GNTC releases President’s, Dean’s Lists for fall 2018
Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2018 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at least 12 credit hours. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79 during the semester with a course load of at least 12 credit hours.
President’s List
Catoosa County: Micah Afman, Savannah Bone, Mckenzie Brown, Gabrielle Carter, Brittany Chambers, Christina Chisenall, Alisha Cowan, Gage Dean, Sarah Eaker, Jesse Flanagan, Jonathan Gibson, Christopher Guffey, Jessica Hales, Victoria Harvey, Tavian Henson, Brenton Hill, Julie Kay, Courtni Lomenick, Allie Long, Elizabeth Mcclure, Jacob Mcintire, Angela Morrow, Shelby Nichols, Erica Owens, Laura Parson, Michael Scheinert, Blade Smith, Francie Songer, Cassie Stalvey, Casey Stephens, Pamela Tallent, Joshua Taylor, Hunter Thomason, Stacie Wattenbarger.
Walker County: Lorayna Alan, Mary Elizabeth Amis, Danika Barry, Lindsay Bearden, Elizabeth Blevins, Mallory Bradley, Kyler Cain, Haleigh Condra, Abbygale Dalton, Katelin Dixon, Christopher Dunn, Sarah Fawson, Emily Gilbreath, Elizabeth Gooch, Joyce Green, Megan Harkins, Katelynn Head, Brooke Kerns, Daniel King, Shelby Lewis, Mckenzie Marshall, Diana Mullaly, Sonja Reynolds, Joshua Smith, Charlina Smithers, Ginger Sparks, Jarod Streetman, Bradlee Suggs, Regina Watts, Angela Willbanks, Candace Williams, Heather Wyatt.
Chattooga County: Grayson Bentley, Anita Curtis, Hannah Edwards, Haley Elliott, Dakota Finster, Morgan Hamby, Rachel Hammock, Wesley Harkins, Larry Holbrooks, Reisha Hughes, Clarissa Jimenez, Nancy Lawrence, Samuel Mangan, Jackie Mosley, Neyda Paiz, Clyde Patterson, Sarah Price, Tanner Purcell, Bailey Rowlls, Meagan Rubright, Kerrington Wagner, Ian Wagoner, Joshua Wyatt, Amanda York.
Murray County: Jeffrey Ballew, Jonathan Banuelos, Drake Bargeron, Charles Baxter, Troy Beavers, Melissa Betterton, Corey Bishop, Susan Black, Daniel Bridges, Olivia Curtis, Autumn Donaldson, Anahi Garcia, Alesha Hughes, Zachary Jones, Austin Kelley, Roberto Landaverde, Amanda Malagutti, Salomon Montoya, Brandy Phillips, Kinley Pritchett, Harmony Ray.
Whitfield County: Cruz Aldava, Bruce Banks, Hayley Bell, Sarah Boyd, Alisha Broome, Jenifer Camacho, Abiram Contreras, Omar Cordero, William Elsberry, Christopher Figueroa, Miguel Garcia, Kimberly Glover, Yecely Gonzalez, Nayeli Gutierrez, Keymonica Hall, Chandler Henry, Whitney Holland, Elizabeth Jager, Kristen Lake, Megan Ledford, Amador Mares Torres Jr, Teresa Marshall, Rosio Martinez, Abel Mendiola, Dennis Miller, Marlena Mondragon, Eris Moonstar, Gonzalo Nunez, Guadalupe Nunez, Jason Paez, Joel Paez, Erika Perez, Kiera Perry, Maria Pimentel, Guadalupe Ramirez, Justin Ridley, David Saylors, Kristy Tate, Mary Brianna Thomason, Daniel Velasquez, Leslie Wilkins.
Dean’s List
Catoosa County: Tiffany Alford, Brandon Cass, April Clark, Cameron Collins, Shannon Cooper, Noah Fisher, Joshua Harold, Heather Hawkins, Kathleen Herring, Jessica Nabors, Brandon Neighbors, Benton Smith, Heather Smith, Rachel Stone, Hannah Taylor, Curtis Thomason, Husein Vajzovic, Jamie Walker, Mariah Wallace, Jared Wilks.
