Area colleges and universities have announced recent academic scholarship, honors and graduations.
Scholarships
Two of the seniors in the 2015 graduating class of St. Benedict at Auburndale High School — the valedictorian and salutatorian — are among the Memphis-area’s 15 National Merit Scholarship winners.
SBA valedictorian Meghan Brino and salutatorian Jake McClure were recognized May 6 by the National Merit Scholarship Program as receiving the scholarship.
See more information about these and other graduates from Arlington, Lakeland and Bartlett in the May 28 issue of the Bartlett Express.
St. Benedict High School is the only Catholic School in Memphis with students receiving this honor and one of six Memphis private schools.
Honors
- Dvennio Warner of Cordova has been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC). Eligible students must complete at least 12 semester hours of college level courses during the semester and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester.
- Aileen Fitzgerald of Arlington, Edgar Guerin of Bartlett and Margaret Jackson of Lakeland have been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Belmont University in Nashville. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.
- John Tucker of Arlington has been named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Berry College near Rome, Ga. Eligible students posted an academic average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale while carrying a class load of at least 12 hours during the semester.
- Meghan Ramsey of Bartlett has been inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society at Harding University in Arkansas. The university’s Alpha Chi chapter is for the upper 10 percent of the junior and senior classes from all academic fields who have earned a minimum 3.85 grade point average over at least 80 course hours. It is also open to graduate students who rank in the top 10 percent of their specific program.
- Rebecca Good of Bartlett delivered the student address at the recent Southwest Tennessee Community College 2015 commencement exercises in Southaven, Miss. Each year the faculty are asked to identify a graduating student who exemplifies scholarship, leadership and service to Southwest for the honor of delivering the student address.
Graduation
- Pat Friel of Arlington earned a master of education degree in curriculum and instruction from Berry College near Rome, Ga.
- Savannah Hensley McGahey of Cordova earned a bachelor of arts degree and Michael C. Morrison of Lakeland earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Southern Mississippi at the spring 2015 commencement exercises on May 9.
