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• ENTERPRISE – Mya King, a fourth grade student at Enterprise Elementary School, has submitted the poem "Family Appreciation" in a contest sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken and Upscale Magazine. The theme for each poem is to tell why it is important to spend the holidays with family and friends. • Lucio Cangiano has been selected to receive the George J. Blackwell Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $1,000 award is funded through the MCC Foundation. Blackwell was a conservationist and an avid sportsman. He is remembered as the host of a popular outdoor segment for WTOK TV, Channel 11.
A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Cangiano is a freshman in the University Transfer Program. He is pursuing a degree in engineering. Cangiano plays number one singles and doubles for the MCC Eagles Tennis team. He finished the fall ranked No. 7 in the nation by the International Tennis Association ranking system, thus qualifying for the National Small College Championships.
• Edhereveno Omena Etibo has been selected to receive the Richard F. Riley, M.D. Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This award is funded through the MCC Foundation from an endowment established by Mary Ann Bonney Riley in memory of her husband. Dr. Riley practiced general surgery in Meridian for more than 30 years. He and his brother, Dr. William Riley, owned Riley Memorial Hospital and founded The Riley Foundation.
A native of Nigeria, Etibo is in the third semester of the Associate Degree Nursing Program at MCC. He achieved his GED in 2004. Etibo is a member of the Organization of Student Nurses and Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students. He is a resident assistant in the student housing dorm. His goal is to complete a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
• Brian Keith Driskill has been selected to receive the Crescent City Grill Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $1,000 award is funded through the MCC Foundation by Robert St. John of Hattiesburg. The renowned restaurateur and author is owner of the local dining establishment.
Driskill, a 2007 graduate of Southeast High School, is a sophomore in the Hotel Restaurant Management Technology Program. Driskill is a member of Delta Epsilon Chi – Distributive Educational Clubs of America. He works full time at Holiday Inn Express and is president of his church youth group. His career goal is to be a general manager of a hotel.
• Kimberly Davis and Amber Bloebaum have been selected to receive the Jerry Greene Hotel and Restaurant Supply Scholarship at Meridian Community College. Theses $1,500 awards are funded through the MCC Foundation by Jerry Greene. Greene, a longtime supporter of the college, is a member of the MCC Foundation Board of Directors.
Davis is a 2008 salutatorian of Southeast Lauderdale High School. She is a member of the Baptist Student Union and is a student worker in the MCC Production Center. Davis is in the University Transfer Program with plans to pursue a career in culinary arts. Her hobby is creating novelty cakes.
Bloebaum is a 2008 graduate of Southeast Lauderdale High School. A freshman in the Hotel Restaurant Management Technology Program, she is a member of Delta Epsilon Chi, Distributive Educational Clubs of America. Bloebaum will pursue a career in the hospitality industry.
• Megan Jade Boyd has been selected to receive the Rodney Walker Technology Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $1,800 award is funded through the MCC Foundation from an endowment established by Meridian businessman Tommy Dulaney in memory of his mentor. Walker taught drafting and design for many years at MCC.
Boyd is a 2007 graduate of Millry High School in Alabama. A Dean’s List scholar, she is a sophomore in the Drafting and Design Technology Program. Boyd works as youth video director, technical director, and Bible school assistant for her church. She plans to complete the associate’s degree and then further her education at a state university.
• Shaun Dustin Skinner of Butler has been selected to receive the Foundation Donor Scholarship at Meridian Community College. This $1,000 award is funded through the MCC Foundation.
Skinner, a 2003 graduate of Sulphur High School in Louisiana, is a sophomore in the University Transfer Program studying marketing. He is a member of Delta Epsilon Chi, Distributive Education Clubs of America. Skinner works part time at the Pro Shop at Briarwood Country Club. His career goal is to manage a golf course.
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East Mississippi Community College's Gary Gammill, an instructor, and Stephanie McCully, a student, were among honorees at the 23rd Annual HEADWAE program. Gammill and McCully are both from EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus.
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EMCC’s McCully, Gammill receive HEADWAE awards
East Mississippi Community College's Gary Gammill, an instructor, and Stephanie McCully, a student, were among honorees at the 23rd Annual HEADWAE program. Gammill and McCully are both from EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus.
Students and faculty members from 35 universities and colleges in Mississippi gathered in Jackson for Higher Education Appreciation Day – Working for Academic Excellence. HEADWAE was established in 1988 by legislative resolution to honor individual academic achievement and the overall contribution of the state’s public and private institutions of higher learning.
The day began with a tour of the Mississippi Capitol, during which HEADWAE honorees were honored with a resolution by state lawmakers, followed by a luncheon at the Mississippi Convention Center. - Excellence in Education
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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. - More Education Headlines
