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PRIDE
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LIONS’
Almost Ready
Long-anticipated student
union at Golden Triangle
campus nears completion
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A publication of
East Mississippi Community College
Volume 16, No. 1,
Spring 2016
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PRIDE
LIONS’
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Larry Bell
Kathy Dyess
Laddie Huffman
Teresa Hughes
Linda Jackson, Secretary
Hazel Johnson
Rupert L. “Rudy” Johnson, Chair
Robert McDade
Jimmie Moore, Vice Chair
Ed Mosley
Charles Rigdon
Greg Stewart
Bob Marshall, Board Attorney
Volume 16, No. 1 Spring 2016
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Thomas M. Huebner, Jr., President
Nick Clark, Vice President
for Institutional Advancement
James Gibson, Vice President
for Enrollment Management
Dr. Paul Miller, Vice President
for Administration
Melissa Mosley, Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Raj Shaunak, Vice President for
Workforce and Community Services
Mickey Stokes, Vice President
for Student Life
Dr. Thomas M. Ware, Vice President
for Instruction
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Terisa Mayatt Pittman, President
Jessica Harpole, Secretary
Gina Cotton, Treasurer
FOUNDATION BOARD
Charlie Studdard, President
Philip Busbee
Nick Clark
R.B. Davis
Dikki Dyson
Johnny Fisher
Ike Hopper
Dr. Thomas Huebner
Teresa Hughes
Max Johnson
Linda Malone
Charles McComb
Mark McPhail
Dr. Paul Miller
Melissa Mosley
Michael Shelton
Cheryl Sparkman
Mickey Stokes
INSIDE
President’s Message.........................................2
From the Director’s Chair..................................3
Homecoming: Alumnus of the Year...................4
Homecoming: Photos........................................5
Homecoming: Sports Hall of Fame................6-7
Cowart Nursing Scholarship..............................8
Alumni Events...................................................9
Lion Diary...................................................10-15
Building projects.........................................16-17
Sports.........................................................18-25
Philanthropy................................................26-31
In Memoriam/Obits..........................................32
The Lions’ Pride
An official publication of the East Mississippi Community College Development
Foundation/Alumni Association. Published by the EMCC Public Information Office.
Editors: Nick Clark, Gina Cotton, Rocky
Higginbotham, Suzanne Monk, David
Rosinski, Michael Stewart
Contributing writers: Nick Clark, Gina
Cotton, Rocky Higginbotham, Suzanne
Monk, David Rosinski, Michael Stewart,
Paul Jones, Dr. Thomas Huebner, Terisa
Mayatt Pittman
Contributing photographers: Lee
Adams, Jason Dyess, Michael Miller,
NWCC Athletics, Clint Scrivener, Bill
Simmonds, Bob Smith, Suzanne Monk,
Michael Stewart, Rocky Higginbotham
Design and layout: Rocky Higginbotham
Cover Photos: Suzanne Monk, WAR
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Spring 2016 The Lions’ Pride
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Of all the photos lining the walls of the
Stennis Building, this is the one that has
generated the most interest -- excited,
cheering fans during a home football
game at Sullivan-Windham Field.
Keeping the Homecoming spirit alive
By Dr. Thomas Huebner, Jr.
The hallways in the Stennis Building were
decorated with poster-sized color photographs a
few summers ago. They show buildings and
landmarks, students having fun at EMCC
events, athletes with trophies and rings, band
performances and art classes.
But the photograph that generates the most
interest (see above) is a shot of cheering EMCC
fans in the stands at Sullivan-Windham Field
during a home football game.
The Office of Public Information tells me
copies of this photo have been requested a
number of times. There’s nothing extraordinary
about the photo except its size and prominence;
many like it have been taken – but the people
who have asked for copies did so because they
recognized a friend, a brother, or in one case a
relative who has since passed away.
That's when it came to me. Attending a
large event at Sullivan-Windham Field is like
turning the pages of a family album. And
Homecoming? It's the big reunion with older
relatives and younger ones flying in every
direction.
Laughing alumni being chauffeured around
in golf carts. People who practically grew up on
the Scooba campus sending their children and
grandchildren to EMCC. Men who played
football for Bull Sullivan telling tall tales. Vic
Sullivan, Bull’s son, wearing a five-star jersey
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The Lions’ Pride Dr. Thomas Huebner and his wife, Mindy, at a
cook-out to thank volunteers who helped clean up
after a February tornado hit the Scooba campus.
emblazoned with Bill Buckner’s No. 16.
Tail-gaters celebrating their 20-year reunion.
Barbecuing fathers whose children are football
players, band members or cheerleaders. Whole
families wearing matching T-shirts to support
“their” Lion. Students who graduated last year,
or five years ago, hugging former instructors.
Teenagers tossing a football. Children in Lion
jerseys or cheerleader uniforms practicing what
they see on the field.
And, finally, people who never attended
EMCC, don’t have children at EMCC, but who
come to games to support their community
college.
I’ve worked in education my entire
professional life, but I’ve never been immersed
in a tradition that can lay claim to four or five
generations of deep affection and loyalty.
Spring 2016
We call ourselves the “EMCC family” and
we really are a family.
Sometimes, I wish every day could be
Homecoming. That’s not practical, of course,
and the logistics would be nothing short of
terrifying. But what is true is that we want you
in our lives. We want to find ways for our
alumni and friends to be even more connected
and involved. We want you to know what’s
happening at EMCC.
We share a lot of this news on our website
and social media. EMCC has Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube and Instagram accounts for
the college, as a whole, as well as for EMCC
athletics. We’re always bragging about our
students, or talking about an upcoming event,
or sharing photos. If you say you’re too old
for social media, you’re not!
If you see a social media post about an
event you’re interested in, a game or concert or
play, please know we would love to have you
attend -- or visit anytime.
But I’m really interested in what you
think. What can we do to strengthen our ties?
How can every day feel a little more like
Homecoming?
Dr. Thomas Huebner, Jr. is president of East
Mississippi Community College. Email him your
thoughts about the“Homecoming spirit” at
[email protected]. To find out more EMCC’s
social media, contact Public Information Director
Suzanne Monk at [email protected].
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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
Drum majors Christopher Lairy and De’jah Brown lead the
Mighty Lion band, and one small cheerleader, onto the field.
