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Adair Countian receives three honors at Somerset CC

Ronina Lavon Bradshaw was the recipient of three major honors at Somerset Community College Honors Night Ceremony. She received a John T. Smith Scholarship; the Program Advocate Award in Radiography, and was named an SCC Student Ambassador.


Two SCC professors repeat Excellence in Teaching Award wins

Sharon Whitehead, the Somerset Community College Interim Dean of Academic Affairs, announced that Frank Carothers, Associate Professor in the Business and Information Technology Division, and Donna Eastham, Instructor in the Education and Consumer Sciences Division, had been awarded the SCC 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award. Carothers and Eastham also won the same annual award in 2007.

The announcement was made during the Colleges annual Honors Night Ceremony held at the London Community Center on Friday, April 25.

Carothers also won the award in 2006. Carothers has received the award a record four times. He was born on a U.S. Naval Base on the island of Guam in the Marinas Islands.

His father isretired from the U.S. Navy, and his mother is a "naturalized" American citizen from Saipan Marinas Islands. After serving one year as an enlisted man in the Navy, Carothers was offered an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1984 with a B.S. degree in Physical Science, and was commissioned an Ensign. He served for five years as a Naval Officer. He then went to graduate school, and graduated with an MBA from Murray State in 1992.

He started working at SCC in 1992. He has completed coursework for his doctorate from Mississippi State University in 2007.Carothers teaches Management, Marketing, and Business classes at SCC...He is married to Pam Wilson Carothers, from Nancy, KY. The Carothers recently adopted a 17-month-old son, Alex James from Guatemala.

Donna Eastham started teaching at SCC in 2003

Donna Eastham started teaching at SCC in 2003. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Child and Family Studies from Eastern Kentucky University. Her Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education is from Western Kentucky University. Eastham lives in Science Hill. Her husband of 19 years, Craig, teaches American History at Somerset High School. They have two daughters, Lillie, who is 10-years-old and Clara, who is 4-years-old. She taught preschool in public schools. In all, she has taught for 21 years.

I like what I do, but teaching at SCC has been a wonderful experience, Eastham said. The support from all those around me makes feel very fortunate.

Margy Blankenship, as Health Division Chair at SCC, was honored as a Kentucky Colonel by the Physical Therapy Assistant Program for her support of their successful accreditation and program.

Musical presentations were provided by Mira Roxanne Spangler-Baker, Karen Grant and Johnna Atkinson-Bigelow.

Other awards included:

Education: Outstanding Academic Achievement Cassandra Haste, Casey County; Quest for Knowledge - Charlotte Thompson, Casey County; Honors Graduate - Angelica Young, Pulaski County; 110% IECE Angela Singleton, Jackson County, and Deborah Vaughn, Casey County

Cosmetology: Kentucky SkillsUSA Competition Leslie Edwards, Whitley County, 1st place Nail Care; Kim Farley, Whitley County, 1st place Cosmetology; Whitney Gambrell, Whitley County, 1st place Make-Up; Cilia Rains, Knox County, 1st place Talent; Miranda Swafford, Clay County, 1st place Leadership; Outstanding Academic Achievement Megan Ball, Pulaski County; Jennifer Owens, Wayne County; Joni Upchurch, Wayne County; and Angela Wooldridge, Pulaski County; Outstanding Senior Award Karen Morgan, Laurel County, and Connie Smothers, Whitley County;

Business Administration: Outstanding Academic Achievement Felix Jones, Pulaski County; Donald Lindsay, McCreary County, and Jimmy Warren, Pulaski County

Machine Tool Technology: Excellence Kevin Taylor, Laurel County

Medical Assisting: Outstanding Academic Achievement Sandra Coffey, Jackson County; Patricia Davidson, Clay County; and Loretta Reedy, Whitley County

SCC Student Ambassadors: Outstanding Leadership Bridget Barnett, Lincoln County; Ronina Bradshaw, Adair County; Pamela Bray, Pulaski County; DeLyla Bunch, Russell County; Joshua Faust, Clinton County; Carmen Fields, Knox County; Kristopher Godby, Pulaski County; Bethany Gosser, Casey County; Colleen Guffey, Russell County; Felix Hibbard, Jr, Pulaski County; Cassandra Hyden, Pulaski County; Angela Jobe, Clay County; James Owens, Clinton County; Larry Shreiner, Pulaski County; Sr., Greg Stogsdill, Pulaski County; and Angela Thornton, Pulaski County

Clinical Laboratory Technician: Outstanding Academic Achievement Ashley Mann, Russell County

Criminal Justice: Outstanding Academic Achievement Jordan Neikirk, Pulaski County; Timothy Shadoan, Pulaski County; Angela Hubbard, Laurel County; Kirk Mays, Laurel County, and Charlotte McConaha, Laurel County; Student of the Year Somerset Campus Betsy Nicholas, Pulaski County; Student of the Year Laurel Campus (Co-Award) Jamie Osborne, Laurel County, and Robin Renee Owens, Laurel County

History: Outstanding Academic Achievement Vince Gordon Frantz, Pulaski County, and Travis Martin, Pulaski County

Radiography: Outstanding Academic Achievement Terri Conley, Pulaski County; Crystal Cowden, Laurel County; Robert Howard, II, Rockcastle County; Lyndsay Owens, Rockcastle County; Program Advocate Ronina Bradshaw, Adair County

Surgical Technology: Outstanding Academic Achievement Tiffany Cooper, Wayne County, and Laurel Montgomery, Pulaski County

