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PAGE 12B - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. TULY 9. 2008
Local Students Earn Degrees At UGA
A number of local students were among 3,500 University of Georgia
students to graduate at the end of the 2008 spring semester.
They include: Anna Marie Bearden, bachelor of arts degree in journal
ism; Nathaniel Paul Brett, bachelor of arts degree; Samuel Clark Cutler
IV, a bachelor of science degree and a bachelor of arts degree; Emily
Banks Schattler, master of applied disabilities degree; and Heather
Renee Tiller, a bachelor of arts degree, all of Commerce; and David
Tyler Lathem, Maysville, bachelor of science degree in agriculture.
Three Graduate From Georgia College
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, reports that three
Commerce students were named to its spring semester dean’s list.
They are Lacy Gary, Kathryn Wilbanks and Leigh Griffin.
Acacia Wilson Graduates From UGA
Acacia Shakara Wilson, a Commerce High School graduate, gradu
ated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia in the spring
with a degree in English. She had a 3.98 grade point average.
Wilson, the daughter of Albert and Elaine Wilson, will attend law
school in the fall.
3 Local Students Graduate From MCG
Three students from Commerce area made the spring 2008 Dean’s
List at the Medical College of Georgia, the state’s health sciences uni
versity. They are Levi Dykes, Karyn Martinez and Catherine Morris, all
in MCG’s School of Nursing
Lindsey Waldrop Graduates At Athens Tech
Lindsey Elizabeth Waldrop, daughter of John Waldrop of Commerce
and Lynn Jones of Ellijay, graduated June 12 from Athens Technical
College with an associate’s degree in radiography.
Miss Waldrop was president of Lamda Nu, the radiologic honor
society. She was a presidential scholar, was a member of “Who’s Who
Among Students in American Junior Colleges’’ and was the 2008 recipi
ent of the Mallinckrodt Award, given for clinical ability and attitude,
patient care, professional conduct and effective leadership.
EJCHS FBLA Members Win Top Natl Honors
East Jackson Comprehensive High School competitors Seth
Cole, Chris Gordon and Nathan Rylee are pictured with their
FBLA adviser, Renee Chandler.
Luture Business Leaders of
America-Phi Beta Lambda
(LBLA-PBL), the largest and
oldest student business orga
nization, held their National
Leadership Conference at the
Atlanta Marriott Marquis June
26-29. Conference participants
from around the country, and
the world, were in attendance for
this amazing conference and the
LBLA-PBL Institute for Leaders.
East Jackson Comprehensive
High School students Seth
Cole, Chris Gordon and Nathan
Rylee received national rec
ognition at the LBLA Awards
of Excellence program June
29. These students teamed up
to compete in E-Business and
brought home first place in the
nation. The students were also
awarded a $750 scholarship,
sponsored by friends of the
association. According to East
Jackson Comprehensive High
School LBLA Adviser Renee
Chandler, this is the first ever
LBLA/Business and Computer
Science national winner from
the Jackson County School
System.
“This is such an honor to cel
ebrate this achievement with my
students,’’ she said.
One critical element in a busi
ness’ success in today’s global
market is the ability to sell prod
ucts and services to the consum
er via the Internet. E-Business
is a competitive event that rec
ognizes LBLA members who
have developed proficiency
in the creation and design of
Web commerce sites. The East
Jackson team spent the better
part of the school year designing,
developing and tweaking their
web site and gave a five-minute
presentation of their E-Business
site before a panel of judges to
qualify.
“Seth, Chris and Nathan worked
so hard all year and had to divide
their time between maintain
ing the EJCHS school web site
and working on their competi
tive web site,’’ said Chandler.
“Their initiative and commitment
to detail and excellence have
been impressive. They are truly
deserving.’’
The award was part of a compre
hensive competitive events pro
gram sponsored by LBLA-PBL.
Individuals, state teams and local
chapters were encouraged to
compete in any of the over 50 dif
ferent events representing a wide
range of activities and the busi
ness and leadership development
focus of LBLA-PBL. The winners
of these highly competitive and
prestigious awards were selected
from among LBLA-PBL’s mem
bership of 250,000 students and
advisers and represent some of
the best and brightest of today’s
youth, Chandler said.
Luture Business Leaders of
America-Phi Beta Lambda Inc.
is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educa
tion association with a quarter
million members and advisers in
12,000 chartered middle school,
high school and college chapters
worldwide. Its mission is to bring
business and education together
in a positive working relationship
through innovative leadership
and career development pro
grams. The Awards of Excellence
program can be viewed at www.
fbla-pbl.org.
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