Education Notes

Jason A. Austin, a college of pharmacy and health sciences major at Mercer University, has been named to the dean?s list for the fall semester.

Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The university has 7,300 students and is located in Macon, Ga.

Kelley receives degree from MTSU

Warren County?s salutatorian in the class of 2003, Stacy Parkhurst Kelley, received a bachelor of science degree in communication disorders on May 5. She graduated summa cum laude, is a member of Raiders for Christ, National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists.

Kelly is the daughter of Mark and Robin Parkhurst, and is married to Daniel Kelley, formerly of Conway, Ark. She has been accepted to Western Kentucky University to begin graduate work in speech pathology in July.

Smith graduates from Austin Peay

Ashley Layne Smith graduated magna cum laude May 4 from Austin Peay State University. She is a member of the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, received the John Burgess Award from the department of political science and sociology and was the valedictorian of the political science department.

Smith has completed an internship with the House of Representatives in 2007, and an internship in 2006 with the TBI. She was awarded the Hargis Scholarship in 2006. Her plans are to enter the master?s program for psychology. Smith is a 2003 Warren County High School graduate and is the daughter of Bernard and Debra Smith.

Parker graduates from Lipscomb

William Parker has been awarded one of Lipscomb University?s top academic honors for the 2006-07 school year. He was presented the Awards of Excellence in a recent ceremony at Longview Mansion on the Lipscomb campus in Nashville.

Parker was among 306 graduates receiving degrees at their May 5 graduation. He studied finance/economics and management while at Lipscomb.