Nick Clark and his wife, Jane, at the EMCC Sports Hall of Fame banquet.
Charles Swoope, Vic Sullivan wearing Bill Buckner’s No. 16,
and Nick Clark visit at an EMCC Sports Hall of Fame banquet.
Family and friends of Kemper County Sheriff James Moore
tail-gate before the game. They have a tiny cheerleader, too!
In the last issue of the Lions’ Pride, we welcomed a new president, Dr. Tom
Huebner, to East Mississippi Community College. Dr. Huebner hit the ground
running and he has not slowed down. It has been a fast 12 months! Several
internal changes to the organizational chart have taken place. It is all good, very
positive, and I look forward to year two under his leadership.
Speaking of organizational changes, Gina and I have a new name. We are
now Institutional Advancement. Alumni affairs and the development foundation
along with public information, media, and recruiting are all under Advancement.
Leia Hill has joined our team as Assistant Vice President for Advancement. Leia
is responsible for several changes that will greatly enhance the EMCC image.
Number one on that list is a new logo. Look for it on page 1. Believe it or not,
logo/branding and marketing efforts are essential components of student
recruitment. If EMCC is to remain competitive, we must be “out front” in the
aforementioned components.
You will soon see a new website as well. When I started in the education
business about 50 years ago, the most important person to hire was the lady
(usually always was a lady) who answered the phone. The telephone (landline)
was the connecting link to the outside world. Today the website has replaced the
landline telephone as the number one connecting link, and it must have mobile
accessibility. A prospective student can and will look at several college websites
using a mobile phone before making a decision on which one to attend. If you are
a new student or aging alumni, the website is the first choice for information by
about 98 percent of the people. Amazing!
This new website will take several months to build and activate. However,
when it is completed, EMCC’s first contact to the outside world will be second to
none. I am extremely excited about these changes. It is a daunting, challenging
task. Leia and her team have accepted the challenge; it will be good!
I must digress a bit and brag on the Sullivan Committee. The Sullivan group
has three main fund-raising events a year, and all three are hugely successful. At
this writing, our most recent event was the 8th Annual Sporting Clays Challenge
Cup in May. The presenting sponsor was PryorMorrow. In March, we hosted the
13th Annual Billy Joe Cross Wild Game Dinner and Auction at Lion Hills. The
presenting sponsor was Renasant Bank. Next up, the 21st EMCC-Old Waverly
Golf Classic, presenting sponsor CSpire, will be Monday, Oct. 24. These three
events will gross more than $100,000 per year.
Well, it is hard to believe that the school year is over. Football season will be
here before you know it. Several of you have asked about the football team next
year. Let me assure you that as long as Buddy Stephens and his offensive
coordinator, Marcus Wood, are here, we will be competitive.
Take care,
Nick
Bull Sullivan-era football teammates, from left, EMCC President
Emeritus Dr. Tommy Davis, Billy Brown, Billy Charles Eskridge,
Kline Shepherd and Jim Scribner meet, and tell tall tales, before
an alumni luncheon a few years ago.
Nick Clark is EMCC Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
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CAMPUS NEWS
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Homecoming 2015
Dr. Rick Young receives Alumnus of
Year, Distinguished Service awards
EMCC President Dr. Thomas Huebner, left, presents the Alumnus of the Year and Distinguished Service Award to EMCC President Emeritus Dr. Rick Young as
Melinda Young looks on during Homecoming festivities at Sullivan-Windham Field.
Fewer than three months into retirement, East Mississippi Community College
President Emeritus Dr. Rick Young was back in Lion Country.
Dr. Young, who ended his 11-year tenure as EMCC president in June 2015,
received both the Alumnus of the Year and Distinguished Service Award Sept. 26
during Homecoming at the Scooba campus.
EMCC Vice President for Institutional Advancement Nick Clark said it marked
only the second time one person received both awards. The last dual award winner was
Dr. Young’s predecessor, Dr. Tommy Davis, after his retirement in 2004.
The impact of Dr. Young’s 40 years of service to EMCC is undeniable.
There are new building and infrastructure improvements. In Scooba, these include
Sullivan-Windham Field, F.R. Young Student Union, Chapel in the Pines, Orr Center
for Christian Activity, Dottie Smith Family Center for Instrumental Music Education,
and baseball and softball fields.
New satellite campuses opened, West Point-Clay County Center and Lion Hills.
At the Golden Triangle campus, infrastructure upgrades included the Humanities and
Fine Arts Building and the groundwork for a 140,000-square-foot “Communiversity”
expected to be complete in spring 2018. Finally, a new 76,000-square-foot Student
Union for the Golden Triangle campus will open its doors during the fall of this year.
In his years as president, Dr. Young ushered in new programs and partnerships –
Associate Degree Nursing, the Honors Program, the rodeo program, the Manufacturing
Technology & Engineering Division and the opening of Golden Triangle Early College
High School, to name just a few. There’s athletic achievement. Three NJCAA national
football titles, four MACJC state football titles. Four consecutive Region 23 titles for
men’s basketball, and one Region 23 title for women’s basketball. Competitive teams
season after season and academic honors for athletes as well.
Typically modest, Dr. Young said he was flattered to receive the awards, but
more excited to have a chance to visit with the EMCC family: “That’s the thing I
miss the most, the people. My team members. My interaction with people in the
college and the community.”
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Homecoming 2015
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Homecoming Happenings:
(1) EMCC dedicated the Dottie Smith Family Center for Instrumental
Music Education during Homecoming. Dottie Smith Boring, second
from right, is shown with her brother James, far right, her sister
Carolyn Lipscomb and Carolyn’s husband Danny Lipscomb. She grew
up on the Scooba campus, the daughter of Professor N.J. Smith, who
taught science and agriculture. She graduated from EMJC in 1965
and went on to enjoy a long teaching career after earning degrees
from Mississippi State and Auburn University. Dottie, her late husband,
Kenneth, and their family were instrumental in the construction of the
Chapel in the Pines and gave generously to the band hall project.
