Dr. Chris Przirembel Urges Tri-County Grads
To be Passionate about Lifelong Learning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5/17/2004
(By Lisa Garrett)
ANDERSON --- Be passionate about lifelong learning because
it is essential in your entire working life, Dr. Chris Przirembel,
vice president for research at Clemson University, told the 426
graduates receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates at Tri-County
Technical College's spring commencement. The ceremony was held
May 16 at the Anderson Civic Center.
Around 70 percent of the workforce in our area's high-tech
companies need at least a high school diploma, but, more often,
at least a two-year degree from a technical college, said Dr.
Przirembel, who serves as a member of the administrative team
of Clemson University and has primary responsibility for Clemson's
funded and unfunded research programs.
"It is these associates who are vital to maintaining
our standard of living and who truly create the wealth in the
U.S. and other developed countries. They manufacture these
value-added products in a knowledge-based economy," he said.
He referenced the Clemson International Center for Automotive
Research, which is driven by the concept of innovation. "Clemson
University, in partnership with the State and companies, is developing
a world-class research and education center. The new knowledge
generated in this Center will result in new high-tech products
that we want to manufacture principally in S.C. or at least in
the Southeast," said Dr. Przirembel.
"As this new knowledge is added to these products, you
need to continually upgrade your knowledge and skills. It is
not enough to know the equipment, processes and products of today
but to be able to know them in the future. Lifelong learning
is absolutely essential and the technical colleges are critical
in this process," he added.
Following Dr. Przirembel's address, President Ronnie L. Booth
and other College officials presented degrees, diplomas and certificates
to the graduates.
From Anderson:
Damarka LeShun Aiken, Electronics Engineering Technology; Eric
Thomas Joel Airline, Business Technology; Robert L. Appell, Criminal
Justice Technology; Anthony Paul Villanueva Aujero, Computer
Technology; Michelle Denise Belton, Nursing; Patricia Glover
Bennett, Office Systems Technology; Guelgord Bichotte, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Jennifer E. Bowyer, Nursing; Rhonda Darlene
Bradshaw, Computer Technology; Mark Russell Bruck, Nursing; Thomas
Allen Burgess, Criminal Justice Technology; Jacqueline Denise
Burriss, Office Systems Technology; Michael David Campbell, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Toni Marie Carlson, GED; Kaycee A. Cartee,
Veterinary Technology; Matthew Owen Caswell, Business Technology;
Donna M. Charpia, Nursing; Robert Vanis Chavis, Associate in
Science; Phillip Edward Christopher, II, Engineering Graphics
Technology; Kristina Ann Cooke, Office Systems Technology; Meria
Lynn Crawford, Veterinary Technology; Steven Chad Crawford, Heating,
Ventilation, Air Conditioning Technology; Cynthia Ruth Cross,
Nursing; Christy Leshell Crouch, Accounting; James Adam Crowe,
Business Technology; Erica Samone Dawson, Office Systems Technology;
Lisa Annette Donald, Office Systems Technology; Jeffrey Brooks
Durham, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Melody Faye Dyar,
Business Technology; Jonathan Bryan Easterling, Machine Tool
Technology; Lindsay Craft Fallous, Nursing; Tamara Issam Fallous,
Associate in Arts; Carol Thornton Ferguson, Nursing; Chad Thomas
Fluharty, Medical Laboratory Technology; Brandon Matthew Gale,
Radio and Television Broadcasting; Jarred Leedell Gambrell, Computer
Technology; Joshua Kyle Garrison, Machine Tool Technology; Karen
Starks Garrison, Office Systems Technology; Michael Joseph Giovanni,
Criminal Justice Technology; Christopher Germadie Glover, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Debra Allen Gollihugh-Witt, Nursing;
Misty Owen Green, Office Systems Technology; Rachael Nichole
Gregory, Criminal Justice Technology; Daniele Louise Hafner,
Associate in Arts; Cynthia Irene Hall, Associate in Science;
Andrea Dunn Hannah, Nursing; Buffie Latoya Harkness, Office Systems
Technology; James Albert Harrison, Criminal Justice Technology;
Tina Neese Hayne, Nursing; Benjamin Jacob Henderson, Business
Technology; Elizabeth Landon Henderson, Associate in Arts; Nerisha
Chevon Herbert, Computer Technology; Konstantinos Theo Hilas,
Business Technology; Angela Rene Hix, Nursing; Joseph Thomas
Holcombe, Business Technology; Kelly Kristen Jacobs, Veterinary
Technology; Stacey Irene James, Criminal Justice Technology;
Alexander Paul Johnson, Industrial Electronics Technology; Crystal
Nicole Johnson, Business Technology; Renee S. Jones, Nursing;
Tara Nicole Kinser, Veterinary Technology; Stacie Faye Kline,
Associate in Arts; Jessica Rose Langford, Office Systems Technology;
Louis Sherwin Langford, Jr., Business Technology; Gregory P.
