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Students awarded at honors convocation

Students awarded at honors convocation

    04.30.08 |

    Pictured, from left, are Davey Blackburn; Heather Clifton; Ben Garrison; Ernstena Parker Wood, widow of scholarship namesake Clyde A. Parker; and her husband D. Clifton Wood.

    Southern Wesleyan University held its honors convocation April 29 at Folger Fine Arts Auditorium on the university’s campus in Central. Ben Garrison received the Clyde A. Parker Award at the ceremony. This award is presented to a student selected by the Division of Religion. Garrison is a senior from Central. Heather Clifton and Davey Blackburn received the Roy Lee Parker Award. The recipients for this award are nominated by academic divisions and selected by faculty vote. Clifton is a senior from Asheboro, N.C., majoring in music, and Blackburn is a senior from Etowah, N.C., majoring in religion and communications.