Dr. James Hudgins Tells Tri-County's Class
of 2005: "Who You Are Makes a Difference"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5/9/2005
CONTACT: LISA GARRETT, 646-1506
(By Lisa Garrett)
PENDLETON --- What you bring to life in your heart makes a difference
in your behavior, your performance and your potential, Dr. James Hudgins,
nationally acclaimed president of the S.C. Technical College System,
told the Class of 2005 at Tri-County Technical College’s 42nd annual
commencement Monday evening.
He quoted William James, an American psychologist, who said, 'You
can change your life by changing your attitude.' Dr. Hudgins congratulated
the 392 graduates on their academic achievement and challenged them
to "add the essential personal dimensions of success -- attitude,
self confidence and assertiveness."
"Your attitude will not solve every problem, but it can have
a powerful influence in helping you to overcome the obstacles that you
will encounter in your career and may separate you from the crowd,"
said Dr. Hudgins.
“Who you are makes a difference,” he added.
"Most of us can do much more than we have ever allowed ourselves
to believe and an enhanced self concept will lead to positive action,
making a difference in the use of our potential. At this College, you
have laid the foundation; now go forth and build on your potential,"
he said.
He ended his remarks with the words of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick: "Great
living begins with a picture held firmly in your mind of the kind of
person you want to be. Hold that image always before you and you will
be drawn to it."
As president of the South Carolina Technical College System, Dr. Hudgins
is committed to fulfilling the System’s commitment to business and industry
to provide the workforce of the future that our State’s employers demand.
During his six-year tenure, he has worked with the System’s sixteen
college presidents to build a strong coalition committed to enhancing
higher education opportunities for the people of South Carolina and
to support the State’s economic development efforts.
Prior to his role as system president, Dr. Hudgins served for 13 years
as president of Midlands Technical College in Columbia. During his presidency,
Midlands doubled its enrollment to become the largest technical college
in South Carolina and the third largest college in the state.
Among his most recent accolades are the 1997 National Leadership award
from the National Council for Organizational and Staff Development and
the 1998 Distinguished Service Award from the S.C. Commission on Higher
Education.
He holds A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Bob Jones University and
has an M. A. degree in Educational Administration from Furman University.
Following Dr. Hudgins’ address, President Ronnie L. Booth and other
college officials presented degrees, diplomas and certificates to the
following graduates:
From Abbeville:
Rebecca Celeste Ellis, Nursing.
From Anderson:
Terry Lee Adams, Criminal Justice Technology; Edith C. Alewine, Phlebotomy;
Terria A. Banks, Early Childhood Development; Anthony Dale Barnette,
Industrial Electronics Technology; Elijah Batten, Industrial Mechanics;
Lael Caleb Beach, Associate in Science; Ricardo Gilbert Becerra, Textile
Management Technology; Kera Marie Beck, General Studies; Jessica Alan
Bell, Veterinary Technology; Zora Ann Bevels, Office Systems Technology;
Melody G. Bevill, Nursing; Guerlince BiChotte, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Crystal Starr Boggs, Electrocardiology; Margie Michelle
Bozeman, Phlebotomy; Cynthia Ann Bridges, Office Systems Technology;
Bettina Taliba Brown, Medical Laboratory Technology; Nicholas Ray Brown,
Welding; Amanda Jean Brown-Bates, Veterinary Technology; Timothy Michael
Burriss, Industrial Electronics Technology; Ariel Le Ann Burton, Radio
and Television Broadcasting; Debbie Sue Tucker Cantrell, Phlebotomy;
Rolando E Cardona, Medical Laboratory Technology; Stacy Leigh Cartwright,
Veterinary Technology; Christopher Edward Cathey, Criminal Justice Technology;
