- Georgia Neill of McCarley and Tate William Galey of Greenwood have been awarded scholarships by Southern AgCredit.
Neill, a 2022 graduate of Carroll Academy who attends Mississippi State University, won the $2,500 Emery Skelton Scholarship. Galey, a senior at Pillow Academy who plans to attend MSU, won a $1,000 scholarship.
To qualify, each applicant had to be a current Southern AgCredit borrower or a current borrower’s child, grandchild or spouse. Selection criteria included academics, leadership, extracurricular activities and an essay by the student. Two students were awarded $2,500 scholarships, and 18 received $1,000 scholarships.
- The Greenwood Rotary Club has named Destyne Baker of Greenwood High School and Brock Makamson of Pillow Academy as Students of the Month for April. Baker is the daughter of Rena Baker and Ivan Baker, both of Greenwood. She plans to attend Jackson State University and major in psychology. Makamson is the son of Anna and Barry Makamson of Greenwood. He plans to attend Mississippi State University and major in agribusiness.
- Lovely Anderson, an education major at Mississippi Valley State University, is the recipient of a 2023 Linda Anglin Teacher Preparation Scholarship from the Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE). In addition to the $500 scholarship, she received a complimentary membership to MPE for her first year of teaching. A resident of Greenwood, Anderson is a member of Mississippi Valley State University’s Women in Science and Technology organization and recently published an investigative research article in the International Journal of Science and Research Archive.
- Madeline Mattox was recently inducted into the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on the Goodman campus of Holmes Community College.
- John Hollis Tackett of Greenwood, a student at the University of Mississippi, has been named to the 2022-23 class of Who’s Who Among Students. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.
- Five students from Greenwood have been initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi: Christina Alford, Cayla Freeman, Haley Hillhouse and Mary Kathryn Shaw, all students at Delta State University, and John Reichle, who attends the University of Mississippi. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10% of seniors and the top 7.5% of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