Whos Who Among American Community College Students: Outstanding Academic Achievement Misty Adkins, Pulaski County; Michael David Burchfield, McCreary County; Jamie L. Cain, Pulaski County; David Robert William Evans, Pulaski County; Bethany Gosser, Casey County; Jacqualine Henson, Clay County; Angela Jobe, Clay County; Monica Kamelia Marshall, Clay County; Jenny Darlene Martin, Clay County; Isaac R. Mills, Whitley County; Betsy A. Nicholas, Pulaski County; Robin Renee Owens, Laurel County; Trevor James Perry, Laurel County; Kristine Elizabeth Petrey, Whitley County; Chasity Dawn Sanders, Russell County; John R. Wainscott, Whitley County; and Amanda Marie Zulager, Casey County

Scholarship Awards: Richard E. and Cornelia Cooper Endowed Scholarship Crystal Sue Alcorn, Rockcastle County; Helen Cornele Momorial Scholarship Ginger Lee Asberry, Clinton County; State Representative Leonard Hislope Memorial Scholarship Ellen Michell Baker, McCreary County; Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary Scholarship Samantha J. Benedict, Pulaski County, and Lisa Beth Staton, Wayne County; Brown Nursing Scholarship Tammy Jean Binder, Laurel County; Terry Norfleet Scholarship Stephanie Lee Bowling, Laurel County, Angela Jobe, Clay County, and Emily B. Wesley, Casey County; John T. Smith Scholarship Ronina Lavon Bradshaw, Adair County; Tony Lovell Brown, Pulaski County, George Alexander Johnson, Madison County; Lindsey M. Wood, Pulaski County; and Angela F. Wooldridge, Pulaski County; KCTCS Presidential Scholarship Nathan K. Bennett, Whitley County Ashley Nichole Bryant, Pulaski County, Li Chen, Pulaski County, Elizabeth A. Cowan, Wayne County, Kyle A. Curry, Pulaski County, and Sylvania LeAnn Wright, Whitley County; Mattie Helen Elliott Scholarship Amy Marie Cash, Pulaski County, Amanda L. Stephens, McCreary County, and Rachel L. Thompson, Pulaski County; Elliott Family Trust Scholarship Bradley Alexander Caudill, Whitley County, Maegan Rae-Dawn Edwards, Casey County, Terri L. Peavey, Casey County, and Cory Wesley, Casey County; Benny Ham Memorial Scholarship James Daniel Clark, Rockcastle County; KCTCS Commonwealth Scholarship Keri Cox, Pulaski County, David S. Eller, Wayne County, Derek S. Hicks, Wayne County, and Nathan H. Hodge, Pulaski County; Gear-Up Scholarship Tasha Renee Crabtree, Wayne County; Ernest Gadberrry Endowed Fund Scholarship Samuel M. Festian, Pulaski County, Emily LeReaia Stephens, McCreary County, and Charles Lyle Warner, Casey County; SCC Presidential Roger Scholars Scholarship Emily G. Lane, Pulaski County; Educational Opportunity Center Scholarship Karen Kay Luttrell; Roscoe Kelley Memorial Scholarship Jeremy A. Napier, Laurel County; Charlie M. Isaacs Scholarship Telvis M. Richardson, Pulaski County; Lillie Thorne Spradlin Memorial Scholarship Stephen D. Smith, Pulaski County; Richie/Cooper Scholarship Endowment Kristy K. Sneed, McCreary County; Owens Nursing Scholarship Sarah M. Ware, Lincoln County

Psychology: Outstanding Academic Achievement Daisy McCune, Pulaski County; Michelle Ratliff, Pulaski County; and Alicia Simpson, Pulaski County

Phi Theta Kappa, USA Today, American Association of Community Colleges All-USA Academic Team: Bethany Gosser, Casey County; Jenny Darlene Martin, Laurel County; and David Robert William Evans, Pulaski County

Economics/Statistics: Outstanding Academic Achievement Andreas Bilz, Pulaski County

Engineering Technology: Outstanding Academic Achievement - Freddie Stephen Mitchell, Laurel County; Saun Douglas Buis, Pulaski County; Eric L. Taylor, Pulaski County; Robert Gerald Branscum, Pulaski County; Mark Garland, Pulaski County; Steve Edwin Nicholson, Pulaski County; and Timothy Jones, Pulaski County

Physical Therapy 2007 Assistant Program: American Physical Therapy Associate Student of the Year Award Bethany Gosser, Casey County; Outstanding PTA Student Organization Member Bethany Gosser, Casey County; PTA Community Service Award Bethany Gosser, Casey County; 2008 APTA Student of the Year Award Isaac Mills, Whitley County; Total Rehab Award for Outstanding Second-Year Student Award Emmett Mastin, Laurel County; Outstanding PTA Student Mentor Award Kenny Catron, Pulaski County; James H. Andersen Award for Outstanding First-Year PTA Student Rod Edwards, Pulaski County; and SCC Karate Club Outstanding Member Award John Wainscott, Whitley County.

Somerset Community College is a comprehensive two-year institution of higher education. SCC has campuses in Somerset and London, centers in Clinton, McCreary, Casey and Russell Counties. The website is www.somerset.kctcs.edu. Call for admission and registration information toll free at 1-877-629-9722.

KCTCS serves the Commonwealth through 16 community and technical college districts that form a seamless system of 62 campuses open or under construction. KCTCS colleges change lives by providing accessible and affordable education and training through academic and technical associate degrees; diploma and certificate programs in occupational fields; pre-baccalaureate education; adult, continuing and developmental education; customized training for business and industry; and distance learning. For more information, visit www.kctcs.edu.



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