WCC Graduates
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFHCE TECHNOLOGY
Andrea Marie Bullock Joan H. Porter
Tracy Lynn Church Melanie Grace South
Fran Marie Dycus Gina Lynette Wright
Tina Little Miller
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING
Cynthia Dingier Adams
Lena Kay Ashley
Christy Lynn Church
Lori Denise Darnell
Michelle Ingalls Davis
Harold Wayne Eaton
Cynthia Randall Eller
Christina Donise Fortner
Jenny Linane Gentry
Traci Leigh Godfrey
Sebrina Shefawn Hamm
Robin Walker Janes
Kelley Elizabeth Jolly
Selena Jolly Metz
Deborah Miller Minton
Sheila Jean Morgan
Kimberly Ann Morris
Kristen Neta O’Connell
Molly Shannon Patton
Re'gan Sue Porter
Nina Medley Royal
Clarissa Sebastian Shepherd
Tammy Sue Shepherd
Vicki Felts Shepherd
Angela Wilcox Shumate
Ginger Dorette Smith
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Christopher Michael Brown Richard Brian Jennings
Jody Ray Call Matthias Andrew McCloud
Scottie E. Hagler Michael Scott Melton
David Ray Harris James Patrick Umbarger
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
Siv Sov Ashley Jeremy Scott Howell
Rebecca Ann Eller Holly Miranda Marsh
Rebecca L. Glass Aaron Matthew Myers
SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATE
Terri Elizabeth Carter
Anne Hamilton Ellis
Zella Michelle Ellison
Carol Ann Griffin
Benita D. Hampton
Elizabeth Diana Hampton
Angie Melissa Lyalls
Henrietta Martin
Julie Nichole Mincey
Kim Bowes Myers
Sosandra Arietta Roberts
Candace Dawn Jordan
Angel Dawn Stephens
Deborah LeAnn Lane
Dollethia McCoy VanWy
Rena Childress Luffman
Jerry Fritz Waddell
Tammy Trivette Luther
Bonnie Lynn West
Cathy Burwell Mahaffey
Jessica Fox Wike
April Parsons McGrady
Janet Lael Wood
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Larry Dale Blankenship
Randall Doyle Johnson
Mark Lane Darnell
Randy Michael Oakley
Michael Edward Dyer
Kevin Scott Phillips
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tracy Ryan Adams
Scott Wilson Townsell
Larry Poole
Daniel Lee Triplett
Ricky Wayne Smith
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
April Dawn Allen
Brenda Greene Davis
Bonnie Oakley Billings
Ros N. Deal
Christy Michelle Bowers
Tamera Rae Faw
Johnny Allen Byrd, Jr.
Sherry Annette Gore
Mildred Sue Call
Jennifer Michelle Hart
Patricia Jean Canter
Angela Renee Miller
Randall Chad Church
Joan Mabe Nichols
Tonya Lynn Church
Katherine Miller Wiles
Bobby Allen Barlow
Odis E. Barnes, III
Jody Lynn Harrington
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING
Matthew David Higgins
Matthew Scott Shumate
Matthew Paul Smith
AUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR
Johnny Howard Barlow McKinley Carl Mains
Ronnie Dale Burchette William Michael Queen
Ricky Hamby Christopher David Shaffner
Johnathan Nathaniel Jarvis James Daniel Williams
Johnathan Douglas Call
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Kristi Angelique Elledge Coffey
BUSINESS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Melinda (Mindy) Anderson Margaret Diane Howell
Renee Gregory Cheek Randall Paul Miller
Christopher Mark Elder Sheryl Lynn Stout
Edward F. Gentry
CRIMINAL JUSTICE — PROTECTIVE SERVICES TECHNOLOGY
Christy Schon Andrews William Adam Huffman
William Edward Hall Jeffrey Clay Johnson
Todd Wayne Holland
DIESEL AND EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY
Casey Gwyn Church Ricky Wayne Smith
Stana Diane Coffey Hadley Lynn Townsend
Timothy Shane Martin
Linda Kay Alexander
Emily Jean Combs
Jaime Danielle Higgins
Laura Lynn Idol
Brenda E. Barlow
Charles Lewis Ford
Jeremy Scott Howell
DENTAL ASSISTING
FOODSERVICE SPECL\LIST
Wendy Kaye Kelly
Dana Michele Sipe
Jennifer Sarson Smithey
Angela Dawn Waddell
Callie Sue Parks
Elcheva Mychelle Parks
GENERAL OFFICE TECHNICAL SPECIALTY
Margaret Stroude Anderson Janella Miller Day
Pamela K. Blackburn Melissa Ann Parsons
Debra Lankford Burton Pamela Whitley Shumate
Doris Dallie Byers June D. Wyatt
Penny Kaye Cochran
INDUSTRIAL MECHANICS
EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATE
Crystal Brinegar Finney
Sheila Blevins Miller
ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
David Adrian Dillard John Dent Sharpe
George Daniel Hopkins James Patrick Umbarger
Brook Gray Pruitt
David Adrian Dillard
Raequell Paulette Berk
Gina Susan Campbell
Shannon Star Coldiron
Christie Dawn Foster
Tracy Lynn Greene
Sandra Wilson Greer
Laura Ann Harless
Nancy Lynn Harris
Renita Kay Hood
Kelly Brewer Joines
Roxann R. Mash
Tamra Lynn McKee
MEDICAL ASSISTING
Tamara Renee Miller
Suzanne Nicole Morrison
Karen Lois Myers
Tara Bowles Pennell
Mary E. Powers
Anitra LeeAnn Prevette
Brenda Pierce Prevette
Susan Stamper Ravelin
Christie Diane Shepherd
Lori Jones Tedder
Kimberly Viles Williams
Allison Renee Wood
RADIO AND TV BROADCASTING TECHNOLOGY
Marquita Ellen Stevenson
To Grads, Past and Present
Schools throughout the land will be
holding graduation exercises soon. Deans
and principals will honor those of high
scholastic achievement and, naturally,
applause will greet each recipient of an
award or scholarship.
