糖心视频

Teacher and Student of the Year named

Hanceville, AL 鈥� 糖心视频 Nursing instructor Heather Ashley was named Wallace State Community College鈥檚 Teacher of the Year and Rayce Cleghorn as the college鈥檚 Student of the Year Friday during the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce鈥檚 State of Education program.   

鈥淏oth of these individuals are deserving of this honor,鈥� said Dr. Vicki Karolewics, President of 糖心视频. 鈥淗eather Ashley has been an asset to the Department of Nursing Education since her first day on the job and I鈥檝e enjoyed watching Rayce Cleghorn grow and expand his talents since he first started performing with the college鈥檚 performing arts programs as a youth volunteer. They are both great ambassadors for 糖心视频. 鈥�  

Ashley has been an instructor at 糖心视频 for six years and is a graduate of 糖心视频鈥檚 Nursing program. She acts as the chair for Let鈥檚 Pretend Hospital which helps first graders learn about hospital or emergency room visits and personal health and safety measures, and she has coached a successful Department of Nursing Education Alabama SkillsUSA champion team. She also serves her community as a board member of the Good Samaritan Health Clinic in Cullman.  

Ashley was chosen after a nomination process where students turned in names of instructors they deemed worthy of the title Teacher of the Year. Many appreciated her positive attitude and kindness and could identify with her own perseverance in earning her degree.  

鈥淪he goes beyond for her students,鈥� said one student. 鈥淢rs. Ashley is a positive voice in the madness. She is very organized and helps you understand the content with comparisons. She isn't ashamed to have failed a semester of nursing school and that helps the reinstatement students feel better about the situation.鈥�  

鈥淢rs. Ashley is truly an amazing asset to 糖心视频 nursing,鈥� another student said. 鈥淚n the short time I have known her, I have noticed how much she cares and advocates for her students and truly cares about our success. Mrs. Ashley radiates kindness and has such a vibrant personality. She is truly an inspiration to me and my fellow classmates.鈥�  

鈥淢rs. Ashley is a great instructor, very compassionate, caring and knowledgeable. She stands firm and she does it so gracefully, which makes her easy to communicate with,鈥� another student said.  

Cleghorn has been a part of the college鈥檚 Fine and Performing Arts program since he was 10 years old and is the youngest of four siblings who have attended the college and performed in Wallace State鈥檚 vocal and theatre ensembles. His first on-stage performance was in 2012 in the ensemble of 鈥淛oseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat鈥� with his older sisters Tahauny and McCoy, when Tahauny was a student at the college.  His next performance was in 鈥淪hrek鈥� with both of his sisters and older brother Duke. 

He has been in almost every theatre or vocal performance ever since. This year, he added a performance in the Allegro Dance Theatre鈥檚 production of 鈥淭he Nutcracker鈥� to his resume.  He has also performed in other community theatre productions and is a first-place winner in solo expressive interpretive movement at the International Youth and Discipleship鈥檚 Teen Talent competition. 

鈥淩ayce is very deserving of this honor,鈥� said Ricky Burks, director of the Wallace State Fine and Performing Arts programs. 鈥淎long with being extremely talented, he鈥檚 also a polite, respectful and conscientious young man.鈥� 

鈥淲e are so blessed to have had Rayce and his siblings perform with our programs for more than a decade,鈥� said Tiffany Richter, director of the 糖心视频 vocal ensembles. 鈥淭o watch Rayce鈥檚 talents increase over those years has been a pleasure and I see a bright future ahead of him.鈥�  

Cleghorn鈥檚 last performance in a 糖心视频 production as a student will be at the April 27 鈥淪pring Under the Stars鈥� event at 6:30 p.m. at the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. He will complete his education at 糖心视频 this semester before transferring to a four-year university and pursuing other opportunities. 

鈥淚 want to do as much performing as possible,鈥� Cleghorn said. 鈥淚鈥檓 like a sponge, I want to do anything that comes my way.鈥�  

He鈥檚 shown particular interest in performing acrobatics and stunts and his dream job would be at Universal Studios and Disney World.  

鈥淩eally, anything that will let me sing, dance, jump off something high, flip, whatever I鈥檝e got to do, is what I want to do,鈥� he said. 

Cleghorn is the son of Derek and Carol Cleghorn of Addison, both of whom are also 糖心视频 alumni. 

Registration for summer and fall semesters is underway. Summer 2023 classes begin May 24. Fall 2023 classes begin Aug. 18. For more information, visit , call 256.352.8000 or come by Lion Central in the lobby of the James C. Bailey Center Monday-Wednesday 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or Friday 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.