(2) Members of East Mississippi’s 1965 State Championship baseball
team marked their 50-year reunion. They were honored on field during
the Lions’ 48-24 Homecoming victory over Itawamba. (3) Hannah
Lynn Daugherty, second from left, was crowned 2015 Homecoming
Queen during halftime at Sullivan-Windham Field. Daugherty is
pictured with EMCC President Dr. Thomas Huebner, EMCC’s 2014
Homecoming Queen Anna McCrary and EMCC Vice President for
Student Life Mickey Stokes. (4) The Golden Triangle Business Office
donned lion make-up for Spirit Week. They are, from left, Laura
Guthrie, Leslie Williamson, Janis Spears and Margaret Aldridge.
(5) Tailgating at Homecoming were EMCC athletic alums, from left,
Henry Vaughn, Kenny Fair, Marlo Fair, Tyrone Steele, Mickey Burrage
and Eddie Jackson. All played football except Kenny Fair, who was on
the basketball team. (6) Celebrating their 20-year reunion with a
tail-gating party were, from left, Gloria Myatt, Lori Woodrick, Pam
Walls, Summer Gilbert and Luke Robinson. (7) You can hear him all
over Sullivan-Windham Field at every home football game. Richard
Wallace of Meridian, the “Roaring Man,” was grand marshal of the
Homecoming parade. Riding on the float with King Richard is Marley
Long of DeKalb. (8) EMCC’s 2015 Homecoming Maids were, first row
from left, Lexi Harden, Subrina Oswalt, Hailey Bowie, Brittany Bell,
Logan Lambert and Hannah Lynn Daugherty. In the second row are
Megan Coston, Taylor Campbell, Carlee Doty, Brooke Williams, Anna
Douglas Brown and Ashley Woods.
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Homecoming 2015
Eight inducted into Sports Hall of Fame
East Mississippi Community College inducted eight outstanding athletes from the past into the college's Sports Hall of Fame during a banquet and
awards ceremony at the F.R. Young Student Union. They were also honored during halftime at Sullivan-Windham Field:
Wayne T. “Bugar” Bailey
Football, 1963-64
After graduating from
Meridian High School, Bailey
played guard and linebacker for
Bull Sullivan’s defense at EMJC,
helping the Lions to a 19-3-1
record over two seasons.
As a freshman in Scooba, he
tallied 72 tackles and was named
Outstanding Defensive Player in
the Hospitality Bowl in 1963. In
his sophomore season, Bailey tied
for the team lead in interceptions.
Bailey played football at the
University of Tennessee at Martin,
where he earned his bachelor’s
degree in education. He went on
to join the Army and became a
helicopter pilot, serving overseas
during the Vietnam War. He rose
to the rank of lieutenant colonel in
the Army and was working at the
Pentagon when he retired in 1993.
In retirement, Bailey coached
his son’s and daughter’s sports
teams and took up snow skiing
and marathon running.
Milford Brown
Football, 1999-2000
Coming from Montgomery,
Ala., Brown earned NJCAA
All-American Second Team and
J.C. Gridwire’s All-American First
Team honors as an offensive
lineman for EMCC coach Tom
Goode.
He went on to play at Florida
State University before being
drafted into the National Football
League in 2002, where he played
long enough to become the second
longest-tenured NFL player in
EMCC history behind Antowain
Smith.
Brown played for the Houston
Texans, Arizona Cardinals, St.
Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars
and Detroit Lions before retiring
in 2009.
He started 47 of 53 games in
which he saw action. Now living
in North Carolina, Brown and his
wife Crystal enjoy traveling the
country with their dog, a South
African Boerboel named Dutch.
Milford Brown
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Virgil Seay
James Cantrell
Basketball, 1960-61
Cantrell was an all-district and
all-region basketball player at Oil
Springs (Ky.) High School before
playing for Coach Keyes T. Currie
at EMJC.
Cantrell made an immediate
impact in Scooba, averaging 25
points and 11 rebounds per game
before a knee injury ended his
playing career. After basketball,
Cantrell turned to a career in law
enforcement.
He earned a bachelor’s degree
in science from Eastern Kentucky
University before attending
courses at a secret service agency
in Chicago and professional
investigators training school in
Los Angeles.
Cantrell worked for 20 years as
a Kentucky State Policeman and
now resides in Hager Hill, Ky. He
is an honorary member of East
Mississippi’s Circle of Honor for
basketball alumni.
George Henry Cummings Jr.
Baseball/Football, 1958-59
Cummings stood out as both
a musician and athlete growing up
in Meridian before coming to
Scooba.
He earned a scholarship to play
football for Bull Sullivan and
played on back-to-back state
champion baseball teams at EMJC.
He also continued to pursue
music in the college’s Dixie
Rebels dance band before touring
the South as a member of The
Chocolate Papers.
Cummings eventually made it
to New York, where he formed Dr.
Hook and the Medicine Show in
1968. Their first single, “Sylvia’s
Mother,” on Columbia/CBS
Records went to No. 1 on the Cash
Box Magazine charts. The band
would be caricatured on the cover
of Rolling Stone magazine and
later released the song “The Cover
of Rolling Stone,” which also
charted in the Top 10.
George Cummings
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Sports Hall of Fame
inductees were the guests
of honor at a banquet and
awards ceremony during
Homecoming 2015.
Pictured are, first row
from left: Nick Clark,
EMCC Vice President for
Institutional Advancement;
Syd Thweatt Jr.; Tina Solis
for the late Wayne “Bugar”
Bailey; Virgil Seay; and
EMCC President Dr.
Thomas Huebner. In the
second row are Milford
Brown, Louie Spinks,
Tony McCullough and
George Henry Cummings
Jr. Not pictured, James
Cantrell.
Tony McCullough
Football, 1973-74
McCullough played and
coached at EMCC during his four
decades in the Mississippi and
Alabama educational systems. He
came to Scooba after playing for
fellow EMCC Sports Hall of
Famer Lester Smith at Foley (Ala.)
High School and played football
and baseball at EMJC for two
EMCC SHoF members, the late
Bill Buckner and Gerald Poole.
He accepted a position as a
student assistant on Randall
Bradberry’s (also EMCC SHoF)
EMJC football staff in 1977 while
attending Livingston University
and became full-time after
graduating.
Over six years at EMJC,
McCullough coached on two
Mississippi Junior College
Association All-Star teams and
taught psychology and physical
education. He went on to coach
for multiple Alabama high schools
and married Ruby Marie Briggs
of Scooba, who was the 2009
EMCC Alumna of the Year.
