Arkansas achievers

■ Arkansas State University student Kamille Evans of Jonesboro is the 2022 winner of the Ray Winters Scholarship. This scholarship is given each year to one student for achievement and high honors. Evans is a senior in the cardiovascular interventional program in the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. The scholarship was developed following the retirement of Ray Winters who led medical imaging and radiation sciences at the university. It is awarded to the applicant that has achieved the most scholarship points. Points are awarded on the basis of GPA, program director recommendation and three questions developed by the Lambda Nu board of directors answered by each applicant.

■ Two eStem Public Charter School students have earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. Logan Lytle was awarded the National African American Recognition Award and Summer Prado National Hispanic Recognition Award. They are juniors at eStem High School in Little Rock. The National Recognition Programs grant underrepresented students with academic honors that can be included on college and scholarship applications and connect students with universities across the country, helping them connect to colleges and stand out during the admissions process.

■ Rachel Bearden won the Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet at the Arkansas Farm Bureau 88th Annual Convention. Bearden will now compete at the American Farm Bureau Federation conference scheduled for January in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The discussion meet provides a forum for young farm leaders to demonstrate their verbal and problem-solving presentation skills while they discuss their views on issues affecting agriculture. There were 11 competitors in the discussion meet. Bearden won $7,000 courtesy of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. She is an extension agent in Hot Spring County, serving as staff chairperson. She also serves as national vice chairperson for early career development for the National County Agricultural Agents Association and secretary for the Animal Science Working Group of National Association of 4-H Youth Development Professionals.

■ Ida Ruth Jones of Pope County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee received the Arkansas Farm Bureau Women’s Diamond Award, which honors a county Farm Bureau leader whose volunteer efforts are above and beyond the norm, at the Arkansas Farm Bureau 88th Annual Convention. Jones began volunteering for Farm Bureau in the early 1960s. She served on the state Women’s Leadership Committee from 1962 to 1969 and served as chairperson of the Pope County committee until her health would not allow in recent years.

■ Darren Hawkins of Beebe High School in White County was awarded the Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Agriculture Educator award. The Outstanding Agriculture Educator award recognizes a high school agriculture education instructor for efforts in teaching young people about agriculture, leadership and involvement in the National FFA Organization. He was recognized at the Farm Bureau’s 88th Annual Convention.

■ Caleb Payton of Concord High School earned the the Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Outstanding New Agriculture Educator award for his work in increasing participation. He was recognized at the Farm Bureau’s 88th Annual Convention.

■ Mark Morgan of Clarksville is the 2022 recipient of the Stanley E. Reed Leadership Award from the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. The organization said he showed outstanding leadership within the Farm Bureau and the community in Johnson County. He’s been on the county board 10 years, serving as president since 2017. Morgan has served as Arkansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers chairman and vice chairman, winning the Young Farmers and Ranchers’ Achievement Award in 2019. He serves on the Arkansas State Plant Board.

■ Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge welcomed a new class of law clerks for the 2022 fall term of the Attorney General’s Office. The students — who attend the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law — work in various departments assisting with legal research, drafting memos, editing legal documents and accompanying lawyers at trial, client meetings and hearings. They are Tristan Bennett, of Carlisle, Civil Division; Cassidy Brady, of Benton, Public Protection Department; Madison Cresswell, of North Little Rock, Public Protection Department; Cameron Edmonson, of Spokane, Mo., Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; Madison Folsom, of Bentonville, Criminal Department; Ashtyn Pike, of Cabot, Criminal Department; Abby Ryan, of Little Rock, the Civil Department; and Miles Russon, of Seattle, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Arkansas Achievers is an opportunity to give recognition to Arkansans for their achievements. Civilian and military achievements are accepted.

Please follow these guidelines:

1) Must be an Arkansan or have graduated from a school in Arkansas.

2) Received an award, scholarship, medal or promotion. Pageants, deans’ lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.

No photographs please.

To submit an Achiever, email us at news@arkansasonline.com with the words “Arkansas Achievers” in the subject line.