Have Understanding and Appreciation of Life's Good Things,
President Booth Tells Tri-County's Summer Grads
CONTACT: LISA GARRETT, EXT. 1506
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/10/2004
(By Lisa Garrett)
PENDLETON --- Technical and academic competence are only
half the equation for success, Tri-County Technical College's
President Ronnie L. Booth told the 230 graduates during his summer
commencement address, adding that the understanding and appreciation
of life's good things play just as important a role.
"I hope we have instilled in you technical and academic
competence so that you can be successful economically but, more
important, I hope we at the College have instilled in you and
lived out in front of you in the classrooms, labs, and in our
offices, the traits and characteristics that really matter and
that you which you choose to emulate," said Dr. Booth, who
became Tri-County's third president July 2003.
Dr. Booth referenced two relatives, an uncle and a grandfather,
whom he has admired since childhood -- "people who have
lived a pretty good life but not by the measures we typically
use." One is Uncle Coy, who left the fourth grade at age
16, cannot read, has never driven anything but a mule or a bicycle
and worked in the tobacco fields around Conway.
"By the world's standards, he has lived a life not many
would want to live. He has been poor his entire life by all
economic measures but never realized it. He did not know he
was supposed to worry about things and he never has," explained
Dr. Booth.
"Would I want to live my life the same way that Uncle
Coy has lived his? No, but he is not to be pitied. He has lived
a life worth emulating in other ways," he told the graduates.
As did his late grandfather, Sam B., who resided in a lapped
siding house in Horry County with no indoor toilet and who worked
for the Civilian Conservation Corp and later owned his own farm
where he plowed 40 acres of bottom land barefoot with a two-mule
team.
"All of you have accomplished something that neither
Uncle Coy nor my grandfather ever did. You each have attained
a degree, diploma or certificate that will assist you in accomplishing
economic goals and obtaining possessions that were not within
their grasp. You have so many more opportunities that they are
hard to fathom.
"As you go from here to a job or further education, I
hope you eventually understand and accomplish what is really
important. I hope you have as good a life as Uncle Coy and Sam
B. Yes, they each certainly experienced many difficulties physically
and otherwise, but I would rather have their life than that of
some, whom the world deems as a success, because many who have
position, power, influence and an abundance of material possessions
are really quite miserable. They are because they do not possess
what really matters.
Such as:
Relationships with people you love and who love you
An enjoyment of simple pleasures
A reputation for being honest and living by your word
An appreciation for the benefits of hard work
An appreciation of good conversation
The pleasure of enjoying the fruit of your labor in peace
A home that is a place of comfort and security
Having time to reflect on life and all that it means
Having someone to look to you as a hero, a model, a mentor
"I do not want to be measured by my job, my connections
or the trappings of my life," said Dr. Booth. "I much
rather hope that what I have said about Uncle Coy and Sam B.,
the deep understanding and appreciation of life's good things,
will be said about me. I hope you will seek the same."
Following the address, President Booth and other College
officials presented degrees, diplomas and certificates to the
graduates.
From Abbeville:
Aurelia Jamecia Scott, Practical Nursing.