Louie
Spinks
Virgil Seay
Football, 1976-77
Seay rose to fame as a member
of the Washington Redskins’ Fun
Bunch in the 80s. But he’s also
known in the South as a member
of the Troy (Ala.) University
Sports Hall of Fame and the
Colquitt County (Ga.) Sports
Hall of Fame.
Seay played for EMCC
Director of Athletics Randall
Bradberry at EMJC, earning a
spot in the Mississippi Junior
College All-Star Game in 1977.
He would later return three punts
for touchdowns and 215 return
yards in a single game while
playing at Troy. He was drafted by
the Denver Broncos in 1980, but
signed with Washington before
playing a game in Denver.
His rookie season was the
best of his NFL playing career,
averaging 18 yards per catch on
26 receptions. Papa Smurf, as Seay
was called, helped Washington win
the Super Bowl in 1982 under
head coach Joe Gibbs.
Syd Thweatt, Jr.
Louie Spinks
Football, 1963-64
A native of Kemper County,
Spinks was a three-sport star at
DeKalb High School. He accepted
a scholarship to play football for
Bull Sullivan at EMJC and started
both years at left tackle, eventually
earning first-team all-state honors
as a sophomore.
Spinks later started at
defensive tackle for West Texas
State University, where he played
alongside NFL All-Pro running
backs and Super Bowl champions
Eugene “Mercury” Morris of the
Miami Dolphins and Duane
Thomas of the Dallas Cowboys.
Spinks and West Texas also played
in the Junior Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, Calif., in 1967.
Spinks would go on to coach
Texas high school football for
nearly 30 years and finished his
career with 10 years as a
secondary school principal.
Tina Solis for
the late Wayne
“Bugar” Bailey
Syd Thweatt Jr.
Baseball, 1965-66
Thweatt arrived at EMJC
having thrown a no-hitter in the
Junior Dixie Boys World Series
and lettering four years at Lee
High School in Columbus. His
success continued in Scooba as
the freshman third baseman and
shortstop hit over .400 with 14
RBIs and 10 stolen bases on Ikie
Etheridge’s 1965 state champion
team.
The Lions returned to the state
title game in Thweatt’s sophomore
season. Thweatt was recruited to
Delta State University by Hall of
Fame baseball coach Dave “Boo”
Ferriss, but did not play. He later
earned a Bronze Star while serving
in the Army in Vietnam.
After returning home, Thweatt
began a career as assistant national
sales manager for Howard Family
Room Furniture in Starkville. For
the last 40 years, he has lived in
Richmond, Va., working as an
independent sales representative
for the furniture and lighting
business.
Tony
McCullough
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ALUMNI NEWS
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Across the generations ...
Veteran nurse reaches out to ADN students
In the spring, a small group from East
Mississippi Community College met for supper
with a remarkable woman, 94-year-old Leola
Cowart of Meridian, who has been a nurse for
more than seven decades.
Ms. Leola attended East Mississippi Junior
College and Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in the mid-1940s, during World
War II, when money was tight. Dennis Cowart,
her late husband, served in the U.S. Army,
199th Field Artillery. Dennis met Leola after he
returned home from the war. The young couple
married and lived in a cottage at Hinds Junior
College while Dennis went to school.
Neither would forget how much having a
little extra money could mean to young people
working to build their futures. Before he passed
away in 2012, Dennis told Leola about several
scholarships he wanted to endow. Ms. Leola
respected his wishes, paying it forward for a
new generation of ADN students at the Golden
Triangle campus with the Dennis D. and Leola
K. Cowart Nursing Scholarship.
The latest recipients of the Cowarts’
generosity had a chance to meet their
benefactor in the quiet dining room of
Weidmann’s in Meridian. Both are sophomore
Associate Degree Nursing students from
Columbus – Heather Cade and Jessie Dyson.
The three women sat together at the head of
the table. The students listened in rapt attention
as Ms. Leola told story after story about her
years as a nurse and offered some advice about
patience. At the other end of the table, EMCC
President Dr. Thomas Huebner, his wife,
Mindy, EMCC Vice President for Institutional
Advancement Nick Clark and ADN instructor
Tonshe Emerson were also spellbound.
The evening took a sentimental turn when
Cade admired Ms. Leola’s bracelet. Dyson
pulled her chair closer, too, as Ms. Leola
showed them the charms. There were nurses’
hats, stethoscopes, clipboards and other nursing
motifs. In the warm light, young and old hands
held the bracelet, bridging the years between an
experienced older nurse and young nursing
students just starting out.
Both Cade and Dyson are looking forward
to graduating in December. Cade wants to work
in labor and delivery, while Dyson is interested
in geriatrics.
Both stay in touch with Ms. Leola and
neither will ever forget the generous spirit who
reached out with support and kindness.
THE ALUMNI REPORT
As a middle school counselor,
I find great joy in seeing my past
students apply for ambassador
scholarships to our alma mater.
I remember my excitement
as a senior in high school when
starting my journey at East
Mississippi Community College.
The quality of guidance,
education and support from
administration, faculty and staff
helped create the best two years
of my life.
This support was the
foundation for my success as
an educator. I apply the same
principles and compassion that
I learned through EMCC when
working with my own students
and families today.
It is important to keep in touch
with the EMCC Development
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EMCC Alumni Association President
Terisa Pittman, right, with lifelong
friend and fellow alum Deb Brown.
Foundation, which is a constant
source of information about the
happenings and needs of the
college.
Leola Cowart of Meridian meets the newest
recipients of the Dennis D. and Leola K. Cowart
Nursing Scholarship. Pictured are, from left, ADN
instructor Tonshe Emerson, scholarship recipient
Jessie Dyson, EMCC President Dr. Thomas
Huebner, Cowart, scholarship recipient Heather
Cade and EMCC Vice President Nick Clark.
Many of us once benefitted
from scholarship money
provided through the generosity
of those who attended before
us, and it is vital that we support
the Foundation with our
contributions to ensure that the
valuable legacy of EMCC will
last for generations to come.
As president of the alumni
association, I pledge my support
to the administration, faculty,
staff, and students. Please join
me in this pledge by being an
active participant in our alumni
association, and I hope to see
you at the games or on campus.
