Excellence in Education
By Staff
April 11, 2002
Julie M. White of Little Rock has been tapped to receive the Dr. Dan Thornton Memorial Scholarship at Meridian Community College.
The $1,000 award is funded through an endowment established with the MCC Foundation by June Thornton.
A dean's and president's list scholar, White is a sophomore in the Associate Degree Nursing Program. She plans to work toward her bachelor's degree after graduation at MCC.
She is a member of the Organization of Student Nurses and Phi Theta Kappa, the international scholastic society for two-year college students.
Debra D. Cumberland of Philadelphia is the recipient of the Glen Deweese Memorial Scholarship at Meridian Community College.
The $1,600 award is funded through the MCC Foundation.
Cumberland, 34, is a single mother of three children ages 6, 8 and 10. A sophomore accounting student, she plans to continue her education and become a certified public accountant.
In addition to homemaking duties and schoolwork, she is employed full-time and is a member of Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
Danielle Jones of Meridian has been named a United States National Award winner in mathematics through the United States Achievement Academy.
Jones, a Southeast Middle School student, is the daughter of Dianne and Keith Jones and the granddaughter of Mary and Buddy Parten and Elaine and Henry Palmer, all of Meridian.
Jones will appear in the United States Achievement Academy Official Yearbook.
HATTIESBURG Six students from Meridian, one from Toomsuba and two from Collinsville were scheduled to be recognized as scholarship and award recipients during the annual Awards Day presentation today at the University of Southern Mississippi.
The student from Toomsuba is Kimberly Amanda Burden, an undergraduate in psychology who is to be inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society. She also received the Academic Achievement Award and the Zed Houston Burns scholarship. She is the daughter of Jimmy and Amanda Shelton of Toomsuba.
Students from Collinsville were:
Olivia Colico Hodge, a graduate student in educational leadership and research who was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society. She is the daughter of John and Lucia Hodge of Collinsville.
Adam Wade Stewart, an undergraduate student in curriculum and instruction who was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society. He is the son of Allan and Jeanette Stewart of Collinsville.
Students from Meridian were:
Angeles Lynn Ballou, an undergraduate student in curriculum and instruction who received the Marsha Kelly Memorial Endowment.
Kelly Elizabeth Britt, an undergraduate student in psychology who was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
Lindsay Denay Chustz, an undergraduate student in psychology who was inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta honor society. She is the daughter of Elva Britt of Brandon.
Dustin Scot Griffin, an undergraduate student in psychology who received the Superior Cadet Award I and the Karen C. Stephens Theatre Scholarship.
James Bryant Smith, an undergraduate student in teacher education who was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society. He is the son of Richard and Patti Smith of Meridian.
Avis Qiana Taylor, an undergraduate student in curriculum and instruction who received the Hal R. Hopkins award.
