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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023
THE JACKSON HERALD
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School
NEWS FROM COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES
MITCHELL INITIATED INTO
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA
Zoe Mitchell, a native of Hoschton,
was recently initiated into the Uni
versity of Georgia Circle of Omicron
Delta Kappa, the National Leadership
Honor Society. The Society welcomed
1,869 new initiates from 78 universi
ties during April 2023.
Students initiated into the Society
must be sophomores, juniors, seniors
or graduate/professional students in
the top 35% of their class, demonstrate
leadership experience in at least one of
the five pillars, and embrace the ODK
ideals. Fewer than 5% of students on
a campus are invited to join each year.
Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the
National Leadership Honor Society,
was founded in Lexington, Va., on De
cember 3, 1914. Agroup of 15 students
and faculty members established the
Society to recognize and encourage
leadership at the collegiate level. The
founders established the ODK Idea-
the concept that individuals represent
ing all phases of collegiate life should
collaborate with faculty and others to
support the campus and community.
ODK’s mission is to honor and de
velop leaders; encourage collabora
tion among students, faculty, staff and
alumni; and promote ODK’s leader
ship values of collaboration, inclusiv-
ity, integrity, scholarship and service
on college and university campuses
throughout North America. The Soci
ety’s national headquarters are located
in Lexington, Va.
LOCALS GRADUATE FROM
BERRY COLLEGE
Berry College has welcomed its
newest class of graduates, including:
•Anna DeMersseman of Jefferson
• Julian Hendley of Jefferson
PIEDMONT ANNOUNCES
DEAN’S SCHOLARS
Piedmont University has announced
the more than 250 students who were
named dean’s scholars for the spring
2023 semester. Students who earned
the dean’s scholar designation finished
the semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Dean’s scholars included:
•Natalie Vargo of Athens
•Abigail Bemath of Commerce
•Martha Payne of Maysville
• Jaycie Ponce of Hoschton
• Lindsey Chitwood of Commerce
• Cooper Kework of Jefferson
• Connie Mayberry of Maysville
•Tracey Rico of Athens
•Alison Shockley of Maysville
• Marilen Rodriguez-Antunez of Ath
ens
• MacKenzie Bratton of Commerce
• Gracie Martin of Jefferson
•Anna Tolbert of Nicholson
• Rebecca Lindman of Braselton
•Quadrika Starks of Athens
• Auldyn Walker of Jefferson
•Nicole Gunderson of Nicholson
• Chloe Chandler of Commerce
•Alexia Vaca-Nava of Maysville
• Kalina Wolff of Jefferson
•Mya Clark of Athens
•Katelyn Gunderson of Nicholson
PIEDMONT ANNOUNCES
DEAN’S LIST
Piedmont University has announced
the nearly 290 students who qualified
for the dean’s list for the spring 2023
semester. Dean’s list honorees end the
semester with a GPA of 3.50-3.99.
Students on the dean’s list included:
•Amelia Lester of Nicholson
• Chadwick Allen of Commerce
•Grace Chancey of Athens
•Madison Gott of Hoschton
• Darian Summers of Jefferson
• Julian Benson of Athens
•Kathryn Torregrossa of Braselton
•Abigail Seagraves of Commerce
•Olivia Bullock of Hoschton
• Jordyn Smith of Athens
• Rebecca Helms of Jefferson
• Marinda Grubb of Jefferson
• Morgan Bullock of Commerce
•Jaycie Bowen of Maysville
• Lanie McCarty of Jefferson
•Elizabeth Ivey of Hoschton
• Ella Blakely of Jefferson
• Trista Morris of Commerce
MEADOWS INITIATED INTO
HONOR SOCIETY
Emma Meadows, of Commerce,
was recently initiated into The Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s
oldest and most selective all-discipline
collegiate honor society. Meadows was
initiated at Augusta University.
Meadows is among approximately
25,000 students, faculty, profession
al staff and alumni to be initiated into
Phi Kappa Phi each year. Member
ship is by invitation only and requires
nomination and approval by a chapter.
Only the top 10% of seniors and 7.5%
of juniors are eligible for membership.
Graduate students in the top 10% of the
number of candidates for graduate de
grees may also qualify, as do faculty,
professional staff and alumni who have
achieved scholarly distinction.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897
under the leadership of undergraduate
student Marcus L. Urann who had a de
sire to create a different kind of honor
society: one that recognized excellence
in all academic disciplines. Today, the
Society has chapters on more than 325
campuses in the United States, its terri
tories and the Philippines. Its mission
is “to recognize and promote academic
excellence in all fields of higher edu
cation and to engage the community of
scholars in service to others.”
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT’S LIST
Southern New Hampshire University
(SNHU) has announced its winter 2023
president’s list. The winter terms run
from January to May.
Full-time undergraduate students
who have earned a minimum grade-
point average of 3.700 and above for
the reporting term are named to the
president’s list. Full-time status is
achieved by earning 12 credits over
each 16-week term or paired 8-week
terms grouped in fall, winter/spring,
and summer.
