BBCC celebrates 2023 Outstanding Student Award winners
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Big Bend Community College welding instructor Shawn McDaniel, left, and welding student Zion Figueroa display the Outstanding Student Award Figueroa received Thursday.
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MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College has released its list of 2023 Outstanding Student Award winners, according to an announcement from the college. BBCC faculty recognized their top students from the 2022-23 academic year during a ceremony Thursday evening.
Twenty-one students from various disciplines were awarded the Outstanding Student designation this year. Top student-athletes and campus club officers were also recognized during the ceremony.
In addition to the faculty choices, students also had the chance to identify their outstanding instructors and college staff members, according to the announcement.
Students selected English instructor Octaviano Gutierrez as their favorite full-time faculty member of the year and Industrial Systems Technology instructor James Ayers as their favorite part-time faculty member of the year.
Workforce Education Services Program Coordinator Tara White was the students’ pick for Outstanding Staff Member of the Year. White is the current Viking Food Pantry manager and oversees the Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness (SSEH) grant.
Outstanding academics:
Communication Studies and Composition: Sara Hupp
Business Information Management: Sarah Ferris
Accounting Tech: Gracie Bise
Accounting Business Transfer: Kacie Shannon
Agriculture: Christy Smith
Welding: Zion Figueroa and Robert Compean
Math: Whitney Dillon
Chemistry: Sarah Carter
Biology: Deleah Garcia
Pre-Healthcare: Juliana Fries
Physics: Kyler Kolves
Foreign Language: Daissy “Desiree” Quevedo Garduno
Philosophy: Isabella Erickson
Nursing: Hannah Metcalf and Angie Zavala Morales
Academic Research Skills: Phoebe Torres
Student Success: Rosalina Johnson
Women’s Basketball: Macy Hellstern and Callie Tolman
Wrestling: Samantha Meyer
Outstanding Part-Time Faculty: James Ayers
Outstanding Staff Member: Tara White
Outstanding Full-Time Faculty: Octaviano Gutierrez
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