Photo by Jerry Toscholog Featured: Chancellor Nasser Paydar, Associate Professor of Fine Arts Tom Thomas, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Larry Richards Several Indiana University East students were recognized on Thursday, April 16 during the Honors Convocation in Vivian Auditorium. Chancellor Nasser H. Paydar presided over the program. Chancellor’s Scholar Awards are campus-wide awards, presented to the highest achieving seniors, by academic school. Chancellor’s awards were presented to: Marisa Crist, of Milton, Ind., School of Business and Economics Travis Miller, of Eaton, Ohio, School of Continuing Studies Jennifer Wetherell, of Richmond, Ind., School of Education Troy Mantle, of Richmond, Ind., School of Humanities and Social Sciences Amanda Clarkson, of Richmond, Ind., School of Natural Science and Mathematics Jennifer Bath, of Liberty, Ind., School of Nursing Anita Scott, of Fishers, Ind., School of Social Work Outstanding Student Awards were given to individuals in their degree programs who displayed outstanding academic achievement at IU East. Students receiving awards are the following: School of Business and Economics Alison Walker, Aurora, Ind., Outstanding Student in Accounting Jennifer Fleagle, New Madison, Ohio, Outstanding Student in Finance Brian Graham, Hagerstown, Ind., Outstanding Student in Management School of Continuing Studies Casie Bowsman, New Castle, Ind., Outstanding Student in General Studies School of Education Donna Jones, Fountain City, Ind., Outstanding Student in Elementary Education Kara Woofter, Eaton, Ohio, Outstanding Student in Secondary Education Denice Williams, Fountain City, Ind., Outstanding Graduate Student in Education Megan Delk, Greenville, Ohio, Indiana Association of College Teacher Educators Outstanding Student Teacher Award-Elementary James Noe, Arcanum, Ohio, Indiana Association of College Teacher Educators Outstanding Student Teacher Award-Secondary School of Humanities and Social Sciences Larry Rittenhouse, Winchester, Ind., Outstanding Student in Humanities Dion Hinze, Hagerstown, Ind., Outstanding Student in Psychology Nichole Mann, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Sociology Kevin Holley, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Communication Julia Owens, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Criminal Justice Michael Willhite, Connersville, Ind., Outstanding Student in English Ranae Allen, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Fine Arts School of Natural Science and Mathematics Brian Duff, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Biology Corey White, Lynn, Ind., Outstanding Student in Biotechnology Aaron Hill, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Chemistry Stephanie King, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding Student in Mathematics School of Nursing Caroline Pyle, Richmond, Ind., Outstanding BSN Student Ron Martin, Parker City, Ind., Outstanding RN to BSN Student School of Social Work Jessica Osborne, Brownsville, Ind., Outstanding Student in Social Work Purdue University College of Technology Gregory J. Furtaw, Dayton, Ohio, Organizational Leadership and Industrial Technology Caleb Hale, Springport, Ind., Computer Graphics and Engineering Technology

My husband, Shawn Rankin (a police detective for the City of Homewood), graduated with his Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Lawson State on May 9 at the BJCC. (I am over Career Services for Lawson and an instructor for Freshman Success.) He has attended numerous colleges off and on over the past 25 years while in the Army and as a police officer, but never completed a program of study until now. He will enroll soon to complete his Bachelor's at a local four-yr school. Dr. Kristie R. Rankin Career Services Lawson State Community College Bessemer-Birmingham (205) 929-3514 FAX (205) 424-5119 "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." --Theodore Roosevelt