PJC Students Named to Who’s Who

Published or Revised April 07, 2014

Thirty-nine students at Paris Junior College have been chose for Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. Faculty members nominate outstanding students each year to receive this recognition. Paris Junior College students receiving recognition and their hometowns in Texas include: Arlington: Jeremy D. Salas Blossom: Elizabeth Crystal Flick Bogata: Anna Jean Lowrie Brashear: Gabriel Arthur Rubio Caddo Mills: Sarah Gail Borja Commerce: Tyler Craig Jamal Murphy Cooper: Addie M. Landers Emory: Stephanie N. Carlisle and Jessie Glenn Shearer Greenville: Sarah Anne Kym Henderson: Cindy L. Blanton Lone Oak: Ashton Phillip Andree Pattonville: Aaron R. Barnard Paris: Dezmond G. Barnes; Michael S. Bills; Ryan A. Box; Calynn A. Brown; Paige R. Collins; Kandace M. Darby; Karen M. Johnson; Sharon M. Maxfield; Austen T. Naron; Sara R. Ricketts; Christine S. Sanders; Sharon Yvonne Stell; Aaron Martin Sturgess; Kaytlyn M. Zimmer Petty: Jaycee Renee Wilkerson Pickton: Diana Guadalupe Ramirez Powderly: William J.R. Madewell and Brianna B. Schroeder Reno: Mary C. O'Connor Sulphur Springs: Crystal Renae Thomas Sumner: Bailea Lynn Bankston and Ryan M. Robinson PJC students rom other states receiving recognition: Chy A. Cunningham, Columbus, Miss. Jordan C. Strickland, Lexington, Ky. Tommy J. Makerney, Valliant, Okla. Paula Jean Vaughan, Soper, Okla. Pettus Randall started Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges in 1934. At the time he was an undergraduate student at the University of Alabama preparing to enter law school. He had been an outstanding student in all aspects of academic and campus activities and as a result, was tapped into various campus honor societies. Although Randall valued these honors bestowed by his alma mater, he was unable to accept them because membership fees cost more than he could afford. He then created this honors program without dues or fees to recognize outstanding students for their accomplishments and scholastic contributions. The first edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges was published in 1966 and continues to this day.