Editor's note: School news is a schedule of upcoming events, programs and other activities on area school and college campuses.
Information for School News should be submitted to The Meridian Star by 5 p.m. on the Friday before publication. Information may be mailed to P.O. Box 1591, Meridian, MS 39301; faxed to (601) 485-1275; or e-mailed to ibrown@themeridianstar.com (photos should be in JPEG format)
Here's a look at upcoming events at Meridian Community College. For more information, call (601) 484-8856 unless otherwise noted:
• Thursday – MCC Community Development session: Lean Manufacturing Seminar, 8:30 a.m., Webb Hall.
• Nov. 14 – ServSafe Food Seminar, 8 a.m., Webb Hall.
• Nov. 16, 18 and 23 – MCC Community Development session: Introduction to Word, 9 a.m.
• Nov. 17, 19 and 24 – MCC Community Development session:Beginning Excel, 9 a.m.
• Nov. 17 – MCC and Mississippi Space Grant Consortium lecture 6 p.m., McCain Theater, Ivy Hall. For more information, call Dr. Angie Carraway, (601) 484-8660.
• Nov. 20 – MCC Community Development session: Leadership Training, Resolving Conflict, 8 a.m. For more information, call (601) 481-1318.
• Nov. 25-29 – College closed for Thanksgiving break. Classes resume Nov. 30.
Here's a look at upcoming events at community colleges and university in the surrounding areas:
• LIVINGSTON, Ala. — The University of West Alabama will present the James E. Colquitt Faculty Colloquium on Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Callaway Schoolhouse, with a Phi Kappa Phi Academic Scholarship fundraising dinner served on the Spence-Moon House patio immediately following the presentation.
This semester, a student will share the podium with a faculty member for the first time. Amanda Peabody, a 2009 graduate of the UWA Honors Program, and Dr. Alan Brown, Department of Languages and Literature professor, present “The Evolution of ‘Beauty and the Beast,’” which traces the history of the fairytale from its beginnings as a folktale through postmodern, pop-culture revisions.
• DECATUR – Remaining workshops and test dates for the American College Test (ACT) in 2009-10 have been announced at East Central Community College in Decatur.
The workshops, which are designed to assist students prior to taking the college entrance exam, are scheduled Feb. 2, 2010, and March 30, 2010, in Newton Hall, Room 60. Registration deadlines to reserve seating for each workshop are scheduled Jan. 29, 2010, and March 26, 2010.
Cost to attend each workshop is $10 and should be sent to ECCC Career-Technical Education, P. O. Box 129, Decatur, MS 39327.
Exams are scheduled Dec. 12; Feb. 6, 2010, April 10, 2010 and June 12, 2010. Respective deadlines to register for each test are: Deadlines has passed for Dec. 12: Jan. 5, 2010, March 5, 2010 and May 7, 2010.
The ACT will also be administered in Newton Hall, beginning at 8 a.m.
To register for the ACT, go to the organization’s Web site, www.actstudent.org. For more information, contact Michael Alexander, academic counselor, (601) 635-2111 or call toll free, (877) 462-3222, ext. 231. His e-mail address is malexander@eccc.edu.
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