Matthew Gregory Chambers, Computer Technology; Samuel Mark Coe, Textile
Management Technology; Cathey Beebe Conwell, Business Technology; Jeremy
Heath Crenshaw, Business Technology; Susan Odean Cruz, Criminal Justice
Technology; Rebekka Daniele' Cummings, Radio and Television Broadcasting;
Kim Brown Cureton, Phlebotomy; Marcus Dean Dickerson, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Nathan Allen Dusseau, Business Technology; Adam Grant Ellis,
Associate in Arts; Lacey Leigh Evans, Nursing; Nicolle D. Gentry, Electrocardiology;
Charles Jonah Getsinger, Criminal Justice Technology; Matthew Dale Gibson,
Business Technology; Thomas Franklin Glenn, Welding; Christy Pittman
Golden, Nursing; LaToya Quincyla Groves, Business Technology; Eleisha
Christine Hagen, Associate in Arts; James Ray Hamer, Computer Technology;
Candace Brooke Hanks, Associate in Arts; Tawny Suzanne Hanks, Associate
in Arts; Autumn Brown Hanning, Phlebotomy; Dawn Celest Hardin, Nursing;
Kevin Christopher Harrington, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Kelly
Lynn Hawkins, Accounting; Janice Ophelia Jackson, Accounting; Alicia
Ann Pacholski Lauzier, Computer Technology; Zachariah Israel Leoffels,
Radio and Television Broadcasting; Melinda Clark Lindsey, Associate
in Science; Roy Richard Loftis, Computer Technology; Jean Marie Logan,
Phlebotomy; Jason G. Maroney, Business Technology; Jennifer Lynne Mayfield,
Business Technology; Krysta Nichole McCullough, Veterinary Technology;
Stephanie Gail Mitchell, Early Childhood Development; Tamerlaine Mitchell
Moorehead, Early Childhood Development; Kristi Marie Mullinax, Phlebotomy;
Jerry Dale Norris, Welding; William Christopher Osbey, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Erica Diane Osborne, Electrocardiology; Jonathan Renauld
Paul, General Engineering Technology; Leah Shonta Pickens, Office Systems
Technology; Kevin Gene Poole, Welding; Thomas Michael Porter, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Marva Vandette Rich, Office Systems Technology;
Daphne Shawnta Robbins, Office Systems Technology; Christopher Douglas
Roberts, Business Technology; Cynthia Lynn Robinson, Early Childhood
Development; Melissa Marie Robison, Nursing; Darren Lafayette Rodgers,
Industrial Electronics Technology; David Mickael Rowley, Computer Technology;
Caitlin Alanna Royster, Associate in Science; Whitney Hope Sanders,
Nursing; Vonyshisa Meno Shefton, Computer Technology; Saahra Mona Shover,
Welding; Missy Weyman Sigmon, Nursing; Candice Leigh Simpson, Office
Systems Technology; Derrick Brian Singleton, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Lucretia D'Evette Small, Early Childhood Development; Ruth
Elizabeth Smith, Nursing; Cheryl Dunn Spearman, Early Childhood Development;
Kyle Matthew Splawn, Associate in Science; Andrew Richard Still, Associate
in Science; Shatanya Shacorey Stokes, Office Systems Technology; Karl
E. Tabaaru, Welding; Shane Dean Thomas, Criminal Justice Technology;
Tonya Winbush Thomas, Criminal Justice Technology; Tabitha Denise Trado,
Nursing; Derek Aaron Vaughn, Computer Technology; Cheryl Anne Voigt,
Nursing; Matthew Barnes Voigt, Criminal Justice Technology; Dedra Dement
Watson, General Engineering Technology; Stephanie Ann Westbury, Criminal
Justice Technology; Earl Donald White, Jr., Industrial Electronics Technology;
Zelphia Moneek Whitfield, Criminal Justice Technology; Tiffany Gail
Wilbanks, Criminal Justice Technology; Michele Day Wiles, Textile Management
Technology; Melissa A. Wiley, Associate in Science; Deanne Leigh Williams,
Nursing; Eboni Koewisha Williams, Early Childhood Development; Kenneth
Maurice Williams, Associate in Arts; Sandra Shifon Williams, Office
Systems Technology; Tiffany Oriana Williams, Early Childhood Development;
Jessica Lee Williamson, Business Technology; Amy Marie Wilson, Associate
in Science; Jerri Dru Winchester, Business Technology; Zachary Herbert
Wojtalik, Associate in Science; Sheneka Nichole Woodruff, Early Childhood
Development; Katrina Diane Woodrum, Criminal Justice Technology; and
Kerry Cleveland Yon, Nursing.
