Eight students were recently inducted into Northwest Mississippi Community College's 2006-07 Hall of Fame,the highest academic honor offered by the college. They were honored at the February meeting of the Northwest Board of Trustees.
These students include Matthew Alan Arnold, Wanda Arrington, Michael W. Azlin, Emily Burnett, Wesley Adam Boyd, Deanna Lynn Caudill, Candace Deanna Mays, and Abby Red.
Arnold, an aviation maintenance technology major at DeSoto Center, was on both the President's and Dean's List.
Arrington, a medical office technology major on the Oxford campus, was on both the President's and Dean's Lists with a GPA of 3.83. She is in Phi Theta Kappa and is an officer and historian in Phi Beta Lambda. She was also named the Medical Office Technology Outstanding Student.
Azlin, a mathematics major on the Senatobia campus, is the president of both the LaSociete Francaise and Mu Alpha Theta Math Society. He has also been captain of the Scholar’s Bowl Team for two years, and received Who's Who Among Students in Junior Colleges for 2006-07. He was on the President's List and was a peer tutor in the mathematics support lab for fall/spring '06 semesters.
Burnett, a speech and theatre major on the Senatobia campus, received both the Foundation Scholarship and the Fine Arts Scholarship. She is on the Northwest Rangerettes and has performed in four of the Northwest theatre productions. She also was named an Outstanding Student in Theatre and the Rotary Club Student of the Month.
Boyd, a psychology major at DeSoto Center, was included on both the President's and Dean's Lists. He was also a member of Phi Theta Kappa and a Success Club tutor. He was chosen as Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges and was an Outstanding Student.
Caudill, an office systems technology major at DeSoto Center, was on the President's List. She was also an officer for Phi Theta Kappa in the spring '06 semester and was a member of the National Dean's List.
Mays, a communications/journalism major on the Senatobia campus, was included on both the President's and Dean's List. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and a staff writer for The Ranger Rocket. She was also chosen as Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges in '06.
Red, an elementary education major on the Senatobia campus, was on the Dean's List and has been chosen as a Rotary Club Student of the Month for March of 2007. She was an Outstanding Student in Elementary Education and was a member of both Phi Theta Kappa and the Future Educators of America. She was also on the Homecoming Court and Miss NWCC for 2006.
The Hall of Fame students will be showcased in the 2007 Rocketeer, the college yearbook.