RAYMOND – [tweetable alt=””]Departmental awards at ºù«Ӱҵ[/tweetable] were given to 34 students in academic, technical and career programs in a ceremony April 15 at Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus.
Recipients present at the event were photographed with ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse and department heads and others who presented plaques.
Marcus Apple, of Ridgeland, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Apple received an Outstanding Student Award for Aviation Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Dennis Lott, right.
D’Cha’Ray Brown, of Jackson, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Brown received an Associated Student Government Award for the Raymond Campus, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and Director of Dual and Special Enrollment Vanda Brumfield, right.
Kristina Kelly Browning, of Brandon, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Browning received an Outstanding Student Award for Dental Assisting Technology presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Valeria Winston, right.
Deborah Campbell, of Byram, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Campbell received an Outstanding Student Award for Health Information Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Michelle McGuffee, right.
Sara Katherine Dew, of Morton, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Dew received an Outstanding Student Award for Marketing/Fashion Merchandising, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Gabrielle Woodward, right.
Styler Ginger, of Byram, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Ginger received an Outstanding Student Award for English, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Nancy Ray, right.
Ronald Helms, of Ridgeland, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Helms received an Outstanding Student Award for IST Computer Network Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor David Rose, right.
Matt Holloway, of Clinton, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Holloway received an Outstanding Student Award for Aviation Maintenance Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Marion Eifling, right.
Robert Harrison Hunter, of Hermanville, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Hunter received an Outstanding Student Award in Mathematics, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Jeff Hughes, right.
Lesa Marie Hutchens, of Morton, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Hutchens received an Outstanding Student Award for Paralegal Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Shivochie Dinkins, right.
Jarvis Jones, of Richland, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Jones received a Community Service Award, presented by from ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and English instructor Apryl Trimble, right.
Jarvis Jones, of Richland center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Jones received an Outstanding Student Award for Psychology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Dr. Gloria Daniels, right.
Kristi Johnson, of Raymond, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Johnson received an Outstanding Student Award for Business and Office Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Carley Page, right.
Jordan Reid Browning, of Pearl, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Browning received an Outstanding Student Award for Music, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Jane Joseph, right.
Christin Lang, of Vicksburg, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Lang received an Outstanding Student Award for Respiratory Care Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Dione Horton, right.
Christin Lang, of Vicksburg, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Lang received an ASG Leadership-Nursing/Allied Health Award, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Cooper McCachren, right.
Linda Long, of Jackson, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Long received an ASG Leadership-Jackson ATC Award, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and English instructor Dr. Marla Wiley, right.
Jacob Martin, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Martin received a Community Service Award on behalf of the ºù«Ӱҵ Association of Legal Students, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, Business Technology instructor Sharon Hudson, right.
Julio Ismael Moreno, of Mayo, Fla. center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Moreno received an Outstanding Student Award for Physical Education, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Doug Williams, right.
Shanika Nelson, of Byram, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Nelson received an Outstanding Student Award for Education, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Jennifer Rodgers, right.
Cyprian Ngetich, of Vicksburg, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Ngetich received an Outstanding Student Award for Biology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and Rankin Campus Academic Dean Gary Fox, right.
John Kyle O’Keefe, of Madison, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. O’Keefe received an Outstanding Student Award for Business Administration, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Karen Robbins, right.
Taylor Pace, of Vicksburg, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Pace received an ASG Leadership-Vicksburg-Warren Campus award from ºù«Ӱҵ President
Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and Vicksburg Warren Campus Dean Marvin Moak, right.
Eric Rush, of Clinton, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Rush received a Leadership Award, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and Computer Science instructor Dr. Johannah Williams, right.
Gwendolyn Antoinette Russell, of Jackson, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Russell received an Outstanding Student Award for Reading, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Cassandra Varnell, right.
Prasanth Prasanna Saswathan, of Pearl, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Saswathan received an Outstanding Student Award in Physical Therapist Assistant, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Pam Chapman, right.
Sophia Elise Slusasz, of Brandon, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Slusasz received an Outstanding Student Award in Physics, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Dr. Carl Dewitt, right.
Sara Thames, of Brandon, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Thames received an Outstanding Student Award in Dance, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Tiffany Jefferson, right.
Megan Leigh Valentine, of Brandon, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. Valentine received an Outstanding Student Award in Radiologic Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and instructor Tiffany Smith, right.
Ada Marie White, of Vicksburg, center, was among ºù«Ӱҵ students recognized with a departmental award April 15. White received an Outstanding Student Award in Interpreter Training Technology, presented by ºù«Ӱҵ President Dr. Clyde Muse, left, and Rankin Campus Academic Dean Gary Fox, right.
Six award recipients not pictured during the ceremony were:
- William Anderson, of Yazoo City, who won an Outstanding Student Award for Computer Science Technology
- Classie Bradford, of Jackson, who won an Associated Student Government Award for the Utica Campus
- Kadaymen Johnson, of Jackson, who won an Associated Student Government Award for the Rankin Campus
- Rachel Rhett, of Vicksburg, who won an Outstanding Student Award for General Studies
- William White, of Bloomington, Ill., who won an Outstanding Student Award for IST-Network Security Technology
- Gabrielle Whitesides, of Brandon, who won an Outstanding Student Award for Child Development Technology
One award was given from each department of study to 35 students from ºù«Ӱҵ’ six campuses overall. Recipients for programs taught at more than one location are selected by the combined faculty from the locations.