Go Lions!
Terisa Pittman, President
EMCC Alumni Association
Mayfield among
MSU Alumni of Year
The former
vice president
of the Scooba
campus, Dr.
Andrea
Mayfield, in
February was
named among
Mississippi
State University’s Dr. Andrea
Mayfield
2016 Alumni of
the Year.
Mayfield spent 18 years in the
Mississippi community college
system as an instructor and
administrator. In September
2015, she was named executive
director of the Mississippi
Community College Board and
is tasked with overseeing the
state’s 15 community and junior
colleges. She took office Dec. 1.
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ALUMNI EVENTS
MORE CHANCES TO SUPPORT LION COUNTRY!
EMCC-OLD WAVERLY GOLF CLASSIC
The EMCC - Old Waverly Golf Classic returns Oct. 24 to Old Waverly Golf
Club in West Point. The event is sponsored by East Mississippi Community
College Development Foundation’s “Bull Sullivan Memorial Division.” CSpire
is the presenting sponsor for the tournament, which is a four-person scramble.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. A complimentary lunch sponsored by Sodexo
will be served. Tee time is 1 p.m. with a shotgun start.
Dinner will follow the tournament. Reservations are required. This will be the
21st anniversary of the tournament, which typically includes about 120 golfers.
The 20th Annual Old Waverly Golf Classic was held Oct. 19 at Old Waverly
Golf Club. The quartet of Bunk Harpole, Price McGiffert, Mike McLeod and
Carl Jamison were the overall gross winners in the four-person scramble with
a score of 55. Joey Watkins, Billy King, Steve Breland and Glenn Jackson
were low net score winners with a score of 39.
WILD GAME DINNER & AUCTION
The EMCC Development Foundation’s "Bull" Sullivan Memorial Division
hosted the 13th Annual Billy Joe Cross Wild Game Dinner & Auction,
presented by Renasant Bank, at Lion Hills in Columbus.
The event took place March 4 at the Lion Hills Center and attracted a record
number of attendees. The Wild Game Dinner & Auction is a fund-raiser for
EMCC's academic and athletic programs. Auction items included a Caribbean
vacation; hunting trips, collectibles and much more. Dinner featured the
recipes of celebrity chef Billy Joe Cross and the staff at Lion Hills.
The next Wild Game Dinner will be March 3, 2017.
HOMECOMING 2016
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Sports Hall of Fame Reception, Student Union
Sports Hall of Fame Banquet, Student Union
Reservations required, (662-476-5063)
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Foundation Board meeting, Davis Administration
Alumni registration and coffee, Stennis Hall lobby
Memorial Prayer, Korean War Memorial
Chapel in the Pines and Orr Center open
Tailgating areas open
9:15 a.m.
Korean War Veterans’ meeting, Stennis Hall 120
10:00 a.m. Alumni/Foundation joint meeting, Stennis Hall auditorium
Art exhibit opens, Aust Hall & F.R. Young Student Union
10:00 a.m. Open house at the Thelma Briggs McConnell Archives and
Special Collections Room, Tubb-May Library
11:30 a.m. Alumni/Friends luncheon, F.R. Young Student Union
Alumnus of the Year/Distinguished Service Awards
2:00 p.m.
EMCC versus Northwest, Sullivan-Windham Field
Halftime
Recognition of Sports Hall of Fame inductees, and Alumnus
of the Year and Distinguished Service Award recipients
Presentation of Homecoming Court
9:00 a.m.
Shuttle service will be available.
In case of rain, halftime activities will be held in
Stennis Hall immediately after the game.
For more information, contact Nick Clark at (662) 476-5075
or Gina Cotton at (662) 476-5063.
SPORTING CLAYS CHALLENGE CUP
The 8th Annual Sporting Clays Challenge Cup took place May 13 at Burnt
Oak Lodge in Crawford. The first place team was Deerbrook Farms. The team
hit 339 clays out of 400.
The winning team is pictured here with EMCC Vice President for Institutional
Advancement Nick Clark, far left, and EMCC President Dr. Thomas Huebner,
far right. From left are Jay Chancellor, Will Chancellor (team member), Trey
Chancellor (team member), Lee Dubois (team member), Robert Temkovits,
and Johnny Brown (team member). Dubois took first place in highest individual
shooter. Brown took second place in highest individual shooter.
PryorMorrow sponsored the event and fielded five teams during the
fund-raiser to benefit East Mississippi Community College’s athletic and
academic programs. A PryorMorrow team consisting of Chris Morrow, Barry
Wren, Randy Dennis and John Roberts took second place, scoring 337 out
of 400 possible points.
The next Sporting Clays Challenge Cup will be May 12, 2017.
For more information about fees or sponsorship opportunities, call Gina Co on of Institutional Advancement at (662) 476-5063.
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Lion Diary
There’s always something going on at East Mississippi Community College. Here’s a look at just a few of those
events. More information and photos are available at EMCC’s website, www.eastms.edu, or on social media:
www.facebook.com/East.Mississippi.Community.College
hps://twier.com/emccinfo
hps://instagram.com/emccig
October 10, 2015: Region III Marching Festival
Meridian High School Band Boosters hosted the MHSAA Region III
Marching Band Festival at Sullivan-Windham Field in Scooba. The
day-long event featured more than 30 bands, thousands of high
school musicians and exhibition performances by the Mighty Lion
Band. EMCC’s Glenn Rawson is pictured below.
October 2, 2015
October 2, 2015: First Friday Initiative
EMCC held the inaugural First Fridays at both the Golden Triangle
and Scooba campuses. First Fridays is a new initiative to introduce
junior and senior high school students, and their parents, to our
campuses. There is no cost to participate, and EMCC provides a free
lunch to the guests. The sessions are open to all high school juniors
and seniors in Mississippi.
October 10, 2015
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015: Combined Choir Concert
The Scooba and Golden Triangle choirs performed before a packed
house at the Lyceum auditorium. Each choir sang several selections,
then combined their voices for a round called Gaudeamus Hodie,
which means "let us rejoice."