From Belton:
Lydia Michelle Burgess, Criminal Justice Technology; Christopher Kevin
Cooley, Industrial Mechanics; Deborah Lackey Dukes, Electrocardiology;
Abey Denise Finley, Medical Laboratory Technology; Andrew Justin Dale
Hardy, Associate in Arts; Nicole R. Hunter, Office Systems Technology;
Charles David Kay, Industrial Electronics Technology; Tiffany Nicole
Kennedy, Early Childhood Development; Heather Lea Marshall, Nursing;
Jennifer Lynn McKee, Nursing; Wanda Faye Shearer, Medical Laboratory
Technology; James Allen Thompson, Jr., Criminal Justice Technology;
and Shannon Elizabeth Vaughn, Office Systems Technology.
From Honea Path:
Michael Lester McCall, Jr., Engineering Graphics Technology.
From Iva:
Lacey LaShay Gaines, General Engineering Technology.
From Pelzer:
Tracy Ann Bender, Nursing; and Ameshia Nata Blassingame, Office Systems
Technology.
From Pendleton:
Lisa Marie Brown, Nursing; Kendal McKay Durham, Associate in Arts; Jason
Bradley Graham, Welding; Terry Lee Green, Sr., Industrial Mechanics;
Gregory Lee Hart, Industrial Electronics Technology; Shannon Nichole
Johnson, Business Technology; Marketta Phenique Ladson, Medical Laboratory
Technology; Andrew Christopher Lee, Electronics Engineering Technology;
Shannon Lee Marcus, Welding; James Leistra Marshall, Computer Technology;
Nicola Suzette Merck, Criminal Justice Technology; Anita Crystal Milner,
Radio and Television Broadcasting; Tina Marie Prince, Business Technology;
Brad David Seymore, Associate in Arts; and Latosha Tamika Williams,
Office Systems Technology.
From Piedmont:
Lacey Rebecca Finley, Criminal Justice Technology; and Gerald Donald
Phelan, Radio and Television Broadcasting.
From Sandy Springs:
Pamela Jean Galloway, Office Systems Technology; Anthony Charles Mathews,
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning; and Kristie Ann McAuley, Associate
in Science.
From Starr:
Brittney Rhonda Gilbert, Early Childhood Development; Ashley Catherine
Phillips, Nursing; Angela Wright Jordan, Textile Management Technology;
Summer Netrell Smith, Office Systems Technology; and James Edwin Yon,
Industrial Electronics Technology.
From Townville:
Patricia Marie Grant, Medical Assisting; Holly Louise Griffith, Computer
Technology; James Zachary Lazar, Welding; Nancy Marie Satterfield, Nursing;
and Tara Leigh Thrift, Business Technology.
From West Pelzer:
Renee Sherleen Tumblin, Veterinary Technology.
From Williamston:
Chad C. Anderson, Industrial Electronics Technology; William Melton
Blackmon, Industrial Electronics Technology; Lena Marie Burgess, Nursing;
Thomas Lee Carlson, Machine Tool Technology; John Paul Carpenter, Criminal
Justice Technology; Kevin Jenar Holcombe, Business Technology; Lacy
Hamm Lugo, Business Technology; Harry Kendall Major, Business Technology;
Travis Lewis Moon, Industrial Electronics Technology; Phillip Kurt Preuss,
Criminal Justice Technology; Lethia Ann Smith, Radio and Television
Broadcasting; Jean Marie Trufan Tillirson, Nursing; Lisa Marie Watkins,
Veterinary Technology; and Brandi Nicole Woodson, Associate in Science.