From Anderson:
Eric Thomas Joel Airline, Business Technology; Jennifer Rebecca
Anderson, Criminal Justice Technology; Jennifer Lynn Andrews,
Surgical Technology; Tiana Nicole Arflin, Practical Nursing;
Terria A. Banks, Early Childhood Development; Sheena Nicole Beatty,
Electrocardiology; Emily Ann Beeman, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting;
Maresia Laune Breazeale, Phlebotomy; Betty A. Bublow, Practical
Nursing; Eliza Jane Burk, Early Childhood Development; Pamela
Jane Butcher, Respiratory Care; Kelli Carter Callaham, Expanded
Duty Dental Assisting; Joshua Dennis Chastain, Heating, Ventilation,
Air Conditioning; Angel Marie Cleveland, Practical Nursing; Virginia
Cooper, Practical Nursing; Wendy M. Chandler Crocker, Electrocardiology;
Kevin Russell Donald, Industrial Electronics Technology; Keith
Phillip Dove, Engineering Graphics Technology; Jonathan Bryan
Easterling, Machine Tool Technology; Carl Dwayne Edwards, Textile
Management Technology; Rebecca Ellen Evans, Surgical Technology;
Larkisha Roshaunda Fant, Practical Nursing; Brian Alan Ferguson
(deceased), Welding; Stephen Andrew Frost, Computer Technology;
Thomas Franklin Glenn, Welding; Catherine Elizabeth Goodwin,
Practical Nursing; Sandra Ferguson Goodwin, Medical Assisting;
Danielle Phillipia Hambrick, Computer Technology; Melissa Cain
Hamilton, Early Childhood Development; Andrea Leigh Hanks, Practical
Nursing; Boris Leroy Hanks, Industrial Electronics Technology;
Kelly Lynn Hawkins, Accounting; Jason Robert Hayes, Criminal
Justice Technology; Tracy Shannon Hayes, Practical Nursing; Tara
Burton Hicks, Associate in Science; Victor Rodriques Hill, Associate
in Arts; Jacqlin Diane Howard, Electrocardiology; Michael Brandon
Hudgens, Electronics Engineering Technology; Mark Patrick Jones,
Associate in Arts; Amy Sue Laire, Respiratory Care; Jennifer
Barton Leslie, Surgical Technology; Jean Marie Logan, Electrocardiology;
Amber Gail Lowe, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting; Melissa Campbell
Lowe, Practical Nursing; David R. Mayfield, Accounting; Helen
Leigh McAlister, Practical Nursing; Jason Matthew Moon, Computer
Technology; Kelly Anderson Morrison, Medical Assisting; Kristi
Marie Mullinax, Electrocardiology; Erik Christopher Nielson,
Welding; Herbert Lewis Osbey, Jr., Nursing; Carla Glenn Parker,
Criminal Justice Technology; Tushar Praful Patel, Business Technology;
Tamika Chareka Paul, Surgical Technology; Vaneisha Nicole Rainey,
Associate in Science; Theresa Monique Rice, Medical Assisting;
Turquoise Kiana Rice, Surgical Technology; Jennifer Rose Rush,
Practical Nursing; Monica Maria Harris Sanchez, Phlebotomy; Jeffrey
Milton Seigler, General Engineering Technology; Derek Ryan Simpson,
Criminal Justice Technology; Katie Beth Smith, Expanded Duty
Dental Assisting; Felicia Roneatra Starks, Practical Nursing;
Lindsay Elizabeth Staton, Medical Assisting; Tamara Jeanette
Sullivan, Practical Nursing; Harvey Robert Sutton, Electronics
Engineering Technology; Tarna Jade Taylor, Associate in Science;
Melissa Joy Tinsley, Surgical Technology; Ashley Nicole Thompson,
Surgical Technology; Jason Earl Turner, Practical Nursing; Tony
Michael Webb, Jr., Computer Technology; Adolphus Charles White,
III, Associate in Arts; Kacie Elizabeth Wilkins, Respiratory
Care; Rebecca Lynn Wilson, Practical Nursing; and James Gary
Witt, Surgical Technology.
From Belton:
Eric Todd Blanton, General Engineering Technology; Steven Allen
Chapman, Electronics Engineering Technology; Margaret Mary Friend,
Medical Assisting; Tabatha Dawn Thompson Hughes, Phlebotomy;
Richard Simpson McClain, Respiratory Care; Sommer Nicole Osborne,
Surgical Technology; Angela Renee' Rowland, Practical Nursing;
Susan Gentry Weldon, Phlebotomy; and Mark Dewayne Wilson, Heating,
Ventilation, Air Conditioning.
From Honea Path:
Whitney Shore Cowan, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting; Marja Wilmiqua
Dodson, Surgical Technology; and Philip William Vaughn, Machine
Tool Technology.
From La France:
Delaine Dianne Stinson, Practical Nursing.
From Pelzer:
Brenda Davenport Brooks, Practical Nursing; Rachel Caroline
Green, Associate in Arts; Lindsay Catherine Smith, Expanded Duty
Dental Assisting; David Martin Sutherland, Industrial Mechanics;
Brian James Curry, Computer Technology; Jill Ray Graham, Accounting;
Andrew George Greenwood, Computer Technology; Donna Dorr Needham,
Associate in Arts; Kevin Ferlandez Powers, Electronics Engineering
Technology; Frank V. Prater, Jr., Engineering Graphics Technology;
Bernadette Yvonne Smith, Medical Assisting; and Barbara Ann Vance,
Electrocardiology.
