Outstanding Students named by faculty
By Robert Price
03/12/04

Students who excelled in their majors at Northwest Mississippi Community College have been recognized as the college's outstanding students. Instructors from each department selected one full-time student from each major.

Outstanding Students on the Senatobia campus include: Accountancy: Joshua Simpson, Agricultural Business & Management Technology: Debra Welch, Chemistry: Mary Kendall Porter, Computer Programming: Evan Murphy, Elementary Education: Susan Van Velsor, General College: Brian Hale, Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology: Joey Stevens, Outdoor Recreation & Management: Coleman Pullen, Pre-Radiologic Technology: Alyssa Smith, all of Senatobia;

Collision Repair: Timothy Hugh Stacks, Pre-Law: Robert Shoemake, Pre-Veterinary Medicine: Dawn Steward, Psychology: Danielle Smith, Social Work: Amanda Worrell, Speech and Theatre: Miranda Smith, all of Coldwater; General Agriculture: Jason Rogers of Independence;

Broadcasting: Adrienne Whitson, Secondary Education: Cameron Lookingbill, both of Olive Branch; Journalism: Shara Clark of Horn Lake; Mathematics: Richard Lusk of Lake Cormorant; Networking: Jacob Schwegal, Public Relations: Jennifer Caldwell, both of Nesbit; Paralegal Technology: Lisa Hale, Pre-Med: Ben Shearon, both of Hernando; Pre-Architecture: Jasen Williamson of Southaven;

Criminal Justice: Stefan Sanders, Drafting and Design Technology: Jon Brad Mason, Pre-Engineering: Mark Davis, all of Pope; Forestry: Hayden Sullivant, Health, Physical Education & Recreation (HPER): Marquita Barksdale, both of Batesville; Microcomputer Technology: Teresa McMurry of Courtland; Pre-Dental Hygiene: Nikki Woolfolk of Como;

Medical Office Technology: Heather Anderson of Waterford; Music Education: Sara Shackelford of Byhalia; Pre-Health Information Management: Joanie Smith of Holly Springs; Pre-Pharmacy: Matthew Loftin of Mt. Pleasant; Tool and Die Technology: Kevin Hataway of Slayden;

Nursing: Gureka Price of Robinsonville; Plant Science: Clint Chambers of Tunica;

Pre-Physical Therapy: Shaquita Phillips of Coffeeville; Business Administration: Robert Tharp Whitten of Sumner; Child Development Technology: Roxanne Rowland of Potts Camp;

EMT Paramedic: Matthew Stanford of Tupelo; General Science: Jeremy Keen of Greenville; History: Megan Jackson of Grenada; Office Systems Technology: Brandi Valcek of Kilmichael; and Art: Tommy Biles of Greenwood.

Outstanding Students at DeSoto Center are: Microcomputer Technology: Tina Rhodes, Practical Nursing: Madge Elkins, both of Horn Lake; Cardiovascular Technology: Cynthia Stanford-Means of Southaven; English: Christopher Tindall of Olive Branch; Accounting Technology: Catrina Willingham of Taylor; Aviation Maintenance Technology: Andy Perry of Okolona; and Respiratory Care Technology: Latonya Wilborn-Garder of Hughes, Ark.

Students chosen at Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center are:
Cosmetology: Mindy Crawley, Health Care Assistant: Symiah Buford, both of Oxford; Medical Office Technology: Donna Stough, Office Systems Technology : Keri Wilson, both of Water Valley; Microcomputer Technology: Kanesia Twilley of Courtland; Office Assistant: Cora Ann Jennings of Derma; Surgical Technology: Karen Haire of Houlka; and Practical Nursing : Dorothy Martin of Waterford.

Included from Benton County/NWCC Vo-Tech Center are Cosmetology: Sudora Barber of Falkner; and Practical Nursing: Tracy Skelton of Potts Camp.

Robert Price is a freshman journalism major from Hernando.