October 29, 2015: Annual Reality Fair
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More than 900 high school students attended EMCC’s creepy, crawly
Reality Fair, just in time for Halloween. The high school students had
a look at what EMCC has to offer, asked questions about programs
and took part in a dance-off. The following district high schools sent
students to the event: Caledonia, New Hope, West Point, Hebron,
Kemper Academy, Kemper County, Noxubee County, McKellar,
Starkville, Noxubee Vocational and West Lowndes.
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November 12, 2015: Proud to be an American
February 1, 2016: Aspen Institute’s Top 150
The community joined EMCC for "Proud to be an American Day” on
Nov. 12. The annual event is part of the Golden Triangle’s week-long
Veterans Day celebration. U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper was the keynote
speaker. EMCC choirs performed and the Starkville High School
JROTC honor guard presented the colors.
EMCC is among eight community colleges in Mississippi named to
the Aspen Institute’s Top 150 Community Colleges in the nation. The
designation means EMCC is eligible to compete for the 2017 Aspen
Prize for Community College Excellence, which is worth $1 million to
the winning school.
February 2, 2016: HEADWAE Awards
An EMCC student and teacher were recognized among the best
in higher education in the state at an annual awards luncheon at the
Mississippi State Capitol. An EMCC delegation traveled to Jackson
with sophomore Matthew Addy of College Station, Texas, and
Information Systems Technology instructor Andrew B. Sesser, who
were named EMCC’s Higher Education Appreciation Day, Working
for Academic Excellence Award recipients.
November 12,
2015
December 2015: Rural Voices Radio
Throughout December, East Mississippi Community College English
students were featured on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s Rural
Voices Radio program. In all, 19 students were featured reading their
essays about life in Mississippi.
January 19, 2016: GED testing in Scooba
The Adult Basic Education department at EMCC administered the first
GED tests at the Scooba campus. Previously, the test was available
only at the Golden Triangle campus and those who lived in Kemper
and Noxubee counties had to drive north to Mayhew or south to
Meridian to take the test.
February 2, 2016
Students give EMPOWR pilot program high marks
In the Empowering Mentors
to Promote Women’s Retention
program, nontraditional-aged
female sophomore students serve
as mentors to their freshmen
counterparts.
Now in its second year, the
EMPOWR program came about
after the Women’s Foundation of
Mississippi in 2013 commissioned
researchers at Mississippi State
University’s Social Science
Research Center (SSRC) to
investigate the needs of female
community college students.
“Over and over we heard from
nontraditional women who said
how hard it is for them to attend
school while struggling with family
and economic issues,” EMPOWR
Project Director Ann Buffington of
MSU said. “They felt like they
didn’t have a voice.”
EMPOWR’s goal is to retain
nontraditional women students 22
years of age and older who are at
most risk of dropping out. Ten
freshmen were recruited for the
pilot program and paired with 10
sophomores. EMCC Student
Success Coordinator Laura Damm
spearheads recruiting efforts for
the program.
“The feedback from the
participants has all been positive.
They love hearing others are in the
same situation, that they are not
alone in the issues that stress them
out. Of the thirteen mentees we
had in the fall of 2015, six had
GPAs they earned from previous
institutions,” Damm said.
“All six improved their GPAs.
Also, of those 13 mentees, three
made the Dean’s List and three
made the President’s List.”
West Point resident Amanda Chandler, left, and Columbus resident Melissa
Howell are mentors in the EMPOWR program at EMCC, which is dedicated
to keeping nontraditional women students from dropping out. Last year,
Howell served as Chandler’s mentor.
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February 2, 2016: Scooba’s EF2 Tornado
A tornado touched down in Scooba, doing serious damage to student
housing and athletic facilities. Campus officials put an emergency plan
into action with speed and efficiency. All students were in their safe
places when the tornado arrived and there were no injuries. Most of
the damage was confined to the athletic village, where one cottage
was turned over. A metal storage building near the adjacent batting
cages was a heap of bent metal. Fences were blown down at the
baseball and softball fields. Clean-up and repairs came quickly and
EMCC later hosted a cook-out for volunteers who came out to help.
February 8, 2016: Capitol Day
More than 20 students and 10 faculty/staff members from EMCC’s
Golden Triangle and Scooba campuses traveled to Jackson to take
part in Capitol Day, an annual event sponsored by the Mississippi
Faculty Association for Community and Junior Colleges. Community
colleges from across the state sent representatives to the event to
meet with legislators and conduct a press conference to lobby for
mid-level funding – per student funding halfway between K-12
schools and regional public universities.
February 2, 2016
February 4, 2016: Beauty & Beau Pageant
The top five contestants in East Mississippi Community College’s
2016 Beauty & Beau Pageant were, from left, Hannah Daugherty of
Leroy, Ala., Addison Lowery of Columbus, “Most Beautiful” winner
Abby Watson of DeKalb, Carlie Teffeteller of West Point and Sara
White of Calhoun City. The Beauty & Beau Pageant was held in
Stennis Auditorium on EMCC’s Scooba campus.
February 4, 2016
Beekeeper gets honey of a deal from EMCC carpentry program
West Point beekeeper Terry Craig examines honey bees in one of
the hives he maintains. EMCC Residential Carpentry students built
the bottom and tops of the hives for Craig as well as bee boxes he
uses to ship bees to his clients.
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The Lions’ Pride A beekeeper looking to take the
sting out of the purchase price for
boxes needed to ship his honey bees
turned to the Residential Carpentry
program at East Mississippi’s West
Point campus.
Terry Craig said he could find no
one who builds bee boxes for sale
locally, so he has purchased them
from a vendor out-of-state for $15 a
box. It cost Craig another $7 per box
for shipment to his West Point home.
Hoping for a more cost-effective
alternative, Craig approached EMCC
carpentry instructor Johnny Duren
and asked for his help.
“Johnny told me he could build
them for between $3 and $5 a box,
which is great,” Craig said. “And there
are no shipping costs.”
Residential carpentry students built
10 bee boxes for Craig with plans to
build more as needed.
Spring 2016
Duren said he charged Craig just
enough to recoup the college’s cost
for materials.
“With no more materials than he is
using, it is basically scraps,” Duren
said of the wood needed to build the
bee boxes.
“He bought screen wire because
we don’t have that on hand.”
Students in the carpentry program
also built the tops and bottoms of the
beehives Craig uses to raise his bees.
