Ryan Jones receives Cecil College’s
Outstanding Student Award 05-29-09

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Ryan Joseph Jones of Elkton received the 2009 Donald M. Thomey Outstanding Student Award at Cecil College’s 40th annual commencement ceremony.

NORTH EAST, Md. – Ryan Joseph Jones of Elkton, Md. was presented with the 2009 Donald M. Thomey Outstanding Student Award at Cecil College’s 40th annual commencement ceremony on May 17.

The award honors the student graduating with an associate degree who has the highest grade point average and has taken all coursework at Cecil College. It comes with a cash prize and is presented in honor of Donald M. Thomey, the former president of Maryland Materials, Inc. Thomey was a longtime friend and supporter of the Cecil College Foundation, Inc. and the college.

Jones graduated with an associate of applied science degree in electronics technology. He was named to the president’s list every semester and was a member of Cecil’s Alpha Alpha Theta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.

Jones, who is a manufacturing supervisor in the Introducer Kit department at Terumo Medical Corporation in Elkton, has been employed by Terumo for 12 years. He is a 1995 graduate of Elkton High School.

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Brett Spotts of Calvert received the 2009 Department of English and Reading Award for Outstanding Achievement, presented by Professor Dennis Fabella.

Also part of the Cecil College graduating class was our very own Brett Spotts. He received the 2009 award for outstanding achievement in the Department of English and Reading, presented by Professor Dennis Fabella.

During the presentation, Fabella explained that Brett had taken two courses with him and described Brett's performance in both classes as "absolutely excellent".

Professor Fabella went on to say, "In these courses, I always hope that my students will gain an understanding of, and appreciation for, writing and literary analysis. He certainly accomplished both of these. More than this, he showed an ability to gather knowledge he had gained from outside of these courses and synthesize it with the material we were studying in class, thus creating new insights and displaying intellectual creativity. Most of all, he has impressed me as being someone who generally enjoys learning and his academic interests are varied."

Congratulations Ryan and Brett and the Cecil College Class of 2009!

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