Lewandowski, Engineering Graphics Technology; Kala J. Moo, Nursing;
Lori Sue Magaha, Medical Laboratory Technology; Gabriel Anthony
Marroni, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Tashica Jolanda Mattison,
Nursing; Joshua Cole Maxwell, Associate in Arts; Jennifer Lynne
Mayfield, Business Technology; Jaime-Lyn McCall, Nursing; Prisilla
A. Squier McDonald, Office Systems Technology; Darryl Dupont
McElveen, Computer Technology; Katherine Elizabeth McGaha, Phlebotomy;
Amanda Elaine Motes, Business Technology; Merry Ella Nichols,
Medical Laboratory Technology; Isiah Norman, Jr., Business Technology;
Kathy Morrow Nunn, Phlebotomy; Kelly Lynn Orr, Nursing; Sherry
Brissey Partain, Early Childhood Development; David Matthew Patten,
Criminal Justice Technology; Latosha Martin Pearson, Nursing;
Anthony Clifford Pierce, Welding; Kevin Gene Poole, Welding;
Bonnie Annette Porter, Nursing; Diana Jean Prickett, Criminal
Justice Technology; Vaneishia Nicole Rainey, Associate in Arts;
Jerry Wayne Randall, Computer Technology; Alexis Natasha Richardson,
Office Systems Technology; Syed Ali Mohsen Rizvi, Business Technology;
Anita Carlene Robinson, Criminal Justice Technology; Benny George
Roland, Jr., Industrial Electronics Technology; Shameka Nicole
Rooks, Business Technology; Jason L. Sanders, Computer Technology;
William Brett Schmidt, Associate in Arts; April Bronwen Scoggins,
Nursing; Bradley Dewaine Scott, Welding; Candace Dawn Seay,
Nursing; Charlotte Boyd Shirley, Phlebotomy; Sommer Leanne Skelton,
Associate in Arts; Bradley William Snipes, Business Technology;
Emily Suzette Spires, Nursing; Joshua Aaron Spraker, Computer
Technology; Kelley Leigh Steadman-Chester, Nursing; Christopher
Jermaine Suber, Business Technology; Leah Ruthanne Tackett, Associate
in Arts; Kristin Noelle Taylor, Associate in Science; Kristin
Leigh Mullinax Tillman, Veterinary Technology; Justin Wilson
Trotter, Industrial Electronics Technology; Demetrios Athanasios
Tzaferis, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Technology;
Liliana Isabel Valbuena, Computer Technology; Katherine Wellington
Walker, Associate in Arts; Ricky Renard Walker, Business Technology;
Robert Lewis Wallace, II, Business Technology; William David
Watt, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Technology; Cynthia
G. West, Nursing; Jessica Leanne Whitfield, Computer Technology;
Fatimah Rasheedah Williams, Office Systems Technology; Louise
Marie Williams, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Ronnie Lee
Williamson, II, Industrial Electronics Technology; Georgia Lynn
Wilson, Nursing; Nancy Vena Wood, Business Technology; Susan
Parton Wright, Nursing; John Christopher Yates, Computer Technology;
Terrance Young, Industrial Electronics Technology; and Yihua
Zhang, Medical Laboratory Technology.
