• Elizabeth Thames of Dalton was named among the top 10 percent of graduating college seniors who took the Major Field Test in Business, an exam produced by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J. Thames attends Belmont College of Business Administration.
• Shelley Brooke Adamson, daughter of John and Barbara Adamson of Dalton, graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has taken a job with the University of New Mexico as a research scientist in the psychology department and will reside in Albuquerque.
• Amber Tucker of Chatsworth graduated from Berry College with a bachelor of arts in government. Her parents are Percy and Ramona Walker.
• Elizabeth Boyd of Dalton graduated from Berry College with a master of education in secondary education.
• Tom Lanier of Dalton was selected recently to become an ambassador for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. A junior rural studies major, he is the son of Bill and Mary Margaret Lanier. He is vice president of the ABAC Ambassadors. The Ambassadors assist the offices of public relations and admissions, representing and promoting the college at a variety of community and college events. Members must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and commit at least 35 hours of service to the Ambassadors each semester.
• Whitney Albertson Smith of Dalton has been awarded a doctor of audiology by Salus University George S. Osborne College of Audiology. Smith, the daughter of Rowland and Karen Albertson of Dalton, earned both a bachelor of education degree in communication sciences and disorders and a master of education degree in audiology from the University of Georgia in Athens. Her husband is Hunter Smith.