OCONEE COUNTY:
From Fair Play:
Maranda Leigh Griffin, Office Systems Technology; Cathlene Creswell
Rogers, Business Technology; Joseph Micah Rogers, Machine Tool Technology;
Debra Ann Rosenberg, Business Technology; Jason Alan Singleton, Radio
and Television Broadcasting; and Adam Timothy Wood, Industrial Electronics
Technology.
From Long Creek:
James Randy Bryson, Industrial Electronics Technology.
From Mountain Rest:
Matthew Bennett Wisner, Associate in Science.
From Salem:
Krystal Nicole Crumley, Electrocardiology; Joseph Colin Rowland, Associate
in Arts; and Deborah Ann Smith, Nursing.
From Seneca:
Elaine Hooper Alexander, Associate in Arts; Takisha Sheree Brice, Computer
Technology; Toria Leeoshia Burke-Littles, Phlebotomy; James Robert Campbell,
Industrial Mechanics; Marquita Danielle Cobb, Nursing; Theresa Gail
Garland Cox, Nursing; Quinton Lee Craig, Radio and Television Broadcasting;
Reed Thomas Curtis, Associate in Arts; Karen Davis Drake, Engineering
Graphics Technology; Heather Dawn Emerson, Accounting; Susan Ellen Fago,
Nursing; Bryan Timothy Gause, Associate in Science; Lori Blizzard Gibbs,
Computer Technology; Yvette Lynn Nesitt Harrison, Business Technology;
Carrie Lynn Henderson, Nursing; Lynn Annette Henderson, Office Systems
Technology; Karen Joyce Hendrix, Electrocardiology; Cynthia Denise Hornick,
Computer Technology; Kenneth Austin Hyde, Welding; LaFawn Rene' Jenkins,
Business Technology; Bobbie Jo Kelly, Office Systems Technology; Kelli
Annette Lipscomb, Criminal Justice Technology; Shanda Nichole Madden,
Medical-Dental Office Assistant; Jessica Mondragon, Office Systems Technology;
Dana Elizabeth Crowe Morgan, Associate in Arts; Mary Michelle Mumaw,
Veterinary Technology; Stephanie Jennings Reid, Business Technology;
Dennis T. Robinson, Accounting; Wendy Ashley Rogers, Office Systems
Technology; Julie Matheson Smith, Office Systems Technology; Laura Hartman
Thompson, Associate in Arts; Donna Rae Wells, Office Systems Technology;
Erin Lindsay Williams, Associate in Arts; and Joshua Chyle Zwolenik,
Computer Technology.
From Walhalla:
Matthew Corey Addis, Machine Tool Technology; Alice Carrell Bates, Medical
Laboratory Technology; Daniel John Belcher, Computer Technology; Eric
Lee Black, Machine Tool Technology; Matthew Grant Duncan, Welding; David
Michael Ezell, Machine Tool Technology; Angela Lyn Hulse, Nursing; Megan
Linnet McCoy, Early Childhood Development; Sherri Lynn Moore, Nursing;
Rebecca Carol Partin, Office Systems Technology; Prashila Pragnesh Patel,
Medical Laboratory Technology; Candi Dawn Powell, Office Systems Technology;
Kathy Ann Rogers, Criminal Justice Technology; Stephen Joel Stancil,
Machine Tool Technology; Gary Lane Watkins, Welding; and Cristine Marie
Wilson Ventigli, Office Systems Technology.
From West Union:
Holly Danielle Alexander, Office Systems Technology; Jared William Grant,
Business Technology; Kristen Denise Henry, Criminal Justice Technology;
Tamra Dawn Kilpatrick, Associate in Arts; Janice Melissa Summey, Office
Systems Technology; Justin Andrew Towe, Radio and Television Broadcasting;
and Jennifer Nichole Weeden, Office Systems Technology.