But what of the great majority of stu
dents who will get simply a diploma and
a congratulatory handshake?
What of those who were never "best”
in art or English or math or music or
whatever?
If you were judged an average student,
take heart. That need not mean you must
remain "average” for the rest of your
life. Consider the following below average
students who were and are honored as greats:
• Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor, was
ranked 42nd in his class at school. (Who
remembers the other 41 students who
were scholastically superior to him?)
• Charles Darwin, naturalist, tried to
learn a foreign language. He failed.
• Thomas Edison, inventor, was con
sidered "a dunce” who would never
learn anything in school. Ditto Albert
Einstein, physicist.
• George Eliot, novelist, had great dif
ficulty learning to read.
• James Russell Lowell, poet and
essayist, was suspended from school
because of his "complete indolence.”
(The school was Harvard.)
• Sir Isaac Newton, mathematician/
scientist was among the lowest scho-
lastically in his class. He flunked,
geometry.
Get the message?
Many judged "poor” and "below
average” in their younger years become
greats as adults. The measure of one’s
ability or greatness may begin in school,
but it does not end there. What counts is
what happens after graduation.
Wilkes Community College
Programs
Of Study
College Transfer
CO 11 Associate in Arts Degree
C023 Associate in Arts Degree
-Pre-Nursing
C003 Associate in Fine Arts Degree
-Pre-Art
C006 Associate in Fine Arts Degree
-Pre-Drama
CO 15 Associate in Fine Arts Degree
-Pre-Music
CO 18 Associate in Science Degree
C040 Associate in Science Degree
' -Pre-Computer Science
Associate in Applied Science
TO 16 Accounting
T030 Administrative Office Tech.
T059 Associate Degree Nursing
T176 Automotive Technology
T027 Building Construction Tech.
TO 18 Business Administration
T022 Bus. Computer Programming
T129 Criminal Justice - Protective
Services Technology •
T003 Diesel and Equipment Tech.
T073 Early Childhood Associate
T039 Electromechancial Tech.
T(M5 Electronics Engineering Tech.
T074 Foodservice Management
T025 Hotel/Restaurant Mgmt.
T179 Radio and TV Broadcasting
Technology
T107 Social Service Associate
Vocational Education Diploma
VO 15 Architectural Drafting
VCX31 Automotive Body Repair
T027 Building Construction
VOl 1 Dental Assisting
T073 Early Childhood
V042 Electronic Servicing
V053 Foodservice Specialist
T165 General Office Tech. Spec.
V033 Industrial Mechanics
T179 Radio and TV Broadcasting
Certificate Programs
T030 Administrative Office Tech.
T189 Basic Law Enforcement
Training
T018 Business Administration
T022 Bus. Computer Programming
T073 Early Childhood (Level 1
and Level II)
T039 Electromechanical Tech.
T045 Electronics Engineering Tech.
V053 Foodservice Specialist
V033 Industrial Mechanics
Graduates Owe
Big Debt
Know what it costs to educate a stu
dent these days?
Plenty? Some would say too much.
But that aside, it’s still the student that
counts, for each one who graduates rep
resents the investment every taxpayer
has made for the future.
Unfortunately, too many graduates
feel the world owes them a living.
If only they all learned, if only they all
understood that they are the ones who
owe the world. And with graduation
comes the time to begin repaying obli
gations.
Have Calculator;
Will Solve?
"An army bus holds 36 soldiers. If
1,128 soldiers are being bused to their
training site (at the same time), how
many buses are needed?”
That question was once presented to a
group of students by the National Assess
ment of Educational Progress, a project
mandated by Congress.
The results were as follows:
Working without a calculator, about
one-fourth of the 12-year-olds said 32
buses would be needed, the correct
answer. With a calculator, only 7% at
age 13 and 18% at age 17 answered cor
rectly. Some 25% of the 13-year-olds
and 38% of the 17-year-olds lopped off
the remainder, leaving the extra 12 sol
diers behind.
Obviously, calculators are useful tools
— but only if the users understand the
problem to be solved.
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