Duren said the project gives
students practice and exposure to
new carpentry skills.
“The only kind of projects we will
take is something they would learn
from,” Duren said.
“It is kind of a two-way deal. He
has this need and we are trying to
help him with it. And it gives us some
opportunity for training we would
not have.”
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February 18, 2016: McGraw-Hill Education Scholarship
EMCC English instructor Ginny Leonard was awarded the McGrawHill Education Scholarship to attend the 2016 Kellogg Institute for
Developmental Educators and Learning Specialists. The $2,500
scholarship, awarded nationally to only two people each year, will
make it possible for Leonard to attend the prestigious 36th Kellogg
Institute at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. Leonard
will spend two weeks in July engaging with other developmental
education specialists and experts from all over the country.
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February 22, 2016: WHEMN Leadership Award
Student Success Coordinator Laura Damm received the Women in
Higher Education – Mississippi Network (WHEMN) Leadership Award.
The selection committee was especially impressed with Damm’s work
with the EMPOWR program, which partners nontraditional, female
sophomore and freshman students in a mentor-mentee relationship:
“We look for someone who ... seeks to empower other women.
Damm’s work with the EMPOWR program made her a perfect fit.”
March 4, 2016: SACSCOC Compliance Certificate
EMCC held receptions at its Golden Triangle and Scooba campuses
to celebrate the completion of work on the college’s compliance
certificate. The self-study was mailed to the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in late February, the
first step in the process of re-affirmation with SACSCOC, which
happens every 10 years. While many people at EMCC contributed to
the report, the work of two people who led the effort was especially
honored: Diana Pruett, director of Institutional Research and
Effectiveness, and her assistant director, Mark Alexander. Dr. Gwen
Aldridge, a retired community college administrator who worked with
EMCC as a consultant during the project, was also recognized.
Pictured are, from left, Mark Alexander, Diana Pruett, EMCC President
Dr. Thomas Huebner, Dr. Gwen Aldridge and EMCC Administrative
Vice President Dr. Paul Miller.
February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016: Regional Workforce Partnership
Four community college presidents, from left, Dr. Billy Stewart of
East Central, Dr. Scott Elliott of Meridian, Dr. Thomas Huebner of
East Mississippi and Dr. Jesse Smith of Jones County Junior College
put their hands together, symbolizing their commitment to “team up”
to help build a vibrant workforce for East Central Mississippi through
customized training programs.
February 26, 2016: DECA Best in State
Six East Mississippi Community College students in the Culinary
Arts and Marketing programs took first-place honors in the state in
the 2016 Collegiate DECA Mississippi competition in Southaven.
The Culinary Arts students were Gene Colbert, Larry Joe Brownlee
and Anthony Prowell. The Marketing students were Ryan Dye, Alice
Ward and Jamie Beams. Both teams went on to represent Mississippi
in an international competition in Washington, D.C. Pictured after their
first-place win in the state competition are Culinary Arts students
Larry Joe Brownlee, Anthony Prowell and Gene Colbert.
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016: All-Mississippi Academic Team
The Mississippi Legislature and Gov. Phil Bryant hosted a recognition
ceremony for members of the 2016 All-Mississippi College Academic
Team. EMCC student Anna Dudley (Scooba) was named to the First
Team and received a $1,000 scholarship. The remaining students
were named to the Second Team and received medallions, certificates
and printed resolutions from the Legislature. EMCC students named
to the Second Team were Caitlyn Faith Croft (Golden Triangle), Dixie
Morgan (Golden Triangle) and Allison Newton (Scooba). Honorees are
pictured with EMCC President Dr. Thomas Huebner, from left, Anna
Dudley, Allison Newton, Caitlyn Faith Croft and Dixie Morgan.
March 22-23, 2016: Lucky Like a Lion/WIST
February 26, 2016
The Lucky Like a Lion / Women in Science & Technology Conference
took place March 22 in Scooba and March 23 at the Golden Triangle.
The goal of the conference is to introduce non-traditional gender
students and their high school counselors to EMCC Career-Technical
and Manufacturing programs and to encourage enrollment.
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March 2016: PTK Inductions
More than 100 new Phi Theta Kappa members were inducted during
two ceremonies at EMCC’s Golden Triangle and Scooba campuses.
A competitive honorary organization, PTK recognizes and encourages
high academic achievement among community college students.
April 4-8, 2016: Scooba Pine Grove Arts Festival
The Pine Grove Arts Festival included a crawfish boil, the Crawfish
Crawl Race, concerts, theater performances, art exhibits and more.
Below, Chuck Luke of Scooba’s maintenance department helps a
young friend with her plate during the crawfish boil.
April 14, 2016
May 12, 2016: EMCC Retirees
Six EMCC retirees were honored at the Golden Triangle campus.
Retirees pictured, from left, are Commercial Truck Driving instructor
Bob Weining (23 years at EMCC); Career and Counseling Center
counselor Deborah Valentine (8 years); West Point Center Technical
Trainer Dr. Bruce Hanson (10 years); Director of Institutional Research
and Effectiveness Diana Pruett (8 years); Banking and Financing
instructor Janet Gullet (28 years); and Career-Technical Division
Associate Dean Napoleon Jones (15 years).
April 4, 2016
April 14, 2016: Golden Triangle Pine Grove Arts Festival
The Pine Grove Arts Festival featured a talent show, fishing rodeo,
health screenings, art exhibits, a performance by the Golden Triangle
Choir and, as always, good food and fellowship.
April 20, 2016: Industry Appreciation Luncheon
It was a capacity crowd at the Lyceum auditorium for EMCC’s 27th
Annual Industry Appreciation Luncheon in Mayhew. PACCAR Engine
Company and Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi shared the
Director’s Award, the event’s highest honor.
May 12,
2016
EMCC dedicates Yokohama training facility in West Point
Officials from Yokohama Tire
Manufacturing Mississippi, East
Mississippi Community College,
the city of West Point and Clay
County Board of Supervisors
attended a March 1 dedication
of the Yokohama Training Facility
at EMCC’s West Point-Clay
County Center.
The dedication marked the
completion of renovations at the
facility that began a year earlier.
Work completed includes
four new classrooms, a new roof
and air-conditioning unit and
new equipment for advanced
manufacturing training. Funds for
the project were provided through
a grant from Yokohama, with
assistance from the city of West
Point and Clay County.