From Pendleton:
Brian James Curry, Computer Technology; Jill Ray Graham, Accounting;
Andrew George Greenwood, Computer Technology; Donna Dorr Needham,
Associate in Arts; Kevin Ferlandez Powers, Electronics Engineering
Technology; Frank V. Prater, Jr., Engineering Graphics Technology;
Bernadette Yvonne Smith, Medical Assisting; and Barbara Ann Vance,
Electrocardiology
From Piedmont:
John Randolph Hood, Welding and Sandra Kay Scrivner, Respiratory
Care.
From Sandy Springs:
Crystal Marie Crane, Electronics Engineering Technology; and
Casey Marie Yarborough, Practical Nursing.
From Starr:
Bobby Joe Holliday, II, Electronics Engineering Technology.
From Townville:
Tiffany Lynn Lee, Electrocardiology; Christopher Micheal May,
Electronics Engineering Technology; Jeremy Glenn Power, Business
Technology; and Christopher Brandon Purdy, Associate in Arts.
From Ware Shoals:
Michael Earl Weathersbee, General Engineering Technology.
From Williamston:
Jerry Wayne Aiken, Associate in Arts; Crystal Lynn Gambrell,
Associate in Science; Holly Michelle New, Surgical Technology;
and Jessica Leighton Williams, Respiratory Care.
OCONEE COUNTY
From Fair Play:
Wendy Denise Shead, Respiratory Care.
From Salem:
Heyward Kelvin Moss, Machine Tool Technology; and Theresa Lynne
Peppel, Computer Technology.
From Seneca:
Stephanie Lavinia Allison, Business Technology; Stephanie Brooke
Barton, Surgical Technology; Michael Shane Bay, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Robert Benjamin Breazeale, Radio and Television Broadcasting;
Lisa Britton Coker, Business Technology; Tiffany Chene' Cunningham,
Business Technology; Gwendolyn McSwain Dixon, Practical Nursing;
Mark Lawrence Ellis, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Kendra
Renae Hanks, Phlebotomy; Leonard Paul Hicks, General Engineering
Technology; Coleen Rae Kennedy, Accounting; Sandra Louise King,
Phlebotomy; Ylonda Leigh Kirmss, Surgical Technology; Laura Marie
Markel, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting; Ryan Eugene Meeks, Industrial
Mechanics; Joseph Cameron Morgan, Criminal Justice Technology;
Wanda Walley Nugent, Associate in Science; R. B. Oglesby, III,
Respiratory Care; Richard Bronson Porter, Industrial Electronics
Technology; Jonathan Bo Price, General Engineering Technology;
Sangeetha Rathi Ranganathan, Computer Technology; Katrina Marie
Teel, Criminal Justice Technology; Sabrina Ann Wheeler, Medical
Assisting; and Karen LaShawn Wilkerson, Surgical Technology.
From Tamassee:
Lisa Green Arnold, Phlebotomy; and Jeffry Rendie Leopard, General
Engineering Technology.
From Walhalla:
David Eugene Bates, Machine Tool Technology; Brenda Sue Denise,
Office Systems Technology; Matthew Grant Duncan, Welding; Stacy
Michelle Knight, Office Systems Technology; and Tracy Lynn Stephens,
Early Childhood Development.
From West Union:
Michael Leon Crowe, Industrial Mechanics; Tonya Keller Fowler,
Business Technology; Shenequia Diane Kilpatrick, Computer Technology;
Michael Evan Peay, Industrial Electronics Technology; and Stephany
Quinn Reese, Business Technology.
From Westminster:
Michael B. Bibb, Industrial Electronics Technology; Janie A.
Freeman, Electrocardiology; William Wesley Harvell, Computer
Technology; Amanda Elizabeth Holbrooks, Expanded Duty Dental
Assisting; Laura Dawn Holland, Radio and Television Broadcasting;
Keri Marlene Owens, Surgical Technology; Barbara Annette Queen,
Surgical Technology; Wendy Matheson Roach, Expanded Duty Dental
Assisting; and Betty Sue Stepp, Electrocardiology.
