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| Swain County residents honored at SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 7 included, from left: Mykah Linkinhoker of Whittier, Kristen Sawyer of Bryson City, Michael Lambert of Cherokee, and Stella Walborn of Whittier. |
The highest-achieving students at Southwestern Community College were honored in the annual Academic Awards Ceremony on April 7 in Myers Auditorium on the college’s Jackson Campus.
Among the honorees were 74 students who received “high honors” for maintaining a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Isaac Quillen was named the N.C. Community College System Academic Excellence award recipient.
The Charles McConnell New Century Scholar Award went to Kaci McMahan, and Kayla Cooper received the Dallas Herring Achievement Award – given annually in honor of one of the state’s earliest advocates for community colleges.
Kristin Farmer won the Bob Scott Leadership Award, named after the former N.C. governor who also served as president of the state’s community college system for 12 years.
The following “Students of Distinction” were also honored: Gabrielle Ardisson, Kara Birchfield, Brooke Bird, Ashley Buchanan, Susan Clark, Kayla Cooper, Roman Creasy, Sayumi De Silva, Rebekah Dills, Christopher Edelmann, Kristin Farmer, Jacqueline Holland, Crystal Jenkins, Michael Lambert, Summer Lewis, Jenice Mckin, Christopher McMillan, Ellie Padgett, Dawson Post, William Pritikin, Isaac Quillen, Samara Salmond, Wendy Suttles, Stella Walborn, Dee Wilder, and Ayana Yan.
To qualify for the “Academic Honors” portion of the program, each student had to earn a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit within the last four years by the end of the fall semester at SCC, be enrolled in the spring semester and have a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.5 or above.
For more information about SCC, call 828.339.4000, visit www.southwesterncc.edu or drop by your nearest SCC location.
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Jackson County residents honored at SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 7 included, front row from left: Judith Lowery of Sylva, Milagros Marquez-Montes of Conover, Kimberly Krafft of Tuckasegee, Ellie Padgett of Cullowhee, Mackenzie Franklin of Sylva, Rachel Surrusco of Sylva, Christan Blount of Sylva, Lori Leamon of Whittier, and Carrie Shuler of Webster. Second row: Miguelangel Perez of Cullowhee, Roman Creasy of Jackson, Carly Banks of Cullowhee, Kelli Richmond of Sylva, Keira Smith of Sylva, Caedmon Akers of Sylva, Destiny Mills of Cherokee, Elijah Penland of Cullowhee, Jessica McCauley of Sylva, and Joseph Supik of Sylva. Third row: Wendy Suttles of Sylva, Wesley Burgess of Whittier, Matthew Nelson of Sylva, Alina Jiminez of Cherokee, Ethan Ramsey of Cullowhee, Isaac Quillen of Whittier, Crystal Jenkins of Bryson City, Tevin Neal of Franklin, Simon Faulkner of Sylva, MacKenzie White of Sylva, and Samara Salmond of Cullowhee. |
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Macon County residents honored at SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 7 included, front row from left: Cadence Houser of Franklin, Emilee Duke of Franklin, Nicole Sadagursky of Franklin, and Analee Webb of Franklin. Second row: Christopher Edelmann of Highlands, Briseyda Rios of Franklin, Anika Zuiderveen of Franklin, Kaci McMahan of Franklin, Arlene Jones of Franklin, Jacqueline Holland of Franklin, Erin Welch of Franklin, and Nathan Crawford of Franklin. Third row: Stephen Moore of Franklin, Dalton Jones of Franklin, John Cabe of Franklin, and Patrick Woods of Highlands. Not pictured: Amanda Canzone of Franklin. |
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| Haywood County residents honored at SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 7 included, from left: Misty Crain of Waynesville, Kristin Farmer of Canton, Abigail Shoemaker of Canton, Elisabeth Michael of Waynesville, Ashley Moore of Clyde, and Laura Davis of Canton. |
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| Graham County residents honored at SCC’s Academic Awards ceremony on April 7 included, from left: Ayana Yan of Robbinsville, Kayla Cooper of Robbinsville, and Jennifer Eller of Skyland. |
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Morgan Konyha (left) of Marble and Audryn West of Andrews. |
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Jenice McKin of Weaverville. |
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Autumn Reese of Marshall. |
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Wendi Cooke of Burnsville. |
