Honors given to outstanding transfers
by Mary Barrera, reporter

    Several students transferring from South Campus to four-year universities received honors recently.

    Twenty-three South Campus students have been nominated for the College Board’s Talent Roster of Outstanding Transfer Students from Community Colleges.

    The Talent Roster program nationally honors community college transfer students who hold a minimum 3.0 GPA and who intend to pursue a baccalaureate degree.

    The students’ names are listed in a publication, which encourages colleges and universities to seek them as potential candidates for admission, Sandra Johnson, South Campus counselor, said.

    In addition, 58 full-time students who earned a minimum 3.5 GPA and transferred to the University of Texas Arlington were honored at a Transfer Achievement Citation Luncheon.

    Each student could invite an instructor who has had positive impact on the student’s life, Kelly Krause, TCC alumnus, said.

    Each student and teacher received a certificate.

    The College Board’s talented students from South Campus are Roberta Adams, Anna Atwood, Traci Break, Ricky Briggs, Scott Crawford, Allegra Davis, D. Dickerson, Carlos Escoricia, Stephanie Estrada, Eugene French and Lorena Gallegos.

    Also nominated are Katherine Hamil, Delorey Hill, Jamie Jones, Alan Knight, Francesca Long, Elia Martinez, Steven McElhannon, Perla Olivas, Neville Parnell, Crystal Peppard, Jeanie Schmidt-Myers and Zujely Razo.

    The UTA transfer achievement honorees from South Campus include Christina Ahmad, Lashonda Barnes, Heather Bleeker, Jocelyn Bradshaw, Kelly Brennan, Christina Carr, Larry Carter II, Russell Champion, Monica Chang-Panesso, Craig Crawford, Ella Davis and Suzana Diaz.

    Other honorees are Christina Firm, Kristen Fisher, Marina Flores, Lisa Folsom, Melanie Gill, Laura Goff, Jenny Hereford, Karen Honea, Linwood Joyner Jr., Cheryl Kensing, Kelly Krause, Patrick Marcello, Jr., Anthony Martinez, Micah McClure, Laura McCook, Amy McGehee, Cynthia Metsga and Anna Molina.

    In addition, the following received recognition: Amanda Moore, Keeton Moore, Shelly Morrison, Katie Morrow, Kirk Noyes, LaMont Parraway, Gea Payton, Michael Pinchera, Amy Reed, Suzanne Ruiz, Samuel Sebastian, Monia Shackelford, Phillip Smith, Suzanne Smith, Donna Soules and Jane Spradlin.

    Also included at the lunch were Heather Stanfield, Joshua Strittmatter, EE-Laine Teoh, Jeremy Thresher, Fang Townsend, Samantha Trimble, Oscar Gomez, Maria Vivoni, Adam Warner, Patricia White, Andrew Wilkendorf, Lindy Williams and Su-Fei Yang.