The summer trimester at the Tennessee
Technology Center at McKenzie ended with Awards Day on August 24th. The ceremony, organized and sponsored by the
campus wide Student Senate, was held at the McKenzie Cumberland Presbyterian
Church and led by the Dr. Brad White, the Technology Center’s Director.
A
total of 40 students received their diplomas or final certificates and numerous
others were recognized for completing certificate levels during the
trimester. Also recognized during the
ceremony were those students who were inducted into the National Technical
Honor Society and students who attained Perfect Attendance.
The
students who completed requirements for graduation are: Automotive
Technology- Ben Sudzum, Jason Lott, Samuel Rogers and Issac McMackin; Business Systems Technology-McKenzie – Randall
Adkisson, Amber Lyle, Melanie Early, and Tomi Johansen; Business
Systems Technology-Weakley County- Carrie Pinion and Norma Mitchell; Computer Information Technology- Cody
Gullett, Adam Marlar, Brian Chandler, J.B. Clark, and Robert Schroeder; Green Electronics Technology- John
Chain, Scott Fletcher, and Alan Black; Green Electronics II- Jeffrey Eakes; HVAC/Refrigeration- Christopher Peeler,
William Thomas Sledd and Bobby White; Industrial
Maintenance-Weakley County- Darrin Kimmons, Jeff Gibbons, Jeffrey Axley,
Andrew Moubray, Stuart Reynolds, Brent Williams and Casey Williamson; Machine Tool Technology- Joshua
Clifton, Robert Erwin and Cory Thompson; Welding
Technology- Dexter Pruitt, Matthew Tolley, William David Lowe, Michael
Moore, Joshua Ivy, Lanny Ricketts, James Stover, and Kyle Bradley.
Nineteen students were
inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. These inductees were Chrishanda Ridley, Janis
Hussey, Brent Campbell, Curtis Mathis, Jason Wylie, Scottie Heathcock, Garry
Roberts, William Thomas Sledd, Bobby White, William White, Carl Baldwin, Gary
Barnhill, Harold Dodd, Ray Courtney, Mark Rainey, Cory Thompson, Eddie Wallace,
Brian Morgan, and Joshua Pope.
Thirteen students were recognized
for achieving perfect attendance during the spring trimester. The students receiving Perfect Attendance
Certificates were Gabriel Padilla, Adam Askew, Norma Mitchell, Randy Garner,
Bradley Bone, James Higdon, William White, Jeffrey Axley, Gary McDaniel, Kim
Turbeville, Mark Rainey, Joshua Pope, and Brian Morgan.
Norma Mitchell was also
recognized for having achieved perfect attendance throughout her entire
enrollment.
Following the ceremony, a
reception was held in honor of the graduates and their families.