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Top Scholars Celebrated at SIC’s Honors Night

May 10, 2018
Phi Theta Kappa honor society members recognized are (l-r) Carson Brimm of Harrisburg (representative), Micaylen Wolf of Harrisburg (vice president), Alex McRoy of Harrisburg, (vice president), Sarah Baldwin of Eldorado (vice president) and Callie Smith of Eldorado (president). Presenting the certificates is Sara DeNeal, SIC art instructor.
Receiving Student Ambassador Service Awards are (l-r) Micaylen Wolf and Briley Hankins of Harrisburg presented by Sara DeNeal, SIC art instructor. Not pictured: Ashley Cain of Harrisburg, Lexcee Fulkerson of Carrier Mills, Mia Griffith of Raleigh, Alex Oker of Eldorado and Lexie Winchester of Stonefort.
Art students were invited to submit work in the Southern Illinois Intercollegiate Art Competition. Winners from the competition were recognized are (back l-r): Taylor Cox of Eldorado, Tristen Bolin of Harrisburg, Macenzi Mitchell of Carmi, Brandi Reed of Harrisburg, Suzanne Rubio of Eldorado and Tanner Owen of Cave-in-rock. Kneeling (l-r): Arianne Boma of Harrisburg and Rachel Russell of Norris City. Not pictured: Jacey Winters of Cave-in-Rock. The awards were presented by Sara DeNeal, art instructor.
Doughty was also recognized for winning the Michaella K. Grounds Outstanding Delegate Award.
Casper Johns of Omaha (left) received the Government Award presented by Matt Lees, SIC political science instructor.
Members of the SIC Student Government executive board honored with the Student Government Service Award include (l-r) Callie Smith of Eldorado (student trustee), Alex McRoy of Harrisburg (treasurer), Sarah Baldwin of Eldorado (secretary), Evan Doughty of Equality (vice president) and Casper Johns of Omaha (president).
Mattie McGowan of Eldorado accepted the Outstanding Business Student Award from Kelsie Bond, Business Instructor.
Receiving Educational Leadership and Achievement awards are (l-r) Kayla Heath of Eldorado, Riley Cozart of Norris City and Stephanie Walle of Harrisburg. Dr. Diane King, coordinator of early childhood education and education programs presented this award.
Earning the College Club of Saline County Scholarship was Alex Molinarolo of Eldorado, presented by Dr. Karen McClusky.
Molinarolo also received the Illinois State Retired Teachers Association Award, presented by Dr. McClusky.
Kaydee Dycus of Mt. Vernon was awarded the Catherine Oldham Memorial Scholarship. The award was presented by Allan Kimball, SIC theatre director.
Shelby Beckman of Galatia, received the Warren & Noveta King-Priest Scholarship, awarded by Jerry King. Warren and Noveta King-Priest served as educators in Saline County for many years. They both had great appreciation of the value of education and believed that education was the key to independence and productivity. Throughout their lives, they had many opportunities to assist students in achieving educational success. At the time of their deaths, this award was established by their daughter to support a student from Saline County pursuing a degree in education.
Clarissa Tjoanda of Harrisburg received the Sam Porter Freshman Chemistry Awards presented by Kim Martin, SIC math instructor.
Tjoanda also accepted the Eva Gersbacher Memorial Biology Award from Kim Martin, SIC math instructor.
Jessica Lukancic of Harrisburg received the Sam Porter Sophomore Chemistry Awards presented by Kim Martin, SIC math instructor.
Alex Molinarolo of Eldorado was awarded the Matthew J. Fry Memorial Scholarship by Kim Martin, SIC math instructor.
Jordan Fricks of Raleigh accepted the June Rice Malan Memorial Math Award from presenter Kim Martin, SIC math instructor.
Kaitlyn Etienne of Eldorado was awarded one of two Jaylynn Ferrell Memorial Scholarships by Patti Ferrell. The scholarship was created in honor of DJ and Patti Ferrell’s daughter, a 2011 graduate of the SIC nursing program and registered nurse (RN) at Harrisburg Medical Center, whose life was taken in the Leap Day Tornado.
Kayla Crowder of Stonefort was awarded one of two Jaylynn Ferrell Memorial Scholarship by Patti Ferrell. The scholarship was created in honor of DJ and Patti Ferrell’s daughter, a 2011 graduate of the SIC nursing program and registered nurse (RN) at Harrisburg Medical Center, whose life was taken in the Leap Day Tornado.
Savannah Sutton of Eldorado accepted the Michael Hillegas Chapter D.A.R. Scholarship from Candy Evans, scholarship committee chair.
Griffen Stock of Norris City was awarded the Frank Schneider Memorial Scholarship from Frank Schneider’s wife, Carol Schneider.
Brandi Reed of Harrisburg accepted the John Bennewitz Memorial Art Scholarship from Sara DeNeal, SIC art instructor.
Tanner Owen of Cave-in-Rock was awarded the Austin & Doris Welch Art Scholarship presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Savannah Sutton of Eldorado received the Eugene & Callie Walden Morris Scholarship presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Olivia Matthews of Cave-in-Rock was awarded the Rosiclare Chapter #971 Order of Eastern Start Scholarship presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Jamison Williams of Elizabethtown earned the Delta Shrine Club Scholarship, which was established in 1992 to assist students who graduated from Hardin County High School and were enrolled at SIC with high academic achievement. Presenting the award is Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Roy Shepard of Carmi received one of two Gladys and Raymond Carroll Memorial Scholarships presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Julie Hayden of Eldorado was selected for the Harry W. Abell Memorial Scholarship presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Shelby Hall of Shawneetown was awarded the Suzanne Alexander Memorial Scholarship, presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Hannah Pettijohn of Norris City was selected for the Companion Pet Rescue Scholarship, presented by Brian Surprenant, SIC Foundation Chair.
Skylar Edmister of Eldorado was awarded the Madeline Dempsey Allied Health Scholarship, presented by Amy Murphy, director of allied health.