Walker County: Brittany Alexander, Emily Brock, Jalen Davis, Kannen Derryberry, Destiny Duncan, Kaitlyn Frazier, Katryna Gentry, Nicholas Gray, Timothy Henderson, Chanler Hysell, Zackary Jones, Katie Kinlaw, David Lilly, Deidra Long, Caylee Marks, Amy Moore, Joshua Moore, Baron O’bryant, Katelyn O’toole, Autumn Perry, Jennifer Pryor, Janell Randall-smith, Trystan Smith, Victoria Tarvin, Samuel Veal, Celine Verdier, Christopher Walden, James Young.
Chattooga County: Kaitlyn Conner, Taylor Eagle, Nicholas Flood, Hayley Jones, Malia Little, Jamie Lopez, Tina Minter, Haley Price, Dallas Roberts, Ashley Rosser, Allison Rowlls, William Stiles, Jarret Van Gurp, Cydni White.
Murray County: Christian Adams, Tyler Baggett, Teresa Botts, Dustie Bridges, John Thomas Langford, Dana Manis, William Mashburn, Breanna Massengale, Amber Ridley, Justin Sisk, Amalia Trejo, Nicomedes Vera, Rebecca White, Casey Young.
Whitfield County: Mykel Alexander, Marcos Arredondo, Ashton Avery, Alan Caro, Betzy Cruz, Brenda Dawson, Kevin Diaz, Kayla Elrod, Jasmin Garcia Barragan, Alexa Jimenez, Hayleigh Kuhn, Victoria Laird, Karina Lopez Valle, Edwin Luna, Bobby Minjarez, Daisy Molina, Ivan Ortiz, Wilson Paez, Jennyfer Paucay, Maritza Perez, Kelly Powers, Jimmy Ruiz, George Soto, Jonathan Tant, Abbigail Tate, Baleria Vasquez, Andres Viscarras, Brianna White.
Once again, an annual tobacco control report gives Georgia failing grades for its anti-smoking efforts.
The American Lung Association’s national report, released Wednesday, Jan. 30, called on Georgia to increase its tax on a pack of cigarettes. At 37 cents, the levy is among the lowest in the country.
“Tobacco use is a serious addiction, and we need to invest in the proven measures to prevent and reduce tobacco use outlined in ‘State of Tobacco Control,’” said June Deen, senior director of advocacy for the Lung Association. “The report provides a road map on how to save lives, but much work remains to be done in communities across Georgia to prevent and reduce tobacco use.”
On the Georgia grades, she said, “it’s the same song, next verse for our state.’’
The only non-failing grade that Georgia received was for the strength of its smokefree workplace laws, where the state got a “D.”
The Peach State’s “Fs’’ were in funding for state tobacco prevention programs; the level of tobacco taxes; coverage and access to services to quit tobacco; and for not raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco products to 21.
The grades were similar to the Lung Association’s previous assessments of Georgia’s antitobacco work.
In the new report, no state earned an “A” grade in every category; the best states were Alaska, California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine and Massachusetts. The states earning the worst grades (all F’s) were Mississippi, Missouri, Texas and Virginia.
Tobacco use remains the nation’s leading cause of preventable death and disease, taking an estimated 480,000 lives every year.
Nationally, the Lung Association report said adult and youth cigarette smoking rates are at an all-time low, with 7.6 percent of high school students and 14 percent of adults smoking cigarettes.
At the same time, though, there has been a 78 percent rise in youth e-cigarette use from 2017 to 2018. This equals 1 million additional kids beginning to use e-cigarettes, “placing their developing bodies and lungs at risk from the chemicals in e-cigarettes as well as a lifetime of addiction to a deadly product,’’ the report said.
“It’s an alarming increase — and we’re seeing the increase in Georgia, too,’’ Deen told GHN. “We’ve got to begin addressing these issues.”
The adult smoking rate in Georgia is 17.5 percent, above the national average. The youth smoking rate is also higher than the U.S. mark, at 8.2 percent.
‘The report provides a road map on how to save lives, but much work remains to be done in communities across Georgia to prevent and reduce tobacco use.’ senior director of advocacy for the American Lung Association