Local students honored were:
•Rebecca Botco of Hoschton
•Julia Schwarzer of Pendergrass
• Chrissy Tiller of Jefferson
• Edgar Ramirez Aburto of Jefferson
• Grace Upton of Braselton
• Michael Neely of Hoschton
YOUNG HARRIS ANNOUNCES
PRESIDENT’S, DEAN’S LISTS
Young Harris College has announced
its spring president’s and dean’s lists.
Area students named to the presi
dent’s list were:
• Chloe Cantrell of Nicholson
• Hannah Smith of Hoschton
Students who achieve a 4.0 grade
point average or better are eligible to
be named to the presidents’s list.
Students named to the dean’s list
were:
• Sarah Comer of Jefferson
• Kerrigan Nolan of Jefferson
Students who achieve a 3.5 grade
point average or better are eligible to
be named to the dean’s list.
RODRIGUEZ AMONG UNG
LATINX STUDENTS AND
ALUMNI TO SHARE
EXPERIENCE AT CONFERENCE
University of North Georgia (UNG)
assistant professor of psychological
science Dr. Efren Velazquez, three un
dergraduate students and two alumni
led a panel at the annual Conference
on the Americas hosted this year at the
University of Georgia (UGA). Com
merce resident, Madison Rodriguez,
was among the participants.
Velazquez, who serves as chair
of the Latinx faculty and staff com
mittee, shared that student-led panel
highlighted how to support Latinx
students in Georgia universities. The
committee reached out to undergradu
ate students and alumni before winter
break and the proposal was submitted
in December.
“A lot of these students have multi
ple roles in their families in addition
to being a college student,” Velazquez
said. “I like to mentor these students
because they will go on to mentor fu
ture generations.”
The group’s presentation conveyed
the importance of communication and
shared how Latinx students have addi
tional barriers that often don’t apply to
other students.
Group members Ximena Luna,
Madison Rodriguez, Evelyn Tel-
lo-Mendoza, Fatima Santanilla and
Mauricio Picazo-Garcia strengthened
their presentation skills, networked
and engaged in professional develop
ment.
L) ES wins 2023
SSTAGE Star Award
East Jackson Elemen
tary School has been se
lected to receive the 2023
SSTAGE Star Award for
Promising Practices at the
elementary school level.
The award is present
ed by the Student Sup
port Team Association
of Georgia Educators
(SSTAGE) and noted
EJES’ enthusiasm, team
collaboration, dedication
and understanding of the
Multi-Tiered Support
System. SSTAGE stated
EJES will be an inspira
tion to educational leaders
and teachers across the
state of Georgia.
East Jackson Elemen
tary previously won the
award in 2019.
“It just goes to show
that all the work we have
been doing to support
student needs, especially
through intervention, has
paid off,” East Jackson El
ementary principal Ally-
son Pennington said. “Our
process, although not per
fect, is a strong process
and the work we are doing
is the right work.”
As part of the evalu
ation process, SSTAGE
Board of Directors and
on-site team considered
the school’s effective sys
tematic problem-solving
process at each tier, coor
dinated system of instruc
tional supports/resources,
coordinated system of be
havioral supports/resourc
es, coordinated system of
assessment and progress
monitoring, job-embed
ded professional learning
and ongoing teacher sup
ports, and a systematic
plan for parent/family
communication and in
volvement.
“I am so proud of EJES
for engaging in the work
worthy of recognition at
the state level for their
promising practices in pro
viding multi-tiered sys
tems of support (MTSS),”
said Sherry Beauchamp,
the JCSS District MTSS
Coordinator.
“Our district goal for
MTSS is to not miss one
kid in need of support, and
through our systematic
best practices of support,
student lives are changed.
It is wonderful for EJES
to have their great work
recognized by others. This
recognition just further
fuels our goal to continue
on our path of excellence
for all students in Jackson
County.”
East Jackson Elementa
ry School will present at
the Promising Practices
Conference on January
10,2024.
Bell graduates from
Yale University
LUKE BELL
Luke Bell graduated
from Yale University on
May 22 with a dual degree
in mathematics and phys
ics. Having cultivated an
interest in quantum com
puting through his course-
work and research, Bell
will be working this sum
mer at Yale studying the
effects of direct and cas
caded five-wave mixing
in quantum circuits. This
fall, he will begin another
research project in collab
oration with researchers
from Yale, MIT and Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
to study continuous-vari
able quantum algorithms.
During his four years at
Yale, Bell served as out
reach team co-leader as
well as two consecutive
terms as co-president of
Christian Union Lux, an
evangelical Yale campus
ministry. Sensing a call to
ministry, Bell will contin
ue serving in CU Lux by
helping first-year students
adjust to the academic
and social climate of Yale
while teaching them how
to seek the Lord through
fasting, praying and study
ing Scripture.
Luke plans on applying
to PhD programs in phys
ics with a long-term goal
of becoming a professor
of physics while serving in
Christian ministry. He is a
2019 graduate of Jefferson
High School and is the son
of Mike and DeAnne Bell,
Maysville.
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