Class Acts

Published 8:30 am Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Marlie Scoggins of Tunnel Hill graduated with a bachelor of science from the University of Arkansas. The University of Arkansas honored its most recent graduating class with a series of spring commencement ceremonies at Bud Walton Arena and Barnhill Arena.

The following local students graduated Valdosta State University in the class of Spring 2025.

Celeste Brown of Chatsworth earned the Master of Social Work

Nicole Brown of Dalton earned the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design

Thomas Griffith of Cohutta earned the Education Specialist in Teacher Leadership

Anthony Hall of Chatsworth earned the Education Specialist in Teacher Leadership

Cassandra Richardson of Chatsworth earned the Master of Education in Elementary Education

Timothy Robison of Dalton earned the Bachelor of Science in Education in Workforce Education and Development

Jessica Smith of Cohutta earned the Education Specialist in Teacher Leadership

Gerry Favela of Dalton, Georgia, was named to Rhodes College’s Spring 2025 Dean’s List.

Emily Davies, of Dalton, earned dean’s list honors at University of Tampa as a Sophomore in the Spring 2025 semester. Davies is majoring in Design BA. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the dean’s list.

The following students from Dalton earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Spring 2025 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.

Pablo Avila  

Rylei Brown

Samantha Ibarra

Tyler Neises

Matthew Shaheen

The following students from Dalton have earned the distinction of Dean’s List at the Georgia Institute of Technology for Spring 2025. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.

Carlos Ceballos 

Rachel Climer

Emma Ferguson 

Addison Hester

Matthew Owen

Bannon Phelan

Sara Ramirez

Gladys Vasquez

The following students from Dalton and surrounding communities were among 6,660 undergraduate and graduate students during the The Georgia Institute of Technology’s 268th Commencement exercises May 1 – 3 at McCamish Pavilion (Ph.D. and bachelor’s) and Bobby Dodd Stadium (master’s).

Rafael Avila of Dalton

Benjamin Barbre of Cohutta

Jose Diaz of Dalton

Abigail Liu of Dalton

Lee Martin of Chatsworth

Justin Owen of Dalton

Deval Patel of Dalton

Matthew Shaheen of Dalton

Sophia Voyles of Dalton

William Wright of Dalton

Ava Collins of Cohutta and Tyson Neil of Dalton have been named to the University of North Georgia (UNG) President’s Honor Roll.