

Photo by Nathan Richards – Curriculum Award and Academic Award – Commercial
Photo by Whitney Keller – Academic Award – Photojournalism
Photo by Sarah Mitchell – Academic Award – Portrait Studio Management
RCC’s Academic and Curriculum Awards were presented at RCC’s seventh annual Student Academic Honors Awards Ceremony on April 14, at Oakhurst Baptist Church.
The Academic Award is based on the highest GPA in each degree and diploma program of study. Students must have been enrolled in two of the last four terms, have completed at least 40 credit hours in a degree program or 10 credit hours in a diploma program, and have a program GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Academic Awards were presented to the following (listed with their program areas):
Nathan Richards, Photographic Technology/Commercial Photography
Whitney Keller, Photographic Technology/Photojournalism
Sarah Mitchell, Photographic Technology/Portrait Studio Management
The Curriculum Award goes to a student in each degree and diploma program who is both outstanding in his/her academic achievement and has potential for success in the particular field he/she has chosen. To be eligible, the students must have been enrolled in two of the last four terms, have completed at least 40 credit hours in a degree program or 10 credit hours in a diploma program, have a program GPA of 3.0 or higher, have demonstrated expertise in their field of study, and have participated in departmental, campus and community activities that promote the College.
The Curriculum Award for the department of Photographic Technology was presented to Nathan Richards of Oxford, N.C.
34 Participants from 5 colleges and a couple of recent graduates attended.
This is part of the note from the ASMP Chapter:
“The first two presenters, Joe Levine and Bob Leverone, played nicely off each other, being exact opposites. Joe, the organized to the nth degree food photographer… (even showing) photographic depiction of his studio procedures, lighting virtuosity, and NASA-like filing system for each and every shot he has ever made, and wowed us with his energy and hilarious personality. Joe later did an amazingly simple and effective lighting demo with his Profoto gear.
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