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| Date: May 11, 2000 |
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Ceremony begins at 12:45, actual award presentations begin at approximately 1:00. Legislators, community college presidents, trustees, administrators, family and friends gather to recognize academic success of community college students. Interviews can be arranged.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO HONOR STUDENTS AT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LUNCHEON
RALEIGH – May 16, 2000 is a special day for 118 high achievers in the North Carolina Community College System. he students will receive special recognition at the Academic Excellence Awards Luncheon at the North Raleigh Hilton. This annual event honors two outstanding students from each of the 58 community colleges and the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology. The luncheon begins at noon; the ceremony begins at 12:45 PM.
The students are selected at each college to recognize and encourage scholarship among the more than 759,000 students of the NCCCS. These honorees have set the highest possible goals and attained the pinnacle of academic success in the North Carolina Community College System.
"These students have the drive and determination to meet any challenge," says H. Martin Lancaster, NCCCS President. "The education they have received through the NCCCS will equip them for the future."
The AEA tradition dictates that three of the 118 students speak at the luncheon. They represent the other students by profiling their personal academic careers. The three speakers are: Juli Girling-Jenkins, a Human Services Technology major from Halifax Community College in Weldon; Janus Plummer Pratt, a Criminal Justice Technology major from James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville; and Faron Scott Richardson, a Computer Programming major from Stanly Community College in Albemarle.
In addition to their academic success, many of the students selected are very active in their communities. Juli Girling-Jenkins, for example, has established an organization dedicated to educate children and adults about child abuse. C.A.R.E., which stands for Child Abuse Resource and Education, is the outgrowth of an internship required for Jenkins’ course work. "I looked into the eyes of a child that had been abused, and since that day, I could not stand by and not get involved," says Jenkins.
The AEA honorees represent the diversity of the community college student population and the variety of programs offered at the colleges. A complete list of students and their majors is attached.
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