From Belton:
Halimah Ibrahim Abdin, Industrial Electronics Technology; Jeffery
Brandon Belk, Welding; the late Stephen Hixson, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Tabatha Dawn Thompson Hughes, Electrocardiology;
Clifford Wayne King, Criminal Justice Technology; Krystal Gail
McKee, Computer Technology; Anthony Ryan Meeks, Industrial Electronics
Technology; April Denise Richardson, Veterinary Technology; Robert
Paul Totman, Criminal Justice Technology; Susan Gentry Weldon,
Electrocardiology; and Joyce Elaine Wilson, Nursing.
From Honea Path:
Wesley Stephen Boggs, Industrial Electronics Technology.
From Iva:
Dorothy Ann Allen, Nursing; Genie Ella Archer, Associate in
Arts; Candice Jo Boggs, Associate in Arts; Tommy Joe Ford, Criminal
Justice Technology; Justin Field Isbell, Criminal Justice Technology;
Erica Marketa Johnson, Phlebotomy; and Charis V. Richey, Early
Childhood Development.
From LaFrance:
Leslie Rhiannon Manuel, Nursing; and Sylvia Diane Moody, Nursing.
From Pelzer:
Joshua George Craine, Office Systems Technology; Kristina Karma
McCarthy, Accounting; and Amy Lynn Towe, Office Systems Technology.
From Pendleton:
Morris Burroughs, Nursing; Laura Leigh Cartee, Office Systems
Technology; Ashley Danielle Crowley, Veterinary Technology; Betty
Leann Durham, Medical Laboratory Technology; Billy Lee Ethridge,
Welding; Brenda Bennett Green, Accounting; Janet Corrine Greenlee,
Office Systems Technology; Elizabeth Diane Keese, Office Systems
Technology; Jacob William Lynch, Associate in Arts; Michelle
Joan Miller, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Melissa Ann Richter,
Veterinary Technology; Phillip Martin Robinson, Welding; Jeffrey
Kyle Sander, General Engineering Technology; Sara Jane Simpson,
Accounting; Julie Stewart, Office Systems Technology; Kathy Ann
Swaney, Phlebotomy; Kimberly Smith Vinson, Business Technology;
Timisha La-starr Wilkes, Computer Technology; Tounga Y. Williams,
Early Childhood Development; and William Russell York, Associate
in Arts.
From Piedmont:
Jamie Michele Elrod, Veterinary Technology; and Arlene Shandell
Phillips, Nursing.
From Sandy Springs:
Derrik Lee Buschatz, Associate in Science; and Merissa Dawn
Pruitt, Nursing.
From Starr:
Lana Leigh Baker, Office Systems Technology; Jessica Danielle
Driver, Business Technology; Charles Philip Jordan, Computer
Technology; Randall Crate Simpson, Welding; Stephanie Elaine
Smith, Office Systems Technology; and Lindsey Ann Wyatt, Nursing.
From Townville:
Ronda Deanne Burhart, Nursing; Brett Scott Keith, Computer Technology;
Regina Lyn Linderman, Associate in Arts; and William Rhett Lindsey,
Medical Laboratory Technology.
From Williamston:
Chad Eric Campbell, Business Technology; Bonnie Lou Jones Carter,
Office Systems Technology; Brandy Danielle Casey, Nursing; Randall
Dennis Dove, Jr., Business Technology; Tiffany Dawn Heatherly,
Medical Laboratory Technology; Lynlee Michelle Hester, Nursing;
Calvin Dorsey Higgins, Jr., General Engineering Technology; and
Donna Carroll Smith, Office Systems Technology.
OCONEE COUNTY
From Fair Play:
Michael Cline Bramlett, Industrial Mechanics; Luke Anthony Glenn,
Medical Laboratory Technology; Gail Davis Maroney, Nursing; and
William Brian Tippett, Electronics Engineering Technology.
From Mountain Rest:
Cynthia Rene Kresh, Business Technology; and Brandy Michelle
Neal, Office Systems Technology.
