Two students with ties to South Carolina received doctorates from New Orleans Seminary May 12. Mendel H. Stewart Jr., originally from Pickens, and education pastor at Brainerd Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tenn., received the doctor of philosophy degree. William Harold Parris, from Greenville, pastor of Cleveland First Baptist Church., received the doctor of ministry degree. Pictured, from left: Stewart; NOBTS president Chuck Kelley; and Parris.