Hundreds of students, family and friends along with Southeastern Illinois College faculty and staff converged to celebrate academic and extra-curricular achievements of the student body during SIC’s annual Honors Night held Tuesday, April 24 in the George T. Dennis Visual and Performing Arts Center. 

Not present to accept their awards were: Chance Tullis of Springerton who was awarded the Dennis Allen Speech Scholarship, Haileigh Marks of Harrisburg who was awarded the Julie Fowler Orange Memorial Scholarship, Katelyn Rose Ann Hall of Simpson who was awarded the John B. Dotson Memorial Scholarship; Tiffany Drake of Harrisburg who was awarded the  Eldorado Women’s Club Scholarship, Ethan Brinkley of Carmi who was awarded one of two of the Gladys and Raymond Carroll Memorial Scholarships,  John Fugate of Harrisburg who was awarded the C.R. Gardner Memorial Scholarship, the Harold Bauman Memorial Scholarship, the Wilma Hunter Memorial Scholarship and the Ruth Baird Scholarship, Alexa Fulkerson of Carrier Mills who received the Dorthy Helen Baldwin Harrisburg BPW Scholarship; Bailey Fuerback of Harrisburg who was awarded the Faye Mitchell Memorial Scholarship, Tessa Richerson of Eldorado who was selected for the John and Audrey Coyle Scholarship, Megan Overturf of Marion who received the Dr. Warren Tuttle Memorial Scholarship, Sarah Welling of Harrisburg who was awarded the Health Care (IHIA) Scholarship and Calvin Peacock of Peoria who was awarded the Mary Jo Oldham Male Student Athlete of the Year award.

Students Graduating with Honors (45 credit hours, GPA 3.25 or greater) include (not in order and many are not pictured):

Benton

Jason Tieffel

Brookport

Joslyn Dawn Campbell

Carbondale

John Pierre Lauzon

Carmi

Brian Keith Anderson, Ashley Amber Cross, Aaron Travor Harrington, Madison Renee Hoy, Drew Joshua Lucas, Macenzi Mitchell, Brooke Naylor, Kaylee Sneed

Carrier Mills

William George Fitzgerald, Garrett Proctor

Eldorado

Jennifer Lynn Baker, Sarah Katherine Baldwin, Clayton Andrew Boulds, Adam William Brown, Skylar Dawn Edmister, Kaitlyn Faith Etienne, Nathaniel James Fuhr, Austin Bobby Galloway, Courtney Gilbert, Kayla Lee Heath, Dolly Mae Mace, Mattie Taryn McGowan, Alex Molinarolo, Adam Barrett Partridge, Whitney Darla Blair Shavez, Callie Elizabeth Smith, Noah Wesley Taylor

Elizabethtown

Brady Benjamin Blair, Carson Conn, Steven Zane Smith

Equality

Jordan Bailey, Brittani Michele Young

Galatia

Victoria Brown, Hunter Lane, Arthur Austin Stricklin

Golconda

Jason Green, Garrett Charles Lane

Harrisburg

Carsen Julianne Beal, Carson Nicole Brimm, Blake Jordan Buchanan, Dalton Carder, Kenneth Audie Carrier, Elijah Andrew Douglas, Allison Paige Downs, Bailey Michael Drone, Jeffrey Frailey, John David Fugate, Kelli Lee Hathaway, Devannie Ann Jones,  Benjamin Allan Lehman, Reuben Eric Markham, McKenzi Ratliff, Heather Michelle Reynolds, Stephanie Walle, Hazelea Marie Wilkins, Heidi Sky Willis-Smith, Bailey Wilson

Herod

Allison Breanne Cox 

Junction

Morgan Colbert

Largo, FL

Andrew Dillon Guido

Marion

Aaron Michael Chickini, Sheyanne Rae Stacy

Metropolis

Payton Mackenzie Van Hoy

Norris City

Riley Marie Cozart, Ciara Dawn Dodd, Brantley Sean Neal, Marcus Paul Niehaus

Oblong

Brittany Diane Tuel

Omaha

Stephanie Arlene Johns, Thomas York

Ozark

Emily Marie Scruggs

Pleasant Plains

Kimberly Nicole Higgerson-Crifasi

Princeton, KY

Daniel Reese P’Pool

Raleigh

Jordan Fricks, Amanda Janel Payne, Harry Arnold Riddle

Ridgway

Emily Paige Ragan, Amanda Jo Seely

Shawneetown

Lilly Mikel Galt, Shelby Lynn Hall

Simpson

Falin Jana Hinshaw 

Springerton

Justin Edward Rush, Chanse Alec Tullis

Springfield

Sabrina Kirchgesner

West Frankfort

Bryce Wiley

 

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