar
30. Anna Elizabeth Teague
Craven Community College
31. Heather Lynn Jones
32. Jennifer K. Powell
Davidson County Community College
33. Rachel Tester Ashby
34. Deanna Lanning
Durham Technical Community College
35. Suann W. LaRusch
36. Lani Carroll Rogers
Edgecombe Community College
37. Jennifer Michelle Brake
38. Samuel William Copeland
Fayetteville Technical Community College
39. Sharon B. Gainey
40. Roberto Santiago
Forsyth Technical Community College
41. Dixie Sue Ross
42. Kathleen Epting Stewart
Gaston College
43. Tormeica Adams
44. Linda Cardona
Guilford Technical Community College
45. Annas Ardiansyah
46. Hiroko Hidaka
Halifax Community College
47. Rebecca Rodwell Chambliss
48. Patricia Gonshor
Haywood Community College
49. Charles Shannon Barrett
50. Angela Machelle King
Isothermal Community College
51. Theresa Albert
52. Samuel Lewis
James Sprunt Community College
53. Reyna A. Bolanos
54. Jewel A. Chadwick
Johnston Community College
55. Jamie Edwards
56. Traci Nunn-Turner
Lenoir Community College
57. Renee Goode Manley
58. Misty Ann Webb
Martin Community College
59. Frank Harrison, Jr.
60. Matthew Ray Rogers
Mayland Community College
61. Regina M. Daniels
62. Jo Ann McCurry Harrison
McDowell Technical Community College
63. Sharon H. Clark
64. David Golowo, Jr.
Mitchell Community College
65. Summer Raub
66. Christina M. Spillane
Montgomery Community College
67. Gail I. Cooper
68. Rachel Hutcherson
Nash Community College
69. Stephanie Pridgen
70. Norman Rush
Pamlico Community College
71. Edith Purser Ireland
72. Linda Carmen McDonald
Piedmont Community College
73. Chenchen Hou
74. Julie Oakley Lee
Pitt Community College
75. Janie Marie Askew
76. Jaime Wynne Woolard
Randolph Community College
77. Sherry D. Haszto
78. Sandra L. Sanders
Richmond Community College
79. Jason L. Harris
80. Patricia S. Lowery
Roanoke-Chowan Community College
81. Linda Mae Byrd
82. Shirley Castellow White
Robeson Community College
83. Ellie Marie Baker
84. Winifred Blaney Gastile
Rockingham Community College
85. Robert Powers
86. Pamela Pressley
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
87. Esther Pauline Dodson
88. Frank Wade Safrit
Sampson Community College
89. Everlene Goddard Owens
90. Anthony Bob Stocks
Sandhills Community College
91. Zourie J. Evans
92. Patsy O. Mabe
South Piedmont Community College
93. Margaret Heiney Sellers
94. Patricia Ponds Underwood
Southeastern Community College
95. Jacquelyn Moore Hampton
96. Cheryl Casselman Smith
Southwestern Community College
97. Alan L. Angel
98. Sara Brown
Stanly Community College
99. Amanda Parks
100. Jamie Whitley
Surry Community College
101. Paul Michael Reeves
102. Peggy S. Shore
Tri-County Community College
103. Kim Dockery
104. Jason Harting
Vance-Granville Community College
105. Brigette Kelly Fitzgerald
106. Ethel Christmas Fogg
Wake Technical Community College
107. Rebecca B. Oxholm
108. Tammy L. Penner
Wayne Community College
109. Marilou Versoza Barba
110. Robin Ashley Ford
Western Piedmont Community College
111. Mariana Vaz De Mello Guimaraes
112. John Joseph Konst
Wilkes Community College
113. Laura Call
114. Michelle Williams
Wilson Technical Community College
115. Vickie J. Brkic
116. Edgar B. Wilson
North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology
117. Kelly C. Peele
118. Bryan C. Welborn
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