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4:46 pm Friday, June 29, 2001

Students honored for academic achievement

By Staff
June 29, 2001
The following students were named to the Meridian Community College President's List for the spring semester. The President's List includes students carrying 12 or more semester hours who have a grade point average of 4.0:
Connie Kay Agent, John Vincent Ash, Sara Ann Askew, Carlene Mae Barkley, Amie Shea Barrett, Trisi Michelle Baskin, Ricky Robert Beal, Constance Jean Beal, Ashley Ann Bennett, Taracer Lacora Blanks, Tiana M. Bolden, Courtney Faye Boswell, Tamara Elizabeth Boswell, Melinda L. Box, Matthew Scott Brashier, Betty L. Brown, Bonnie J. Brown, Jeffrey D. Buckalew, Sheila L. Burnett, Cynthia Michelle Busby, Melissa Byrd, Kelli Lachelle Caldwell, Monica Denise Chandler, Lyrita D. Cherry, Jeffrey Alan Clayton, Tina D. Clearman, Kay C. Cunningham, Courtney L. Darnell, Alison Nicole Davis, Lori Anne Dickens, Kevin Lee Doxey, Dawn E. Drew, Scotty D. Elliott, Toby Marshall Embrey, Espey Adam Craig, Cassie Hayden Fears.
Carla M. Floyd, Brenda Kay Fortson, Melissa Ann Freeman, Hyun Sook Fritts, Derek Ewing Gillaspy, Narkesha Tijuan Grant, Margaret Adeline Gray, Christy Lynn Green, Danielle Hope Haendel, Clayton L. Harper, Justin Lang Harris, Sara June Hatcher, William Scott Henley, Olivia Colico Hodge, Gloria J. Hopson, Tenka Nicole House, Carrie Ann Huddleston, Tommy E. Hurtt, Eric Jimenez, Cheryl A. Johnson, Laura Jean Kerr, Elizabeth Judy Kilgore.
Ophelia Clay, Dustin M. Cliburn, Brett Lee Clopton, Camilla Contrail Cole, Dorethea Cole, Crystal Joan Cook, Angela Kay Cornacchione, Sean Alexander Covich, Amanda C. Cowan, Michael David Cowan, Brandy Wanee Cramblitt, Emily Susan Darnell, Samantha Diane Davidson, Stephanie Anne Davidson, Christy Dawn Day, Demetria Lynn Dixon, John Steven Doby, Angela Denise Douglas, Jeremy Scott Dow, Betty Jane Dugger, Thomas Ryan Duncan, Kylie Kaye Ethridge, Michael Jamison Evans, Takeyla Shena Everett, Sherunda La-Sha Ezell, Bettye Ruth Farmer, Casey Nicole Files, Robin Marie Ford, Angela Dawn Gay, Eleanor Marie Gearlds, Heather M. Gillis, Kathleen K. Goodwin, Jermaine Grace, James Joshua Gray, Jeremy E. Gray, Karl Laroi Greene, Jonathan Brant Gressett.
Tabitha S. Hampton, Melanie Renee Harper, Phillip Matthew Hendricks, Clifton Cox Hickman, Rhonda K. Hill, Samuel Robert Holcomb, Cecilia Ann Hollis, Sabrita R. Hopkins, Tomeka Latwyone Hopson, Pearl Huggins, Clinton S. Hughes, David R. Ishie, Funmilola Mary Isikalu, Jennifer Leanne Jackson, Gina C. Jarrell, Amanda D. Johnson, Stella Louise Joles, Benjamin Clay Jones, Quacie L. Jordan.
Kenneth Cyle Keith, Kristin Dawn Kelly, Jennifer M. Kennedy, Molly Claire Kimble, Constance Morgan Kirkland, Candice L. Lamb, Lisa Delores Lee, Valerie Marsha Lee, Richard Anthony Leone, Jamie Flowers Marshall, Jesse Robert McAlister, Luke Travis McClinton, Dennis Glenn McDill, Tina Marie McElroy, April Michelle McKee, Donna Demetral McKee, Shemeka Lashawn McKee, Megen Aleiha McKenzie, Stephanie C. McKenzie, Kimberly Marie McKinion.
Lisa Lynn McKinley, Calista Lee McLellan, Curtis Mitchell McLellan, David Arthur McPherson, Gwendolyn Renee McShepard, Michael Hunter McVay, Trena Fern McLemore, Stephanie Denise Meador, Kelly Theresa Meadows, Jermiah William Mikell, Michelle J. Kimbrell, Jennifer Noel Lagrone, Benjamin Andrew Lockhart, Daniel Blake Mathis, Erin Faith McCollum, Kevin W. McDonald, Mary F. McDonnell, Christina Kathleen McVay, Shelby Edwin Miller, Geneva Mitchell, Katrina Yvette Mitchell, Stefanie C. Moody, Veronica Renea Moore, Timothy Darrin Morgan, Alicia Dawn Morgan, Kenneth R. Moser, Jennifer L. Murphy, Christine E. Myers, Maria Gabriela Osorio.
Veronica Parker, Paula Ann Payne, Shelby Dean Proaps, Charles Robert Pryor, Kelly Renee Pugh, Velma Jean Purvis, Debbie Dorah Reeves, Tiffany R. Reid, Jessica Shae Robinson, Taffy Veniece Ruffin, Juan Carlos Sierra, Jennifer Lynn Smith, Mary Evelyn Smith, Manian Elise Snell, William J. Stalder, Adam Wade Stewart, Joel H. Stinson, Kwanza Juarina Stokes, Brianne D. Stokes, Leah Deanne Stokes, Melanie Ann Tamburello, Jennifer Ann Taylor, Vaughn Leonard Threatt, Kelly Peyton Trebisky, Candace D. Trest, Cynthia Danita Walker, Aaron Lyle Wallace, Jana Rashelle' Walters, Kyna Rena Wash, Daniel Wade Watson, Jennifer Lynn Webb, Candyiland N. West, Julie M. White, Stephanie Whitsett and Christopher Lee Whitt.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Thomas Mitchell Robinson of Meridian has earned a bachelor's degree in leadership studies at Birmingham-Southern College. He graduated cum laude with distinction during commencement exercises last month.
Craig Watson of Meridian is the recipient of the $1,000 Paul and Gloria Nuckolls Health Scholarship at Meridian Community College for the coming school year. The scholarship is funded annually by an endowment established by the Nuckolls family through the MCC Foundation. Watson is a sophomore in the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
The 2001-2002 Sallie Mae Bell Scholar at Meridian Community College is Courtney Lynn Darnell of Collinsville. The M.B. Cobb family established the endowment through the MCC Foundation. Annual $1,000 scholarships are generated from the endowment. Darnell is a sophomore elementary education major.
Jeremy Jarvis of DeKalb is serving a summer internship with the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is being sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.
Jarvis is a graduate of East Mississippi Community College. He plans to transfer to Mississippi College this fall to pursue a pre-medical/biology degree with a minor in vocal performance.

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