From Salem:
Amanda Diane Alexander, Business Technology; Diana P. Berry,
General Engineering Technology; Rosemary Owen Littleton, Criminal
Justice Technology; Heyward Kelvin Moss, Machine Tool Technology;
Thomas Alexander Orr, Criminal Justice Technology; James Donald
Penland, Computer Technology; Theresa Lynne Peppel, Computer
Technology; and Teresa Davis Rogers, Nursing.
From Seneca:
Angela Hope Atkins, Nursing; Wanda Diane Barton, Phlebotomy;
Brian Craig Bradley, Criminal Justice Technology; Reginald Tyron
Bradley, Electronics Engineering Technology; Barbara Ann Bryant,
Early Childhood Development; Michelle Brandy Bryant, Nursing;
Christopher Robert Bryson, Associate in Science; Lisa Britton
Coker, Business Technology; Eric Charles Davis, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Shona Louise Dorsey, Veterinary Technology; Tinisha
Anquanette Earle, Phlebotomy; Timothy Lamar Evatt, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Rosella Fant, Industrial Mechanics; Maximillian
F. Forster, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Technology;
Torri Aleicia Gaines, Office Systems Technology; Erica Haas Gillespie,
Nursing; Wanda Elizabeth Gillespie, Associate in Arts; Arizona
Luv Gutierrez, Office Systems Technology; Tara Elizabeth Donald
Harbin, Nursing; Theo Harrison, Computer Technology; Daniel Matthew
Henson, Industrial Electronics Technology; Kathryn Holbrooks,
Accounting; Andrew R. Hyslop, Criminal Justice Technology; Juanita
Michelle Jones, Office Systems Technology; Louis Gregory Jordan,
Associate in Science; Steven Kyle King, Computer Technology;
Kimberly Anita LaFollette, Nursing; Casey Rene Lee, Medical Laboratory
Technology; Christina Marie Lutton, Business Technology; Gabriel
Mitchell McAlister, Nursing; Brandon Ray McKern, Business Technology;
Casandra Lynn Mensing, Associate in Arts; Katrina Mae Moore,
Office Systems Technology; Brooke Ellen Patterson, Office Systems
Technology; Chad Elliott Robinson, Criminal Justice Technology;
Janie Diane Rose, Early Childhood Development; Cathy Lynn Sams-Owens,
Textile Management Technology; Franklin Delano Shaw, Engineering
Graphics Technology; Ernest Skelton, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Kathryn Renee Terry, Nursing; Donald Brandon Thompson, Computer
Technology; Amanda Reynolds Turner, Office Systems Technology;
and Ryan Aidan Wenglarz, Computer Technology.
From Tamassee:
Honey Lynn Stanley, Phlebotomy.
From Walhalla:
Lois A. Becker, Nursing; Patricia Ann Bickers, Office Systems
Technology; Amanda Kay Bonner, Computer Technology; Elizabeth
Ann Colby, Associate in Arts; Kelly Marie Collins, Associate
in Arts; Vicki Vaughn Edmonds, Nursing; Laura Rachel Ezell, Textile
Management Technology; Keninseb Garcia, Medical Laboratory Technology;
Roger Christopher Hogan, Welding; Sherry Marie James, Phlebotomy;
Joey Lee Ledford, Industrial Electronics Technology; Michael
Thomas Lee, Computer Technology; Adam Gregory Medlin, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Jessica Ashley Nichols, Criminal Justice
Technology; Melissa Gail Oxendine, Criminal Justice Technology;
Cornelius Peeler, Welding; Ester Sarahi Perez, Office Systems
Technology; Diana Lynn Pitts, Nursing; Gwendolyn Nanette Reeder,
Office Systems Technology; Miguel Angel Resendiz, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Christopher Alan Sparks, Machine Tool
Technology; Travis Joshua Stone, Associate in Arts; Teara Lee
Taylor, Office Systems Technology; and Angela Hedden Tilson,
Computer Technology.