From Westminster:
Sveta Igorevna Besedina, Nursing; Deborah Hunter Breazeale, Office Systems
Technology; LaWanda Nichole Carter, Office Systems Technology; Kimberly
Jo Chappell, Criminal Justice Technology; Patrick Heath Chappell, General
Engineering Technology; Steven Van Davis, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Jennifer Renee Eller, Business Technology; Dustin Neil Evans, Associate
in Science; Sterling Jaynes, Machine Tool Technology; Brandon Timothy
Marcengill, General Engineering Technology; Debora Ann McDonald, Respiratory
Care; Rebecca Loretta Mullinix, Business Technology; and Christopher
Adam Nichols, Computer Technology; Daniel Melvin Owens, Industrial Mechanics;
Davis Edward Russell, Computer Technology; Casey Ryan Tompkins, Business
Technology; and Edward Jay Wolever, Associate in Arts.
From Central:
Charles Benjamin Angle, Associate in Arts; Angela Rae Black, Phlebotomy;
Jonathan Grover Carlton, Associate in Science; Brian O'Neil Cass, Computer
Technology; Richard Ryan Dawson, Associate in Arts; Gordon Wayne Eckley,
Jr., Computer Technology; Kelly Elizabeth Edmonds, Nursing; Jason Scott
Fedele, Business Technology; Noel Kathleen Haney, Computer Technology;
Amy Rochelle Holden, Accounting; Ian Shane Lundin, Radio and Television
Broadcasting; Lindsay Lee McCoy Marsoun, Associate in Arts; Katrina
Marie Maw, Computer Technology; Ashley Moorhead Nelson, Associate in
Arts; Tina Melvin Perry, Nursing; Monica Ashley Robinson, Radio and
Television Broadcasting; Yangjong Shin, Accounting; Christopher L. Simmons,
Engineering Graphics Technology; Drew Allen Sisco, Criminal Justice
Technology; Aleksander Stavre, Computer Technology; Shana Joy Thomas,
Associate in Arts; and Timothy Dwayne Webb, Industrial Electronics Technology.
From Clemson:
Jonathan Noel Amick, Engineering Graphics Technology; Cynthia Ashley
Barrett, Office Systems Technology; Sarah Rebecca Bell, Business Technology;
David Matthew Fields, Associate in Arts; Robin Julia Flint, Veterinary
Technology; Megan Ellen Gorsuch, Associate in Arts; Kimberly Mae Green,
Nursing; Matthew Lee Hupp, Engineering Graphics Technology; Amy Thomas
Johannsen, Medical Laboratory Technology; Julie Lawson Leddon, Computer
Technology; Johnson W. Link, Criminal Justice Technology; Ernest Alexander
Long, III, Business Technology; and Marshall E. Merritt, Computer Technology.
From Easley:
Melissa Lynn Blackwell, Electrocardiology; Brian R. Bolding, Criminal
Justice Technology; Shanna Lee Brown, Associate in Science; Stephanie
Leann Chapman, Nursing; Robert Watson Collins, Business Technology;
Wesley Floyd Collins, Computer Technology; Deborah Howard Crump, Phlebotomy;
Jonathan Scott Cunningham, Associate in Science; Jerry Lee Duncan, Jr.,
Accounting; Keitha Dinette Ford, Radio and Television Broadcasting;
Jennifer Renee' Fusco, Nursing; Richard Cecil Garvin, Jr., Industrial
Electronics Technology; Marcia R. Haddan, Associate in Arts; June Collins
Kay, General Engineering Technology; Tiffany Hope Lovell, Business Technology;
Elizabeth Ann Marion, Accounting; Charles Matthew Martin, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Carolyn Nash McCauley, Practical Nursing; Jeremiah
Seth Nash, Engineering Graphics Technology; Lauren Elaine O'Diear, Associate
in Science; Phillip Andrew Poole, Machine Tool Technology; Barbara Lynn
Porter, General Engineering Technology; William Brett Raines, Computer
Technology; Brian Keith Ray, Industrial Electronics Technology; William
Ashley Reese, Accounting; Richard Boone Reeves, Welding; Brandt Hunter
Wetzel, Computer Technology; and Michael Allen Worm, General Engineering
Technology.
