Education Notes
About 1,150 graduates walked across the stage at Tennessee Tech University?s Hooper Eblen Center this spring, bringing TTU?s overall graduation total to more than 58,000 since 1915.
Tennessee Tech was ranked this year in U.S.News and World Report magazine?s 2006 America?s Best Colleges as a top public university in the South for its category and included among the best universities, including both private and public schools, in its category for the South.
Degrees were awarded in 42 undergraduate and 19 graduate fields of study. Graduates? years of birth ranged from 1945 to 1985.
Tenneessee Tech graduates from Warren County include:
From McMinnville: Justin Blair Collier, Joe L. Eaton, Crystal Dawn Hall, Bryan Paul Matheny, Janie Elizabeth Reynolds, Walter Todd Willmore
From Morrison: Steven Jeffery Elam, Jonathan Chandler Heath, Jennifer Suzanne Wright
From Rock Island: Mary Beth Rogers
From Viola: Debra Lynn Wilson (cum laude)
Chavez makes Sewanee dean?s list
Jaime Rodriquez Chavez of Rock Island, the child of Mr. & Mrs. Jaime Chavez, has been named to the dean?s list at the University of the South for the Easter 2006 term. To earn a place on Sewanee?s dean?s list, a student must earn a minimum GPA of 3.625 on a 4.0 scale.
Betsy Close receives medical scholarship
The Southern Medical Association recently awarded a Medical Student Scholarship to Betsy D. Close, a third-year medical student at UT Health Science Center in Memphis. Betsy is the daughter of Paul and Kathy Close and the granddaughter of Harold and Mary Phifer of McMinnville.
The Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Medical Association is a physician membership association, founded and governed by physicians since 1906. Recognizing the need for providing assistance to third-year medical students, particularly those of superior abilities, SMA has provided over $1,367,500 in student scholarships since 1969. Nominations are made by a medical school?s dean and scholarship recipients are selected by the SMA?s Committee on Grants and Loans based upon academic performance and financial need.
Area students on Dean?s List at MTSU
Several local students have been named to the dean?s list at Middle Tennessee State University. They include: Leena Bhakta, Katherine Blevins, Courtney Bouldin, Melissa Brown, Benjamin Cantrell, Sally Cantrell, Lindsey Crim, Renee Davis, Jody Denney, Terran Dunlap, Ashley Evans, Rachel Gauger, Christopher George Ryan, Greer Kristina Hendrix, Nathan Hillis, Samantha Jennings, Crystal Jones, Terah Jones, Traci Jones, Kenneth Kominos, Andrea Lavender, Brenda Lee, Nathan Luna, Jessica Lusk, April McCormick, Ashli McGregor, Brennen Meade, Susan Miller, Amy Mitchell, Jason Norris, Andrew Roberts, Wesley Samsel, Lacresha Seals, Aekyong Sweeton, Terry Tilton, Rachel Walters, Kayla Weller, Scott Young and Shellie Young.