Higgs honored as MTSU Alumni of Year
Higgs was given the award during the 12th annual co-op awards ceremony and alumni dinner earlier in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.
Murfreesboro resident Don Beard, who retired from MTSU in 2006 after being an associate professor in the engineering technology and industrial studies department from 1998 to 2006, made the presentation.
Higgs, who earned a master of science degree from MTSU in 2003, is health, safety and environmental manager for Cummins Filtration in Cookeville. His wife is alumna Dr. Meredith Anne Higgs, who is an assistant professor in the MTSU academic enrichment support unit.
Tech announces
fall graduates
About 700 graduates walked across the stage at Tennessee Technological University’s Hooper Eblen Center in December, bringing Tech’s overall graduation total to more than 61,000 since 1915.
Tennessee Tech was ranked this year in U.S. News and World Report magazine’s 2007 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.
In addition, Tech was one of only 165 schools from across the country to recently be included in The Princeton Review ‘America’s Best Value Colleges’ guidebook. The university was also named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research and Evaluation Inc.
A member of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the university offers 44 undergraduate degree and 21 graduate degree programs, including the PhD in engineering, environmental sciences and education.
The university’s newest alumni came from 45 states including Tennessee, 67 Tennessee counties and 63 other countries.
Warren County graduates include: Justin Grant Anderson (Cum Laude), John Nicholas Austin, Abbey Gail Barnes, Lindsey LaNea Barrett, Deborah Lynn Cantrell, Jason Dustin Gann, Camren Darlene Harper, Emily Boyd Haston, Amy Beth Hobbs, Brandon Joel McGee, Cynthia Jill Pierce, Vicki Lynn Roberts (Magna Cum Laude), Amanda Sahlen Terry (Cum Laude) Lynesa Kay Bell, Lisa Ann Prater, Michael William Donnelly Jr.
Van Buren County graduates include: Paul Eddie Seibers III.
Kennamer earns
bachelor’s degree
Graduation ceremonies were held Dec. 15 at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C.
The ceremony included 185 undergraduate degrees and 82 graduate degrees. McMinnville resident Derek Kennamer was among the graduates, earning a bachelor’s of business administration degree.