Outstanding students, faculty and staff were recognized Thursday during the seventh annual Honors Convocation at North Platte Community College.

Ryan Purdy, Mid-Plains Community College president, Jody Tomanek, area vice-president of academic affairs and NPCC, and Andy Long, area vice president of student affairs and McCook Community College, were among the officials who spoke at the event.

Almost 250 students received scholarships. Those included two scholarships based on academics and presented on behalf of the Mid-Plains Education Association, which is made up of NPCC faculty.

MPEA members raise money for the scholarships every year by hosting 50/50 drawings at home basketball and volleyball games. The recipients of the scholarships this year were Velvet Nuzum-Neth and Taylor Bourge.

A new scholarship was given out this year. It was the Joe and Dorothy Conger Single Mom Scholarship administered through the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation. The recipient was Danielle Schiel. Both Schiel and the Congers are from North Platte.

The recognitions included:

Athletic Awards:

Female Academic Athlete of the Year – Kylie Wroot and Taylor King

Male Academic Athlete of the Year – Luke Pittle

Academic Athletic Team of the Year – Women’s Volleyball Team with a team GPA of 3.4

Residence Life Awards:

Student Resident Assistants – Dakota Rice, Sara Villalobos, Sara Runia, Shannon Lieber, Joshua Mercer-Detty and Brandon Gasseling

Student Organizations:

NPCC Student Senate

Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Beta Lambda

Nebraska State Student Nurses’ Association/ Licensed Practical Nurse Association of Nebraska

Student Ambassadors

VP Leadership Class

Outstanding Student Division Awards:

Business and Technology – Erin Mitchell

Health Occupations – Trevor Blake

Mathematics and Science – Marco Pascolo

Humanities, Human Services and Social Sciences – Kylie Wroot

Applied Technologies – Kelly Cole

All College Awards:

NPCC Scholar Athlete Award – Marco Pascolo

NPCC Professional Achievement in Student Support Award – Veronica Wolf

NPCC Faculty Achievement in Student Success Award – Lana Albrecht – Watson

Student Organization of the Year – NSSNA and LPNAN

NPCC Spirit Awards – Pat Abels, Pam Burks, Nils Koch, Andrew Parish, Amy Taft, Ivan Rosfeld, Jeffery Donnally, Katrina Wright, Ben Sinclair, Samantha Young, Tanner Bauer and the Knights Softball Team

Vice President of Student Services of the Year Award – Shannon Lieber

Area Vice President for Instruction Award – Kaylin Hinton

 

Presidential Award – Amy Taft