April 23, 2024

East Mississippi Community College instructors in academic, career technical, Workforce and Community Services, and Nursing and Health Sciences programs of study on our Golden Triangle campus, The Communiversity and the Lion Hills Center recognized their outstanding students from the past year during the annual Awards Day program that took place April 23 in the Lyceum Auditorium on the Golden Triangle campus. Awards Day for students on the Scooba campus will take place April 24.

EMCC Vice President of Career Technical and Workforce Education Dr. Michael Busby welcomed the students, faculty and visitors. EMCC Chief Financial Officer Tammie Holmes provided the invocation.

For the awards instructors chose the top students in their respective classes and presented the students with plaques during the program. Some students earned multiple awards and some instructors who taught more than one class presented more than one award.

Here is a list of the students who received awards and the areas for which they were recognized during the event at the Golden Triangle campus:

Academic programs

Outstanding American History Student: Shayne Hyde

Outstanding American Literature Student: Emerson Blair

Outstanding Anatomy and Physiology Student: Ayden Richardson

Outstanding Anatomy and Physiology Student: Lindsey Watkins

Outstanding Art Student, Syzygy, Design: Haidi Salihaj

Outstanding Art Student, Syzygy, Drawing: Breelyn Smith

Outstanding Art Appreciation Student: Anna Wong

Outstanding Calculus Student: Gabriel Talley

Outstanding Chemistry Student: Lillian Steadman

Outstanding Choir Student: Lisa Smith

Outstanding Choir Student: Isaac Collins

Outstanding College Algebra Student: William Smith

Outstanding Creative Writing Student: Elizabythe McBeth

Outstanding English Composition I Student: Sarah Cantrell

Outstanding English Composition II Student: Bella Livingston

Outstanding General Biology II Student: Abigail Pugh

Outstanding General Microbiology Student: Lauren Perrigin

Outstanding General Psychology Student: Scout Hayden

Outstanding Introduction to Sociology Student: Ella Windle

Outstanding Marriage & Family Student: Ella Windle

Outstanding Music Appreciation Student: Lucy Jennings.

Outstanding Principles of Accounting I Student: Kamya Parks

Outstanding Principles of Accounting II Student: Caleigh Carter

Outstanding Spanish II Student: Madelynne Goodson

Outstanding Public Speaking Student: Madelynne Goodson

Outstanding Statistics Student: Madelynne Goodson

Syzygy Magazine, Poetry Award: Arin Franks

Syzygy Magazine, Short Fiction Award: Elizabythe McBeth

Syzygy Magazine, Betty Killebrew Literary Award: Elizabythe McBeth

Outstanding Western Civilization Student: Mylasha Brown

Outstanding World Civilizations Student: Anna Borst

Outstanding World Literature Award: Joseph Shane

Outstanding Theatre Appreciation Student: Ella Windle

Outstanding Career Exploration Student: Mary Wooten

Outstanding Art Design Student: Madison Sherrill

Outstanding Art Drawing Student: Breelyn Smith

Career Technical / Division of Nursing and Health Sciences

Outstanding Baking and Pastry Student: Alexandra Gibson

Outstanding Associate Degree Nursing Student: Jason Kislow

Mississippi Nurse Foundation School of Nursing Scholarship: Caitlyn Mumford

Outstanding Automotive Student: Izzy Latham

 Outstanding Automotive Student: Johnathan Forrester

Outstanding Barbering Student: Tyqueria Stallings

Outstanding Business Management Technology Student: Katelyn Shackelford

Outstanding Computer Networking Technology Student: Jeremy Shaffer

Outstanding Computer Programming Technology Student: Marc Mullings

Outstanding Cosmetology Student: Hampton Young

Outstanding Culinary Arts Student: Earnest Ross

Outstanding Diesel Mechanics Student: Levi Peeples

Outstanding Drafting & Design Student: Austin Jamison

Outstanding Electrical Student: Hayden Rogers

Outstanding Electrical Student: Braden McGee

Outstanding Electrical Student (Nights): Jamen Burk

Outstanding Golf/Recreational Turf Management Student: Daniel Martin

Outstanding Landscape Management Technology Student: Jordan Buckner

Outstanding Hotel & Restaurant Management Student: Penny Butler

Outstanding Industrial Maintenance Student: Josh Traxler

Outstanding Industrial Maintenance Student: Braiden Fulgham

Outstanding Marketing Management Technology Student, GT Campus: Jourdan Conley

Outstanding Marketing Management Technology Student, GT Campus: Ava Nettles

Outstanding Mechatronics Student: Danny Warner

Outstanding Network Security Technology Student: Jeremy Shaffer

Outstanding Practical Nursing Student: Santeuana Miller

Outstanding Surgical Technology Student: Taylor Tipton

Outstanding Systems Based Automation Student: Mack Williams

Outstanding Systems Based Automation Student:  Logan Beasley

Outstanding Technical Mathematics Student: James Jones

Outstanding Welding Technology Students: Cade Braswell

Outstanding Welding Certificate Student: Wyatt Enger

Members of the Student Government Association on EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus were also recognized during Awards Day. They are Madison McCarter, president; Austin Jamison, vice president; Anna Borst, secretary; Madelynne Goodrich, treasurer; Ethan Barrow, representative; and Morgan Trice, representative.

Madelynne Goodson and Parker Bazzill, who were selected as the Golden Triangle campus members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s All Mississippi Academic Team, were also recognized during Awards Day. Goodson was also named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholar. Phi Theta Kappa regional vice president Madison McCarter was also recognized.

Student Ambassadors on the Golden Triangle campus were also recognized. They are Anna Borst, Ashley Perrigin, Austin Jamison, Breelyn Smith, Cory Freely, Harrison Nanney, Holland Hickman, Jacob Oldenburg, Kaitlyn Bock, Kensley Smith, Landon Bock, Lorali Lacey, Madelynn Goodson, Madison McCarter, Mary Lee Williams, Mary Makenna Wooten, Mayson Smith, Presley Heidorn, Reese Jackson, Sarah Cantrell and Will Chapman.

EMCC Golden Triangle campus Dean of Students LeAnn Alexander also presented a certificate of recognition to Psychology instructor Jill McTaggart for her support of student activities.

NOTE: Not all students recognized were able to attend the event.