From Liberty:
Jennifer Lynn Bowen, Associate in Science; Jamie Rae Brown, Nursing;
Kristin Scotti Callihan, Medical Laboratory Technology; Brittni LeAnn
Chavis, Veterinary Technology; Gale Parker Dover, Office Systems Technology;
Andrjzie Anne Gooch, Accounting; Judy Lynn Howard, Business Technology;
Joseph Jerome Jackson, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Megan
Rae Lamb, Nursing; David Lamarr Lovell, Computer Technology; Sanford
Kevin McClain, Criminal Justice Technology; Micheal Millard, Computer
Technology; Joshua Shane Miller, Associate in Arts; Donna Carol Moore,
Nursing; Robert Dale Morgan, Industrial Electronics Technology; Richard
Derrick Myers, Industrial Electronics Technology; Peggy Jean Noblitt,
Early Childhood Development; Kimberly Wilkey Owens, Nursing; Benjamin
Gary Rice, Industrial Electronics Technology; Allen Dewayne Stone, Industrial
Mechanics; Devona Margaretta Tucker, Nursing; and Kimberly Grant Turner,
Veterinary Technology.
From Pickens:
Shannon Irene Aiken, Phlebotomy; Joe N. Bowen, Industrial Mechanics;
Natasha Azilee Clark, Associate in Arts; Jennifer Lee Cox, Veterinary
Technology; Matthew Mark Durham, Associate in Arts; Tracy Mechelle Galloway,
Early Childhood Development; Cynthia Coles Gamble, Associate in Arts;
Samantha Louise Gamble, Associate in Arts; Kathryn E. Hallman, Nursing;
Robin Michelle Henderson, Business Technology; Dean Thomas Jones, Criminal
Justice Technology; Laura Gillespie King, Phlebotomy; Ashley Rachel
Lollis, Criminal Justice Technology; Kristie Lynn Moore, Associate in
Science; Elizabeth Mercedes Mosley, Business Technology; Charity Ann
Neal, Early Childhood Development; Aimee Amanda Pace, Criminal Justice
Technology; Scott Zulauf Porter, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Amanda Hope Reese, Medical Laboratory Technology; Harry D Sutton, Welding;
Laura Jean Watson, Nursing; and Kevin Clifton Welborn, Criminal Justice
Technology.
From Six Mile:
Anna K. Coban, Nursing; Wanda Summers Durham, Nursing; Brandi Wynne
Elliott, Associate in Arts; Michael Ivan Porter, Criminal Justice Technology;
and Russell Dale Smith, Business Technology.
From Sunset:
Barry Scott Tallman, Industrial Electronics Technology.
OUT OF COUNTY:
From Ames:
Wesley V. Zopf, Associate in Arts.
From Bishopville:
William Burns Tindal, Jr., Business Technology.
From Camden:
Jonathan Franklin Spivey, Business Technology.
From Gaffney:
Amanda Smith Clary, Criminal Justice Technology.
From Greenville:
Meosha L. Allen, Respiratory Care; George Michael Derdziak, Business
Technology; and Casie Amanda Ward, Veterinary Technology.
From Greenwood:
Patricia Renee Carroll, Respiratory Care.
From Greer:
David Florek, Nursing.
From Jonesville:
Rebecca L. Rash, Veterinary Technology; and Lara Ann Smith, Veterinary
Technology.
From Mauldin:
Sean Travis Joiner, Computer Technology.
From Reynoldsburg:
Pamela Jane Butcher, Electrocardiology.
From Simpsonville:
Amanda Dean Moss, Veterinary Technology.
From Elberton, GA:
Amy Leighanne Wallace, Nursing.
From Hartwell, GA
James Henry Lovelace, General Engineering Technology; and Telfarrieo
Onthawn Sadler, Industrial Mechanics.
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