Clarendon College recognized Martha Smith, Scott Cone, and Joyse Gammage for their achievements at spring commencement on Friday, May 4
Martha Smith of Clarendon received the Walter B. Knorpp Outstanding Academic Achievement award.
Selected by the faculty, a student is chosen for the Knorpp Award on the basis of overall academic excellence, grades earned, scholastic papers and/or projects completed, and other indicators of scholastic achievement.
Smith has worked at Clarendon College for 12 years and in 2009 went back to school to earn an Associate in Science degree. She was named the Clarendon College Employee of the Year in 2005 and has been a co-sponsor of the international student organization at Clarendon College. She performed in the college play “Kiss or Make-up” in 2006 and is a member of the Clarendon Community Choir and the worship committee at First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
Smith’s favorite pastime is gardening and caring for plants, and she volunteers each year to beautify the campus with the flowers that greet students and visitors at the academic center each day. She is a second mom for many students at the college and, along with her husband, is one of the biggest Bulldog and Lady Bulldog fans in town.
Smith’s name will be engraved on the Walter B. Knorpp Outstanding Academic Achievement trophy that is permanently displayed in the Vera Dial Dickey Library as tribute to her academic performance at Clarendon College.
Scott Cone of Glenwood, New South Wales, was named the Top Honor Graduate at the CC spring commencement.
The Top Honor Graduate is selected each April based on guidelines of overall grade point average and outstanding academic achievement.
Cone came to Clarendon College from Australia to further his education and improve his baseball skills. He is a member of the Clarendon College Bulldog Baseball team and graduated with an Associate in Science degree.
He will be transferring to West Texas A&M University in Canyon this fall to major in Biology.
Joyse Gammage of Pampa received the Outstanding Graduate award at the CC spring commencement.
The Outstanding Student honor awards not only academic achievement, but also leadership, integrity, and character. In order to receive this award, the student must be voted on by the full-time faculty. The Outstanding Student Award originated in 1965 with the Clarendon Jaycees. Upon the disbanding of the Jaycees, Clarendon College took upon itself the continuation of the tradition into the present.
Gammage is an Amarillo native who now lives in Pampa with her husband and 4 daughters. She has a family, works as a veterinary technician at a Pampa vet clinic and attended Clarendon College. Prior to attending CC, she attended Palo Duro High School.
Looking past CC, Gammage plans to attend West Texas A&M University in the fall with future plans of attending the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M where she hopes to achieve her childhood dream by earning a Doctorate in Veterinary Science.
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