From West Union:
Ashley Nicole Barnes, Office Systems Technology; Joan Renee
Owens Carver, Business Technology; James Harold Fultz, Nursing;
Rachel Elizabeth Griffith, Nursing; Mark Alan Harter, Industrial
Electronics Technology; Jack Jellet King, Jr., General Engineering
Technology; and Terry Lynn Tuten, Industrial Electronics Technology.
From Westminster:
Kristin Jennifer Barry, Nursing; Debbie Jean Brock, Associate
in Science; Carl Herbert Campbell, Accounting; Amy Leigh Cawthon,
Nursing; Rebekah Charlene Cawthon, Nursing; Joshua Allen Cox,
Electronics Engineering Technology; Jacquelyn Michelle Grogan,
Nursing; Rebecca Joan Hare, Nursing; Crystal Nicole Jenkins,
Criminal Justice Technology; Carmen Ellice Kisner, Nursing; Mark
T. Long, Machine Tool Technology; Cory Brant McGuffin, Computer
Technology; Stephanie Grace McLees, Associate in Arts; Matthew
Charles Owens, Industrial Mechanics; Tammy Michelle Phillips,
Criminal Justice Technology; Terri Bowyer Pomeroy, Nursing; Kelly
Lynn Rogers, Associate in Science; Adam Bradley Smith, Criminal
Justice Technology; Sarah Aurelia Trotter, Computer Technology;
Jo Ann Tyner, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Evelyn Hall
Vinson, Associate in Science; and Cynthia Lynette Whitfield,
Nursing.
PICKENS COUNTY
From Central:
Keith Edward Blum, Veterinary Technology; Bradley Carlton Bowen,
Criminal Justice Technology; Matthew Butch Brewer, Computer Technology;
Mary Ellen Caddell, Machine Tool Technology; Elijah Brooks Chapman,
Criminal Justice Technology; Vicky Ann Ducworth, Associate in
Science; Mary Louise Fruster, Business Technology; Radge Eliot
Harrison, Textile Management Technology; Amanda Ann Hendricks,
Nursing; Lenora Michele Kraft, Office Systems Technology; Lacy
Hamm Lugo, Accounting; Yasmin Mohamed Makhlouf, Computer Technology;
Jeffrey Neal Maw, Machine Tool Technology; Tessa Dianne Minyard,
Office Systems Technology; Scott Leary Moorer, Business Technology;
Kevin Lee Morrison, Associate in Arts; Daniel Lee Nichols, Associate
in Arts; Matthew Ryan Odell, Computer Technology; Tequela Ann
Smith, Electrocardiology; Andrea Newton Spencer, Nursing; Andrea
Nicole Tomlinson, Electrocardiology; Heather Michelle Wilson,
Associate in Science; and Jenna Ashley Williams, Veterinary Technology.
From Clemson:
Philip Christian Birmingham, Industrial Electronics Technology;
David Ryan Campbell, Welding; Evan Nathaniel Dozier, Welding;
Angela Marie Houwing, Medical Laboratory Technology; James F.
Hummer, General Engineering Technology; Donna Taylor O'Dell,
Office Systems Technology; Cynthia Jean Sims, Business Technology;
Vignir Gretar Stefansson, Business Technology; and Jason Leonard
Wilburn, II, Radio and Television Broadcasting.
From Easley:
Leslie Lynn Armstrong, Associate in Arts; Barry Joseph Bishop,
Industrial Mechanics; Robert Hunter Crosby, Criminal Justice
Technology; Jordan Samuel Ellenberg, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Nancy Crystal Evans, Computer Technology; Kimberly Jean Fleming,
Business Technology; Ricky Winton Garland, General Engineering
Technology; Cecelia Roper Garrison, Office Systems Technology;
Robert Gil Gilbert, Nursing; Stanley Michael Gillespie, Criminal
Justice Technology; Matthew John Greene, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Ricky Dean Hayes, Textile Management Technology;
Whitney Thomas Holcombe, Business Technology; Jacqlin Diane Howard,
Phlebotomy; George Emerson Miller, Jr., Criminal Justice Technology;
Monica Yulie Mora, Medical Laboratory Technology; Ngozi Gennelle
Ndieli, Office Systems Technology; Phillip Andrew Poole, Machine
Tool Technology; Bradley Thomas Price, Business Technology; Casey
Lee Reeves, Business Technology; Richard Bruce Smith, Jr., Computer
Technology; Ryan Phillip Spittka, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Judith Driggers Whitaker, Criminal Justice Technology; Traci
Dodson Wilson, Accounting; and Todd Clifford Williams, Business
Technology.
