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Press Release
By: Janine Wine
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
CLARKSVILLE, TN: TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis conferred diplomas and technical certificates for ninety students from six Tennessee counties and neighboring Christian County, Kentucky Thursday afternoon during summer commencement held on the grounds of Austin Peay State University.
Tennessee State Senator Bill Powers served as guest speaker. Graduates Alexander Haws and Ashley Cousin led the Pledge of Allegiance and provided the invocation, respectively.
Graduates earning third party certifications were Building Construction Technology students Bec Belanger, Dontavious Curry, Emily Frigo, TeShawne Wiggins, and Sincer Wise; Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration students Daniel Gatewood, Andru Sanchez, Jared Hawkins, and Preston Van Dyke; Patient Care Technology / Medical Assisting students Neicy Harkless, Madison Adams, Lawren Mitchell, and Jadanne Scurlock; Pharmacy Technology student Chelsea Franklin; Cosmetology student Karleigh Doan; Computer Information Technology students Anthony Bryant, Daniel Payment; Machine Tool Technology student Josh Kessell; Welding Technology students Trenton Brown, JJ Bruce, Ammon Fisher, Samuel Foster, Scott Larsen, Ryan Leslie, Dawson Moroschak, Reed Poole, Roberto Quinonez, and Kaden Whitlatch; Automotive Technology students David Bermudez, Brady Gerlach-Brown, Quentin Goder, Matthew LeGrant, Samuel Lewis, Jacob Liddy, Tyler Rone, and Dalton Tanzie; Diesel Powered Equipment Technology students Christian Coakley, Roy Cook, Blake Folsom, Jesse Gibbs, and James Suda-Dodson.
Graduates inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) were applauded for their efforts. To be inducted into NTHS students must maintain an “A” average, attend at least 95 percent of their total program hours, and be nominated by their instructors. Graduates earning this distinction were Bec Belanger, Emily Frigo, Jadanne Scurlock, Jade Boyd-Cleaver, Aleecia Gibson, Brooke McKenzie, Anthony Bryant, Daniel Payment, Josh Kessell, Ammon Fisher, and Ryan Leslie.
Graduates named honorary banner bearers were recognized for their academic achievement and were selected based on earning the highest overall grade point average in their career cluster. Those students were Aleecia Gibson – National Technical Honor Society, Josh Kessell – SkillsUSA, Preston Van Dyke – Construction, Jade Boyd-Cleaver – Health Science, Ainslee Bryson – Human Servies, Daniel Payment – Information Technology, Alexander Haws – Manufacturing, Tyler Rone – Transportation, and DeMarquis Seabrook – Corrections & Security.
President Travis conferred diplomas and technical certificates for the following graduates representing thirteen of the colleges programs of study including Building Construction Technology - Bec Belanger with honors, Dontavious Curry, Emily Frigo with honors, TeShawne Wiggins, and Sincer Wise; Heating Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration – Gracedon Dilworth with honors, Cristian Estrada-Lugardo with honors, Daniel Gatewood with honors, Jared Hawkins, Ethan Hyppolite with honors, Gavin Percy with honors, Andru Sanchez, Preston Van Dyke with honors and a 4.0, and Matthew Wright with honors; Patient Care Technology / Medical Assisting – Madison Paige Adams, Neicy Harkless, Lawren Mitchell with honors, and Jadanne Scurlock with honors; Pharmacy Technology – Maria Bernal, Chelsea Franklin with honors, Caden Link, and Ashley Sellars; Practical Nursing – Blake Bailey, Brianna I’Mon Bond, Jade Boyd-Cleaver with honors and a 4.0, Ashley Samantha Cousin, Lanae Freeman, Kayla Frost, Iyanna Michelle Furman, Aleecia Gibson with honors and a 4.0, Shelby Harris, Camryn Hutson, Hailey Kirkland, Abrianna Makovec, Brook McKenzie with honors, Alyssa Patterson, Brittney plunk, Caelynn Syner, Meko LaNay Watts, Feltona Wells, and Kenisha White; Cosmetology – Ainslee Bryson with honors and a 4.0, Bella Chapman, Jazmine Renae Claudio with honors, Karleigh Doan, Zamyriah Hawkins, Ameilia Hurt with honors, Lana Migliore, Aaliyah Quinn, Karney Robles with honors, Kenneth Schmidt with honors, and Samantha Williams; Computer Information Technology – Anthony Bryant, Daniel Payment with honors and a 4.0; Industrial Electrical Maintenance / Mechatronics – Ruben Collazo, Donovan Frye with honors, Alexander Haws with honors and a 4.0, Gabriel Johnson with honors, Nathan Lawson with honors, Jesse McElroy with honors, Spencer Reynolds, Angel Manuel Soto, and Logan Vasquez with honors; Machine Tool Technology – Josh Kessell with honors; Welding Technology – Trenton Brown, JJ Bruce, Ammon Fisher, Samuel Foster, Scott Larsen with honors, Ryan Leslie, Dawson Moroschak, Reed Poole, Roberto Quinonez, and Kaden Whitlatch; Automotive Technology – Daavid Alberto Bermudez, Brady Williams Gerlach-Brown, Quentin Goder, Matthew LeGrant, Samuel Lewis, Jacob Liddy, Tyler Rone with honors and a 4.0, Dalton Tanzie; Diesel Powered Equipment Technology – Christian Coakley, Roy Cook, Blake Folsom, Jesse Gibbs, Edward Saucer, and James Suda-Dodson; Criminal Justice: Correctional Officer – Antonio Salas, and DeMarquis Seabrook with honors.
TCAT Dickson has campus locations in Dickson, Clarksville, and Franklin and primarily serves students in Dickson, Montgomery, Cheatham, Stewart, Houston, Humphreys, Hickman, and Williamson counties in addition to neighboring communities and Kentucky residents.
TCAT Dickson is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education, and complies with non-discrimination laws: Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and ADA. Located on Highway 46 in Dickson, the technical training college also has extension campuses in Clarksville, and Franklin. Additional information about the school is located at www.TCATDickson.edu.
TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis conferred more than ninety diplomas and technical certificates for Clarksville Campus graduates on Thursday during the summer commencement ceremony held at APSU.