Sutton receives Honorary State FFA Degree for outstanding contributions

Renee Sutton, James Sprunt Community College chief of staff, was awarded the Honorary State FFA Degree at the State FFA Convention in Raleigh on June 25.

This is the highest honorary degree awarded by the North Carolina FFA Association, bestowed to volunteers for their exceptional contributions to agricultural education and FFA programs in the state.

Sutton was recognized for her dedication to the FFA Association and contributing to the growth of agricultural programs at James Sprunt Community College.

“I was just very honored to be nominated and given that award,” said Sutton, who has been involved in the FFA programs since 1987, when she married her husband. “I think that I got adopted into the FFA when my husband was teaching agriculture… When he retired, two of our children started teaching agriculture in public schools in North Carolina. So it’s been an organization that our whole family has poured into as far as volunteering and trying to help students realize their leadership development opportunities in agriculture.”