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EXCELLENCE AWARDS
GOVERNOR ROBERT W. SCOTT LEADERSHIP AWARD NOMINEE
Lenoir Community College graduate Hannah Moody of Richlands has been selected the College’s 2020 Governor Robert W. Scott Leadership Award nominee.
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In 2004, the North Carolina Association of Community College Presidents created the Governor Robert Scott Leadership Award as a way to recognize student leadership on a statewide level while also honoring the former Governor. This is an award designed to highlight outstanding curriculum student leadership and service. She plans to attend East Carolina University in the fall to major in Speech and Hearing Science and later pursue a Doctorate in Audiology.
While at LCC, she served as vice president of the Student Government Association, and as an LCC Ambassador through the College Foundation. A member of Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society, she was the Arts and Sciences Division Laptop Scholarship Award recipient. She is a SAT Scholar based on ACT score and has logged more than 100 hours of volunteer service. Moody is president of the Original Free Will Baptist Youth Convention and is a Sunday School teacher at Whaley’s Chapel OFWB Church, where she is also a praise and worship leader.
“My leadership style is the same across the varying positions, where I incorporate all members of the group, act as a role model for others, and I make myself available to serve those around me,” Moody said. “When I began taking up leadership roles, I did not realize how important they would become in shaping who I am today,” she said.
“I apply skills that I have learned from one position to the next, and it makes me a better leader, where I am continually learning new things about myself and others. I am incredibly thankful for each role I have served and what I have learned that I can apply to future leadership roles.”
Moody said she feels that her most outstanding contribution as a leader is in her role as an advocate for the deaf and hardof-hearing community. “I was born to two deaf adults, making me a CODA or a Child of a Deaf Adult, where I have had to be an interpreter for my parents and had to help them out with things that they did not understand very well,” she said. “My role as an advocate for the deaf community is the position I have been in for the longest amount of time, which consists of incorporating the deaf community as a whole, being a role model, and being of service to people that cannot hear when they are treated as incompetent.
“As an advocate, I promote deaf culture and the importance of American Sign Language to the deaf community,” she said. “Without the culture and the language, the deaf community would not thrive. I love working with the deaf and hard-ofhearing, where they can share their hardships and how things need to be improved, motivating me to push for equality and deaf rights.”
Moody said that she is thankful for the opportunities she has had at the College, in the community and in her church. “As a leader and as a person, I put others before myself, where I know that everyone’s needs are being met. I hope that I can encourage others to put aside their fear of taking charge and let them know that their dedication to the position is rewarding and worthwhile.”
Faith Lam, 2020 Academic Excellence Award (AEA) recipient
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENT
Faith Mykala Lam of Winterville was selected as Lenoir Community College’s Academic Excellence Award (AEA) recipient for 2020.
Each year every college in the North Carolina Community College System is asked to select one student to receive the Academic Excellence Award. Selection requirements are consistent with Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society criteria. Students must have completed at least 12 semester Lenoir Community College graduate Laci Smith of La Grange was selected as LCC’s 2020 Dallas Herring Achievement Award nominee. The Dallas Herring Achievement Award was established by the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) to honor the late Dr. Dallas Herring, whose philosophy of “taking people where they are and carrying them as far as they can go” is the guiding principle of the system. The award is given annually to a current or former community college student who hours in an associate degree program, and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25.
An Early Childhood Education student, Lam has a 4.0 grade point average.
“During my time at Lenoir Community College, I have been the beneficiary of intimate classroom settings, flexible scheduling, and close relationships with my instructors,” she said. “I am grateful for best embodies Dr. Herring’s philosophy. An Associate in Fine Arts in Visual Arts graduate, Smith’s journey has been challenging. She has experienced homelessness multiple times in the past due to fire and flooding from hurricanes. She has also survived serious medical conditions and years in an abusive relationship. “However, through it all, Laci has been resilient,” said Art Instructor Leigh Ann Parrish in nominating Smith. “In spite of all of her hardships, Laci demonstrates dedication and hard work. She is the depth of small classroom discussions and the availability of online courses. Sometimes it’s a challenge to find the time to dedicate towards my education, and that has made me all the more grateful for the support I’ve received.”
“My professors know me by name, understand my availability, and are invested in my success. The personal nature of these relationships has provided me with the resources and guidance
DALLAS HERRING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINEE
that college students need. an immensely passionate person who has taken all that life has given her and created a bright, bold future for herself,” she said. “I’m constantly amazed by her, and so very grateful to have met her at this moment in her journey,” Parrish said.
Smith was a member of the Art Club while at LCC and is considering pursuing either a four-year degree or an associate degree in Graphic Design.
