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WCC Public Information Officer
phone 919-735-5151
E-mail tarah@waynecc.edu
Wayne Community College students Ina Royer and
Thomas Garrou were honored recently as the cream of the
crop in the N.C. Community College System.
The students were selected for recognition at the community college
system’s annual Academic Excellence Awards Luncheon in Raleigh for
their academic success and demonstrated leadership ability. They
joined students from each of the 58 N.C. community colleges and the
N.C. Center for Applied Technology.
After graduating this spring with an associate in arts, Mrs. Royer
will head to East Carolina University this fall to prepare for a
career in teaching. At WCC, where she maintained a 4.0 grade point
average, she was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society,
tutored French students and won awards for the best short story in
both the 2003 and 2004 issues of the college literary magazine
Renaissance. She also volunteered in her sons’ schools, with Guardian
ad Litem and at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base as a translator for
multiple languages.
Mr. Garrou will earn his associate in science-college
transfer degree in the next academic year. He was also an active
member of Phi Theta Kappa, organizing a number of projects to
benefit community agencies, and contributed to the campus newspaper
Voice and Renaissance. In the community, Mr. Garrou volunteers with
the Red Cross and Dollars for Disabled Veterans and is involved with
his church, as well as writing for the Wayne-Wilson News Leader. He is
the father of a toddler and a Gulf War veteran.
"The awards ceremony recognizes just a few of the community college
students and graduates who work to improve not only themselves through
their studies but also their communities," said H. Martin Lancaster,
president of the community college system. “I am delighted that we
have this opportunity to once again celebrate the achievements of so
many and to realize the positive influence that our community colleges
have on the citizens of North Carolina.”