From Liberty:
Joshua James Ables, Associate in Arts; Amy Deanne Holland, Nursing;
Charles Corey Addington, Industrial Electronics Technology; Matthew
Dale Aiken, Business Technology; Iscel Marie Ausmus, Business
Technology; Denise Bailey, Accounting; Aaron Eugene Baugh, Computer
Technology; Christopher Daniell Blake, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Georgia Nicole Blake, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Jennifer Lynn Bowen, Associate in Arts; Robin Amanda Bryant,
Radio and Television Broadcasting; Brian Derrick Craft, Business
Technology; Roger Allen Gibson, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Andrew Keith Griffin, Industrial Electronics Technology; Stacey
Michelle Gullatt, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Sharon Dover
Holden, Computer Technology; Amy Deanne Holland, Nursing; Latronya
Levette Jackson, Nursing; Tammy Elaine Massingale Lollis, Office
Systems Technology; Sylvia Diane Moody, Nursing; Melissa Dawn
Smith, Accounting; Jason Lee Splawn, Engineering Graphics Technology;
Tia Dawn Stewart, Nursing; Subramanian Meenakshi Sundaram, General
Engineering Technology; Linda Kay Syck, Office Systems Technology;
Carolyn Louise Cater White, Office Systems Technology; and Joseph
Ethridge Wilson, Machine Tool Technology.
From Pickens:
Justin Bruce Banks, Industrial Electronics Technology; Mark
Anthony Bice, Machine Tool Technology; Jennifer Anne Day, Nursing;
William Christopher Ellenburg, Computer Technology; Carrie Denise
Lance, Nursing; Desiree Eve Yara Manning, Nursing; Elizabeth
Mercedes Mosley, Accounting; Billy Ray O'Bryant, Industrial Mechanics;
Russell Robert Ohlrogge, Associate in Science; Londa Gale Pace,
Electrocardiology; Gregory Donald Patterson, Heating, Ventilation,
Air Conditioning Technology; Rhonda Lynn Shehan, Nursing; Michelle
DeWitt Smith, Nursing; and Crystal Talley Wilson, Nursing.
From Six Mile:
James Phillip Bowers, Industrial Mechanics; Sharon Renee Crawford,
Medical Laboratory Technology; Shari Simmons Durham, Office Systems
Technology; Derek Brandon Longenecker, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Maxi LaCosta Pittman, Electrocardiology; Amanda Christine
Rathz, Business Technology; Jessica Lynn Smith, Associate in
Arts; and Michael Christian Stone, Associate in Science.
From Sunset:
Janet Marie Aiken Hinkle, Business Technology; and Gina Darlene
Willis, Business Technology.
OUT OF TRI-COUNTY AREA:
From Donalds:
James Hewlitt Graden Pruitt, II, Criminal Justice Technology.
From Greenville:
Malika Linee Evans, Nursing; Barbara Ann McDonald, Nursing;
Shirley A. Moss, General Engineering Technology; and Cheryl R.
Smith, Nursing.
From Greenwood:
Michael Thomas Honea, Industrial Electronics Technology.
From Lufkin:
Thomas Anthony Coats, Electronics Engineering Technology.
From Mayo:
Kelly Elizabeth Edmonds, Phlebotomy.
From Rock Hill:
Diana Marie Hucks, Nursing.
From Simpsonville:
Elisabeth Janine Auvil, Veterinary Technology; and Wendy DeSarro
Owens, Nursing.
From Springfield:
William Patrick Brooker West, Criminal Justice Technology.
From Taylors:
Danielle Jannyne Reed, Veterinary Technology.
From Toccoa, GA:
Sam B. Smith, Welding.
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