03.06.06



Top row, from left, Anna Oates, Janna Register, Meredith Garrison, Amy Miller. Bottom row, from left, Shannon Brigman, Sarah Johnson, Karen King.

AAUW recognizes Erskine College, high school students

The Due West Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) honored high school students from Abbeville and McCormick counties as well as Erskine College students March 2 at the annual AAUW Student Recognition Banquet.

Students from Abbeville, Calhoun Falls, Dixie and McCormick high schools received awards. Fourteen students from Erskine College also received academic award certificates during the banquet in the Bell Conference Room of the Watkins Student Center.

Erskine faculty and staff members active in the Due West branch of AAUW include Edith Brawley, cataloger and archivist at McCain Library; Professor Emerita of Bible and Religion Dr. Margaret Cubine; and Professor Emerita of Biology Dr. Jan Haldeman.
Haldeman presented the award certificates, and Erskine alumna Sarah Kennerly introduced this year's speaker, Jeannie Dove Knight, a member of the Erskine College Class of 1966.

Knight spoke about patriotism and how it can be lived out, urging students to participate in the democratic process. "I hope you'll consider running for office someday," she said.

Elected mayor of Due West in 1985, while her husband, Dr. Jim Knight, was a vice president at Erskine, Jeannie Knight was the first woman to serve the town in that role. She recalled that when Harry Stille, then serving as mayor, decided not to run for re-election, she started asking other Due West citizens to become candidates, and then was talked into running herself.

The Due West Branch of AAUW has sponsored the Student Recognition Banquet annually since 1959. AAUW, established in 1881, is composed of graduates of four-year colleges and universities dedicated to helping women achieve equity and success.
Abbeville High School students receiving citations and the fields in which they were honored were: Millie Jones, English and mathematics; Maria Torres, foreign language; Cayla Williams, science; and Kellie Horton, social studies.

Calhoun Falls High School honorees were: LeTigra Cannady, English; Tierra Cole, foreign language; Rachel Brandt, mathematics; Shannon Eller, science; and Lauren Henderson, social studies.

Dixie High School students honored were: Jasmine Smith, English; Madeline Milford, foreign language; Tiffany Crawford, mathematics; Kacy Pearman, science; and Kayla Garrett, social studies.

McCormick High School students receiving certificates for general academic achievement were Ashlei Cartledge, Emeral Green, Brittanie Kelley, Viola Kelley and Dainese Roberts.

Erskine students honored were: Ashley Pressley, behavioral science; Mila Wilmoth, biology; Karen King, business; Janna Register, chemistry; Meredith Garrison, early childhood education; Amy Miller, elementary education; Sarah Johnson, secondary education; Anna Oates, English; Joanna Osborne, French; Mary Frances Milford, history; Jennifer Raidford, mathematics; Shannon Brigman, psychology; Stephanie Wooten, Spanish; and Rachel Geoghegan, sports medicine.

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