Published: May 11, 2008 12:53 am            

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Team competes at Six Flags

The CTA hip hop dance team competed at the American Cheer Power Six Flags Over Texas championship on May 3. CTA was named champion in the junior street division. The team also received the honor of high point winner having the highest score over 15 dance teams. Three of those teams were senior dance teams.

Members of the CTA hip hop team are as follows: Laura Star, Cassidy Jock, Katie Miller, Madeline Andrews, Brooke Janecka, Demi Dotson, Macy Cole, McKenna Watkins, Alisa Horn, De’Laney Johnson, Kursten Smith, Mikayla Jones and Macee Curry.



Martinez named Student of the Year

Griselda Martinez was selected as the 2008 Navarro College Student of the Year at the annual Student Government Association banquet, which was held April 23. She was also selected to speak at this year’s graduation during the morning commencement ceremony held May 10.

Martinez is a graduate of Corsicana High School. While at Navarro, she was a member of the Honors Program, the Art Club, and Psi Beta National Honor Society in psychology. She served as the first vice president of the Leo Club, and as president for Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Martinez also served as a tutor in math for the college. She has graduated from Navarro with an Associate in Science in general studies degree. Martinez plans on pursuing a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy at the University of Texas at Tyler. She is a talented artist and is also considering pursuing a degree in art.



Students receive scholarships

Navarro Pecan Company of Corsicana once again has provided scholarship funds for deserving chemistry students on the Navarro College Corsicana campus. These funds are available because of the chemical testing of pecans performed for that company by the chemistry department under the supervision of Tom Hammargren, chemistry program coordinator and instructor. Joe Guerra, assistant dean of arts and sciences, and Hammargren evaluated the scholarship applications and decided how the monies would be divided among this year’s recipients. Awards ranged from $200 to $400. Chemistry students who received a scholarship are Christina Cutting, Amir Karimloo, Justin Redford and Shea Tyner.

“Mr. Austin E. Nixon, general manager of the Navarro Pecan Company, is the individual who helped us begin this scholarship program, and who continues to support it. We, at Navarro College, are very grateful to him,” Hammargren said.



Frazier scores highest on GED in Texas

The Adult Education program at Navarro College has announced that Rebecca Frazier from Frost has obtained the highest test average in Texas on the General Educational Development (GED) test. Because of this accomplishment, Frazier has been awarded the Texas Associate for Literacy and Adult Education (TALAE) scholarship of $1,000 in higher education. The purpose of TALAE is to promote leadership, professional growth, promotion of adult education and linkage to local, state, regional, and national organizations interested in literacy and adult education.

Navarro College offers free GED classes throughout Navarro, Ellis, Limestone and Freestone counties. Frazier attended GED classes in 2007. She participated in the Navarro College Adult Education GED graduation in June the same year. “I gained a lot of useful information on how to become a productive citizen,” Frazier said. Her advice to future GED students: “Stick with it, and you will succeed. It gets easier, and there is help out there for you. Just push yourself. Don’t give up on your GED.”

Frazier is currently attending Navarro College and is majoring in business. She thanks the Adult Education Program for helping her achieve her goal of going to college. Any person involved or interested in any facet of adult education is invited to join and promote adult education in Texas.

For more information, contact the Office of Adult Education at (903) 875-7464.



Myers inducted into honor society

Ninety-six Lamar University juniors and seniors, including Leslie René Myers of Corsicana, were initiated into the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi during the organization’s annual spring ceremony April 29 in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom.

Seniors elected to membership must have a 3.5 grade point average and rank in the upper 10 percent of their graduating class, while second-semester juniors who have a 3.5 GPA must rank in the upper 7.5 percent of their class.

        

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