PICKENS COUNTY
From Central:
Mary Ellen Caddell, Machine Tool Technology; John Richard Cantrell,
Jr., Industrial Electronics Technology; Tiffany Anne Ferguson,
Respiratory Care; Amanda Marie Fiori, Associate in Science; Connie
Leanne Hartsell, Early Childhood Development; Kevin Richard Merck,
Industrial Electronics Technology; Thonja Renee Parker, Practical
Nursing; April Michelle Powell, Early Childhood Development;
Guynelle Wood Randle, Surgical Technology; Christy Marie Saylors,
Expanded Duty Dental Assisting; Leslie Simmons, Electrocardiology;
Elizabeth Kellett Wilson, Respiratory Care; and Leslie Terece
Winkler, Radio and Television Broadcasting.
From Clemson:
Chante Monique Brown, Medical Assisting; Scott Thomas Clarke,
Criminal Justice Technology; Kathryn M. General, Surgical Technology;
Elena Nicole Gentile, Associate in Science; and Louis Edmund
McLellan, Radio and Television Broadcasting.
From Easley:
Neysa Diana Caron, Criminal Justice Technology; Deborah Howard
Crump, Electrocardiology; Jerry Lee Duncan, Jr., Accounting;
Robert Jeff Hawkins, Industrial Mechanics; Kelly Celes Lesley,
Associate in Arts; Rebecca A. Newsom, Respiratory Care; Peggy
Earline Noblitt, Practical Nursing; William Ashley Reese, Accounting;
Hamilton Scott Reeves, Jr., Business Technology; Julie Michelle
Ross, Accounting; Dana Albertson Teat, Medical Assisting; Scott
Allen Ticknor, Criminal Justice Technology; Stacy Lynn Traber,
Electrocardiology; Keith Douglas Turner, Early Childhood Development;
and Bonita LaChelle Williams, Phlebotomy.
From Liberty:
Muriel Anita Aleman, Medical Assisting; Nicole Moore Anderson,
Practical Nursing; Haley Jewell Bagwell, Early Childhood Development;
Sabrina Lynn Chappell, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting; Heather
Colwell Curtis, Practical Nursing; Mary Elizabeth Durham, Practical
Nursing; Joshua Timothy Hester, Electronics Engineering Technology;
Joshua Earl Mull, Respiratory Care; and Sherry Norris Shell,
Medical Assisting.
From Norris:
Crystal Dawn Monkus, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting.
From Pickens:
Crystal Jean Breedlove, Phlebotomy; Angela Lea Crowe, Expanded
Duty Dental Assisting; Dee Youngblood Dyches, Surgical Technology;
Joy Lynne Garren, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting; Tabitha Lynn
Good, Radio and Television Broadcasting; Jeffrey Leon Lecroy,
Textile Management Technology; Jerussa Katia Orams, Surgical
Technology; Darlene Annette Owens, Early Childhood Development;
Rebekah Lea Rice, Surgical Technology; and Rosia Frances Roberts,
Phlebotomy.
From Six Mile:
Regina Sue Alexander, Electrocardiology; Kathy Kelley Chapman,
Early Childhood Development; Kisha Ann Johnson, Early Childhood
Development; and Gail Posey Young, Office Systems Technology.
From Sunset:
Sara Lynn Edwards, Office Systems Technology.
From Travelers Rest:
Dallas James Lenderman, Associate in Arts; and Scott Rene` Wilson,
Textile Management.
OUT OF TRI-COUNTY AREA:
From Charleston:
Scott Leary Moorer, Business Technology.
From Dillon:
Meredith Lyndsey Carter, Surgical Technology.
From Cleveland:
Elizabeth Royal Hall, Medical Assisting.
From Greer:
Philip Brandon Lybrand, Radio and Television Broadcasting; and
Jeffrey Edmond Warren, Radio and Television Broadcasting.
From Simpsonville:
Deidre Michelle Odumakinde, Radio and Television Broadcasting.
From Hartwell, GA:
Telfarrieo Onthawn Sadler, Industrial Mechanics.
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