December 11, 2024, Press Release from Rhodes State College: LIMA, Ohio, December 11, 2024 - Nominations are open through January 20 for the Rhodes State College 2025 Outstanding Alumni Award (OAA) and Circle of Excellence. Community members are invited to nominate graduates of Rhodes State College or Lima Technical College who have achieved distinguished accomplishments and brought recognition to themselves and the College. The Outstanding Alumni Award recipient will be honored through a named Outstanding Alumni Scholarship. Both the OAA recipient and the Circle of Excellence inductees will be recognized at the Rhodes State College Commencement on May 3, 2025.
The 2024 award class included:
Outstanding Alumni Award –
Nicholas Pratt, MD, RN Nursing (2014), Resident Physician, Yale University School of Medicine – Department of Psychiatry.
Circle of Excellence Inductees –
Richard Kortokrax, Business Management (1982), Banking Community President, Huntington National Bank
E. Warren Pughsley, Business Management (2003), Fire Inspector, Lima Fire Department; US Army Veteran
Melissa States, Early Childhood Development (1992), Preschool Intervention Specialist, Allen County Educational Service Center
Ezekial Wiechart, Respiratory Care (2016), Program Director, Respiratory Care – Edison State Community College
Online nomination forms are available by visiting www.rhodesstate.edu/alumni. All OAA nominees are automatically Alumni Circle of Excellence nominees. To learn more about the program, contact Kim Miller, Director of Alumni Relations and Development, at 567-242-5972 or alumni@rhodesstate.edu.
