Mitchell Community College students were recognized for a range of achievements during Awards Convocation held Thursday, April 9, in Shearer Hall on the Statesville Campus. Awards presented were:
Club and Organization Awards
Student Government Association Leadership in Service Award – Jordan Manco
Student Government Association Leadership Difference Award – James Imes
National Society of Leadership and Success Award – Madeline Hamiter and Alvin Fogle
Outstanding Phi Theta Kappa President Award – Michele Taylor
Phi Theta Kappa Outstanding Officer Award – Kyla Seely, Maison Parks, Alexis Kryssing and Juvie Yurina
Campus Impact Leadership Award – Will Thrailkill
Eason Music Club Leadership Award – Coite Gillion
Academic Awards 2014-2015
Outstanding Accounting Student Award – Doris Smith
Agribusiness Technology Student Excellence Award – Chris Morgan
Excellence in Environmental Biology Award – Christine Phillips and Cynthia Solis Vallejo
Excellence in Chemistry Award – Sara Ashcraft and Amanda Clifton
Business Student Leadership Award – Summer Hatley
Business Administration Marketing Student of the Year Award -Chelsea Conklin
Business Student of the Year – Randall Hook
Computer Information Technology outstanding graduate for 2015 – Robert Theisen
Criminal Justice Student Award – Angela Johnson and Donna Snow
Early Childhood Degree Award – Patty Dickerson and Ana Plaisted
Electronics Engineering Technology Award – Clarence West and Emmie Wright
The Burgess M. Staton Composition Award – Sarah Leaird
The Jane Heymann Literature Award – Cristy Phillips
The Martha Linney Creative Writing Award – Alexis Kryssing
Human Services Technology Academic Award -Tammy Lippard
Outstanding HVAC – Colton Lombardy and James Skinner
Outstanding Curriculum Mathematics Student Award – Sam Bacon and Will Thrailkill
Excellence in Statics and Strength of Materials Award – Lewis Labrie
Excellence in CNC Machining Award – Austin Kindred
Rocket Team Excellence Award – Amelia Zwiener
James Takes Award – Robbie Turner
Excellence in Music Award – Kyra Gladden
Excellence in Jazz Award- Shannon Rowan
Academic Achievement in Nursing Award – Allison Kerley and Tami Ostrowski
Outstanding Office Administration Student – Jessica Baucom
Physics Award – Will Thrailkill and Jose Quirindongo
Psychology Award – Patrick Cole
Sociology Award – Katherine Pfeufer, Craig Dellinger and Michaela Kirby
Other Academic Honors
Graduation Marshals – Regina Wood, Will McNamara and Carol Nettles
Student Ambassadors – Patty Lin Caudill, Tristan Minor, Elizabeth Orozco, Ashley Peoples and Cynthia Solis
NC Community College System Academic Excellence Award – Alexis Kryssing
All-USA Community College Academic Team Nominee Recognition – Michele Taylor and Alexis Kryssing
The Dallas Herring Achievement Award Nominee – James C. Imes
The Robert W. Scott Student Leadership Award Nominee – Michele Taylor
Phi Theta Kappa – Robert Ball, Jason Benge, Wesley Beulah, Stephen Borthayre, Faith Brooks, Hannah Brooks, Tonya Bundy, Julie Cha-Faxon, Nina Chica-Staunton, Jeanna Childers, Cameron Clark, Marlene Clermont, Amanda Cline, Aaron Cochrane, Patrick Cole, Jerry Dehart, Siara Divel, Smatha Dunkle, Roland Estep, Dustin Gant, Elizabeth Goodman, Deempress’ Graves, Maya Hamdan, Rena Hamdan, William Jackson, Lana Kiser, Alexis Kryssing, Paulina Kudla, Lewis Labrie, Elizabeth Laughlin, Elizabeth Lewis, Lindsey Mason, Micah McCoy, Kensley Moore, Jonathan Moorey, Stephanie Ott, Maison Parks, Connor Parlier, Kayla Powell, Anabel Rivera, Pauline Robinson, Robert Saia, Deona Sands, Kyla Seely, Camila Shook, Jacob Sides, Susanna Simonson, Kimberly Sloan, Shauna Sloan, Jennifer Smith, Christopher Sturdivant, William Thrailkill, Hannah Tupper, Ilona Whetstone, Kristopher White, Sierra Wike, Christina Yannayon and Juvie Yurina
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges – Melissa Ellis, Allison Kerley, Alexis Kryssing, William Thrailkill Jr. and Kristopher White
Special Honors
The Lamont Kinney Ambassador Making a Difference Award – Paige Garrett, Jewell Brown and Michelle Young