Graduating students in Tech’s Whitson-Hester School of Nursing celebrate at the university’s fall 2023 commencement on Dec. 8.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - 63 DeKalb County natives were named to Tennessee Tech University's Dean's List for the fall 2023 semester. The total includes 46 students from Smithville, six students from Liberty, four students from Dowelltown, four students from Sparta, two students from Alexandria and one student from Baxter.
To be included on the Dean’s List, students must attend the university full time and earn a grade-point average of at least 3.1 on the 4.0 scale.
DeKalb County students named to Tech's fall 2023 Dean's List include: Alejandra Amaya, Alexis Grace Atnip, Eleonore Jean Atnip, Cameron Michael Bailey, Alexandrea Bella Beneke, Racheal Danielle Blaylock, Payton Bowman, Makaila Anne Bradford, Isaac Brown, Emily Hope Burklow, Jenna Cantrell, Megan Emilee Cantrell, Emme Colwell, Nathaniel Crook, Isaac Cross, Lydia Grace Davenport, Noah Evans, Aniston Farler, Isabella France, Skylar Mckinlee Fuson, Malcolm Gora, Alyzandra Griffith, Elizabeth Guinn, Peyton Harris, Garrett Hayes, Christian Hendrixson, Jacob Hough, Emma Brooke Jennings, Peyton Jennings, Jacob Lee Johnson, Jacklyn Kleparek, Jasper Kleparek, Isaac Knowles, Raiden Martin, Hannah McBride, Ryder Miller, Evan Morse, Ailish Munoz, Matthew Nokes, Alyssa Jade Owen, Robin Pafford, Jason Anthony Perricone, Audrey Phillips, Lydia Catherine Phillips, Christopher Rudolph Pitte, Ashley Portillo, Sarah Putnam, Brendyn Austin Richey, Daniel Martin Rodriguez, Mya Ruch, Jonathan Blake Sliger, Kiley Speaks, Jesse Sutton, Chloe Sykes, Holly Nicole Tayes, Steve Trapp, Zachary Vincent, Layla Walker, Aidan Whitman, Hannah Willingham, Jathan Willoughby, Keri Dawn Winchester and Kelbi Diana Young.
Altogether, Dean's List students at Tech for the fall 2023 semester represent 93 Tennessee counties, 33 U.S. states and 32 other countries.
Tennessee Tech is ranked as a “Best National University” by U.S. News & World Report. The university offers more than 200 programs of study and Tech grads leave with the least debt of all public universities in the state. In fact, based on total cost and alumni earnings, Tech provides students with the highest return on investment for any public university in Tennessee, according to PayScale.
For the full roster of Dean’s List students searchable by name, city, county and state, visit https://www.tntech.edu/academics/deanslist.
