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Nine students inducted into college Hall of Fame
Northwest President Dr. Gary Lee
Spears congratulated nine students for
their induction to the 2012 Hall of
Fame at the Feb. 9 Board of Trustees
meeting on the Senatobia campus.
From the Senatobia campus,
Giovanni Biffle of Marks, Ali Cheatwood
of Potts Camp, Logan Dodson of
Senatobia and Katie Hardeman of
Southaven; from Lafayette-Yalobusha
Technical Center, Samantha Allred of
Oxford and Terese Adair of Water Valley;
and from DeSoto Center, Donna
Proctor of Hernando, Kayla Peeples of
Horn Lake and Chase White of
Southaven, were awarded the highest
honor a Northwest student can attain,
based upon their academic prowess
and involvement in student life at the
college.
Biffle is a criminal justice major
with a 4.0 cumulative GPA. A member
of GSA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,
Phi Theta Kappa, Society for Pre-Law
Majors, Honor Choir, Student
Government Assoc-iation and
President’s List, Biffle is working
toward degrees in business and law and
hopes to eventually play a role in politics.
Cheatwood is an elementary education
major from Potts Camp High School with a
3.87 cumulative GPA. A member of the
Northwest Education Association, Phi Theta
Kappa, Ranger Cheerleaders and
President’s List, Cheatwood has been recognized
as Outstanding Student for
Elementary Education and Rotary Club
Student of the Month. She hopes to finish
her education and go back to her hometown
to teach and ultimately become a principal.
Dodson is originally from Homewood,
Ala., and attended Homewood High
School. A member of Mu Alpha Theta Math
Society, Phi Theta Kappa, Student
Recruiters and President’s List, Dodson
has been recognized twice as Outstanding
Student and as Rotary Club Student of the
Month. His career goal is to teach math
and coach football.
Hardeman is a theatre major from
Southern Baptist Educational Center
(SBEC). A member of the Northwest
Dr. Gary Lee Spears (far left), congratulates (back row, l-r) Ali Cheatwood of Potts Camp, Kayla
Peeples of Horn Lake, Logan Dodson of Senatobia, Chase White of Southaven, Samantha Allred
of Oxford, (front row, l-r) Donna Proctor of Hernando, Katie Hardeman of Southaven, Giovanni
Biffle of Marks and Terese Adair of Water Valley for their induction into the 2012 Northwest Hall
of Fame. Photo by Sarah Sapp
Players, Phi Theta Kappa, President’s List,
Northwest Singers and Chamber Choir,
Hardeman has also been recognized for
her outstanding performances in multiple
theatre productions with a Northwest
Mississippi Theatre Alliance Award, the
Irene Ryan Acting Award and a Regional
Theater Award. After graduation from
Northwest, she plans to attend William
Carey College in Hattiesburg and pursue a
degree in theatre. Eventually she wants to
get her master’s degree in performance or
directing and work professionally or teach.
Allred is an elementary education major
from Faith Christian Academy with a 3.95
cumulative GPA. A member of Phi Theta
Kappa, Allred was also recognized as a
member of Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges. Her
career goal is to complete a master’s
degree in mathematics at The University of
Mississippi.
Adair is a health-care data technology
major from Tupelo High School with a 3.92
cumulative GPA. A member of Phi Theta
Kappa, Adair was also recognized as a
member of Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges. Her
career goal is to obtain employment in her
field of study.
Proctor, a graduate of Hillcrest High
School in Memphis, is an accounting technology
major with a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and
plans to complete her undergraduate
degree in accountancy in the 2+2 program
at The University of Mississippi-DeSoto
Center and pursue a career in accountancy.
Peeples, a pre-nursing major with a
3.87 cumulative GPA, is a graduate of
Gateway Christian School. A member of
Phi Theta Kappa, Peeples was recognized
as the Outstanding Student in her major
last fall. Her career goal is to become a
nurse practitioner.
White, an accountancy major from
Bolton High School in Arlington, Tenn., with
a 3.87 cumulative GPA, is a member of Phi
Theta Kappa. His goal is to attend The
University of Mississippi to obtain bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in accountancy.
—Sarah Sapp
Summer 2012
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