Local students receive honors

Locals attending colleges and universities in around the state and nation were honored recently at their schools.

Brewton’s Joshua Barrett Fields, Class of 2020, was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta at Huntingdon College.

Sigma Tau Delta is an honor society whose purpose is to confer distinction upon students of English language and literature.

Frisco City’s Haleigh Ridgeway, Class of 2021, was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, established at Huntingdon in 1989 and Gamma Sigma Alpha, a national greek academic honor society, which promotes intellectual interaction between and encourages scholarship by greek students.

Ridgeway was also named to the Huntingdon College Office of the Registrar of full-time day students whose academic performance during the spring semester 2019 qualified for recognition on the College's Dean's list of high honors. The Dean's list of high honors recognizes those who achieved semester grade point averages of 3.8 to 4.00.

Brewton’s Shantavia Autrey, Kameisha Blue, Ethan Bollenbacher, Trentarius Ikner, Caitlyn Smith and Carson Barnett of Atmore have been named to the Provost's List for the Spring Semester and Term 4 of the 2018-2019 academic year.

Full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who have a grade point average of at least 3.65 qualify for the Provost's list.

The spring semester includes students at the Troy campus. Term 4 includes students at Troy's campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, along with locations outside of Alabama and online.

Troy University announces students who have been named to the Chancellor's List for the spring semester and Term 4 of the 2018/2019 academic year.

Local students who made the Chancellor's list include: from Brewton, La'Briah Marshall, Takeysia McFugerson, Mary Peace and from Atmore, Mekel Salter, Chelsea Turner, Ariel Whatley, Hannah Ziglar and Ziah Young.

Full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who earn a grade point average of 4.0 qualify for the Chancellor's List.

The spring semester includes students at the Troy, Ala., campus. Term 4 includes students at Troy's campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, Ala., along with locations outside of Alabama and online.

Nicholas Moore of Brewton was one of 622 students to graduate from Union University on Saturday, May 18 during spring commencement services of the 194th graduating class on the university's Great Lawn. Moore graduated with his Master of Arts in Education.

Located in Jackson, Tenn., Union University is a liberal arts-based university affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Founded in 1823, Union is the oldest institution relating to the Southern Baptist Convention.