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 SUPPORT STAFF OF THE YEAR AWARD
EMCC’s Adult Basic Education Department is proud to announce
that Mitzi Thompson has received the Support Staff of the Year award
for the northern region of Mississippi. Adult education instructors and
staff members from across the state send in nominations every year
for those who have made the biggest impact on their departments.
Winners are recognized at the annual Adult Basic Education summer
conference. This year's conference took place at the Oxford Convention
Center June 18-19. Thompson has been a part of the ABE staff at
East Mississippi Community College for about two years. |
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Last Updated ( Jul 08, 2009 at 11:38 AM )
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 LION ALUMNI IN THE NEWS ...
All it took to convince Jeffrey D. Willis that becoming a state trooper was the thing
to do was spending a little time around the men in uniform …
"Something about the state troopers ... ” Willis said. “Their demeanor, their professionalism, their attitude, they were always squared away.”
Today, Willis is a trooper first class, and has been with Mississippi Highway Patrol for six years … n More: The rest of the story about May 2009 EMCC honors
graduate Jeffrey Willis, The Meridian Star, 7-6-09 |
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Last Updated ( Jul 16, 2009 at 06:24 PM )
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 EMCC WORKFORCE PARTNER:
DON’T COUNT HOLCIM OUT
When East Mississippi Community College established a Workforce Development program in 1993, Holcim Cement of Artesia was one of its first community partners. Plant manager James Boyd was president of the EMCC Workforce Board at the turn of the millennium and, over the years, Holcim’s answer to the need for new training has always been, “Call EMCC.”
So it was natural to turn again to EMCC in March – when word came that Holcim’s corporate headquarters had decided to “mothball” its Artesia plant in the face of a worldwide economic downturn.
At stake was the future of 113 employees.
Boyd and Dr. Raj Shaunak, EMCC’s vice president of workforce and community services, sat down and made a plan.
Shaunak: “We decided that EMCC would throw open its doors to Holcim employees. We would offer them any and all of our services free of charge. We would create training classes specifically for them.”
Boyd: “And we decided that Holcim employees could take the classes during work hours, on the clock, and we’d pay them for that time.”
And that’s the way it worked until Holcim’s final day of operation, June 30 ...
The "stack" at Holcim Cement in Artesia,
the plant's most recognizable feature n More: Read the rest of the story
n More: Holcim Cement photo gallery
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Last Updated ( Jul 17, 2009 at 05:31 PM )
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 “Did he just say what I think he said …?”
n Lauderdale gets the word on tuition guarantee
It started in Clay County in October when elected officials,
financial supporters, busloads of high school students and, literally,
a marching band gathered at The Civic in West Point for a press
conference announcing the beginning of EMCC's tuition guarantee
program. EMCC tuition guarantee made headlines again in January,
when the program grew to include Lowndes County students.
And then it happened.
In his remarks from the podium at the college’s Industry Appreciation Luncheon in April, EMCC President Dr. Rick Young surprised the crowd by announcing that the tuition guarantee program would be extended to include the entire EMCC district – Lauderdale, Kemper, Noxubee, Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties.
EMCC staffers turned to each other and asked, “Did he just say
what I think he said?”
The answer was yes, and the word is spreading ... n Read the rest of the story: Meridian Star, 6-25-09
n Details: Tuition guarantee program
EMCC President Dr. Rick Young
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Last Updated ( Jul 17, 2009 at 05:31 PM )
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 Associate degree nursing program
coming to EMCC in January 2010
The current issue of “Images of Columbus-Lowndes County” magazine features a story about EMCC’s Associate Degree
Nursing program, set to accept its first students in January 2010. You can pick up a copy of “Images” at the Columbus-Lowndes Development LINK, 1102 Main St. in Columbus. n Read the story: “Program addresses the
need for more nurses”
n More information: Training for health care
professions at EMCC |
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Last Updated ( Oct 06, 2009 at 04:55 PM )
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