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Sylvia Haywood scholarship established at ECCC
DECATUR — The Sylvia Ann Graham Haywood Memorial Scholarship was recently established at East Central Community College.
The scholarship was established by Haywood’s husband, Dr. William Thomas Haywood, who served as ECCC business manager and taught accounting from 1951-58.
Haywood was a member of the ECJC Class of 1954. While at EC, she was an honors student and served as editor of the Wo-He-Lo, the campus yearbook. She was also chosen May Queen and sang in the Madrigals.
Haywood also graduated from Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University and received a master’s degree in education from Mercer University.
She taught English and tutored French in both the public and private secondary schools in Macon, Ga. In 1972, Haywood practiced law in Macon and taught law at Mercer. She died of cancer at age 48 in 1984.
The scholarship will be awarded annually — dependent upon availability of funding — to an incoming freshman who enrolls as a full-time ECCC student the fall semester following high school graduation, is in good academic standing, demonstrates financial need and displays leadership qualities and good citizenship.
The ECCC Scholarship Committee will select the award recipient.
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Kyrgyz scholar lectures Feb. 25 at UWA
LIVINGSTON, Ala.—The University of West Alabama continues its annual Fulbright Lecture Series as Dr. Bolotbek Oruzbaev from Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic, presents a public lecture, “Kyrgyzstan: Land and People” on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Bell Conference Center, with a reception following.
Hosted by the College of Business, Oruzbaev is a Fulbright scholar in Tuskegee University’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He is a senior lecturer at Kyrgyz Economic University in Bishkek, the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Oruzbaev also directed Winrock International’s Kyrgyz Farmer-to-Farmer Program. -
Two named ECCC HEADWAE Honorees
Speech instructor Kate Keenan Covich of Rose Hill and sophomore pre-medicine major Jordan Gunn of Forest were recently selected to represent East Central Community College in Decatur at the 23rd Annual HEADWAE program scheduled Feb. 24 in Jackson.
The HEADWAE (Higher Education Day: Working Toward Academic Excellence) program is sponsored by the Mississippi Legislature, supported by the corporate community and is coordinated by the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities. The lieutenant governor serves as chair of HEADWAE, which each year honors outstanding faculty members and students from each participating member institution of the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities. - SCHOOL NEWS
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Kimbrough, Knight chosen for UWA’s new program
LIVINGSTON, Ala. — Two Julia Tutwiler College of Education professors were recently selected to participate in the University of West Alabama’s inaugural Leadership Development Program.
Meridian native Dr. Denise Knight, assistant professor of instructional leadership, and Dr. B.J. Kimbrough, assistant professor of elementary education and coordinator of elementary program, are the first class in this program, which is designed both to expose potential campus leaders to administrative responsibilities and procedures and to help them develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become successful administrators. - SCHOOL NEWS
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GED graduates take their turn in the spotlight
Thirty-one students in Meridian Community College’s General Educational Development Program shook the hands of MCC President Dr. Scott Elliott as they received their GED certificates at a recent evening ceremony.
Elliott would later tell the group, “This has been an uplifting night. I hope you realize how very special you are. It’s been an honor to shake your hands tonight.” - Excellence in Education
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Kyrgyz scholar lectures Feb. 25 at UWA