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Former Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi President Tadaharu
Yamamoto cuts the ribbon at a March 1 dedication of the Yokohama Training
Facility at the West Point-Clay County Center. He is shown with officials from
EMCC, the city of West Point and the Clay County Board of Supervisors.
The Yokohama Training
Facility includes two classrooms
to train employees of the tire
company, with more computer
labs for manufacturing and
production applicants.
EMCC President Dr. Thomas
Huebner said the college acts
as a conduit between local and
regional industries who need
trained, qualified workers and
residents seeking employment.
“Providing excellent training
and education is an important
part of the equation,” he said.
“Our relationship with city,
county and state officials, and
the Golden Triangle Development
LINK, serves as a wonderful
example of how a community
can mobilize partnerships that
lead to meaningful opportunities
for the people we serve.
“We are proud of this facility
and grateful that Yokohama has
chosen to invest in West Point.”
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May 25, 2016: EMCC-MUW Articulation Agreement
Summer 2016: WGTC Live Radio Drama
EMCC President Dr. Thomas Huebner, left, and Mississippi University
for Women President Dr. Jim Borsig sign a new articulation agreement
to enable Manufacturing Technology & Engineering graduates from
EMCC to build on their associate degrees. Under the new articulation
agreement, MUW will accept up to 43 technical credits in addition to
academic coursework, allowing EMCC’s Manufacturing Technology
and Engineering graduates to make the transition more easily and
begin working toward a university degree.
EMCC instructor and WGTC station manager Don Vaughan and the
cast of "Search for Happiness" are spending the summer producing
and performing their own original, live radio drama. Vaughan wrote
the script and the characters are portrayed by students in his speech
class. This is Vaughan’s second radio drama on WGTC. On June 1,
the radio station wrapped up a 10-week run of “Hope for Tomorrow,”
a parody of the old daytime soap opera “Search for Tomorrow,” written
by Vaughan and English instructor Laura Vernon. EMCC President
Dr. Thomas Huebner played the role of Dr. Brookwood in the season
finale of “Hope for Tomorrow.” In the photo, Vernon, Huebner and
Vaughan visit in the WGTC radio station before the broadcast.
Update from G-TECHS
Freshmen at Mississippi’s
first early college high school
wrapped up their first year at
East Mississippi Community
College’s Golden Triangle
campus. This coming August,
those students will move on
to 10th grade and 60 new
freshmen will arrive.
“Eventually, we will have
students enrolled in Golden
Triangle Early College High
School through 12th grade,”
EMCC Vice President of
Administration Dr. Paul
Miller said.
Each class – freshman,
sophomore, junior and senior –
will eventually consist of 60
students each, for a total of
240 students.
Students in 9th and 10th
grades will have their own
classrooms. Early College High
School students in grades 11
and 12 will take college-level
classes alongside traditional
college students.
All those courses are dual
credit and will count toward
students’ high school diplomas
and college degrees. While the
students will take classes at
EMCC, the goal is to give them
their own identity. Assemblies
for all four grades will take
place in the Lyceum and
Golden Triangle Early College
High School classes for 9th
and 10th grades will be
concentrated in one area.
“When someone walks down
the hall in that area, we want
them to know this is the
Golden Triangle Early College
High School,” Miller said.
Summer 2016
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Student union nearing completion
New 76,000-square-foot facility will give the Golden Triangle campus room to grow
The opening during the fall of a
two-story, 76,000-square-foot student union
and multipurpose building under construction at
East Mississippi Community College’s Golden
Triangle campus will help alleviate growing
pains at the college and provide additional
classroom, office and meeting space.
The new student union, designed by
PryorMorrow, is expected to become a focal
point for students looking to grab a bite to eat,
visit with friends or prepare for their classes.
“We are incredibly excited about having
this new facility at our Golden Triangle
campus,” EMCC President Dr. Thomas
Huebner said. “While all our spaces —
classrooms, labs, and even faculty and staff
offices — are dedicated to student success,
we are particularly excited about opening the
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The Lions’ Pride doors of a beautiful new building that will add
spaces for students to meet, work, eat, lead,
reflect and focus. This new building is designed
with an understanding of how important it is for
students to have a comfortable, state-of-the-art
facility in which to learn.”
The roughly $16 million building will house
a full-service cafeteria with a large open dining
plan and a much larger bookstore than the one
in use now, with lounge areas and more retail
space for online e-books, laptop computers and
tablets. Plans also call for 12 multi-purpose
classrooms, a large lecture hall and a computer
lab with about 100 work stations.
The need is great. When the Aaron
Langston Student Center in the Douglas
Building opened, enrollment at Golden Triangle
was about 350 students. The number of students
has grown tenfold since then.
Interior photos taken May 2016
Spring 2016
EMCC Vice President for Instruction
Dr. Thomas Ware said plans are eventually to
move many of the math courses into the new
student union, which will free up space in the
math and science building.
“This will allow us to expand our science
course offerings,” Ware said.
Huebner said the new facility will enhance
the college’s ability to meet both current and
future needs.
“The additional classrooms, computer labs,
and learning spaces will be an asset for us as we
work to provide educational opportunities for
those in this part of east Mississippi,” Huebner
said. “I believe this new facility will be an
excellent addition to the outstanding instruction
taking place at EMCC and will open doors as
we accommodate current enrollment needs and
plan for future growth.”
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‘Communiversity’ to support workforce training expansion
EMCC will build a large-scale workforce
training center on 25 acres of land adjoining
Golden Triangle Regional Global Industrial
Aerospace Park. It will house the college’s
industry-related associate’s degree programs
and workforce training classes.
The Lowndes County Board of
Supervisors donated the land for the
“Communiveristy,” as it is being called, in the
Golden Triangle area. Funding for the $38
million facility comes from a partnership
among Lowndes, Clay and Oktibbeha
counties, the Mississippi Legislature and the
Appalachian Regional Commission.
The nearly 140,000-square-foot facility will
accommodate Manufacturing Technology &
Engineering Division credit and non-credit
courses related to training workers for careers
in advanced manufacturing. It is intended to
enhance a growing manufacturing sector in
East Mississippi by supporting workforce
Conceptual drawing by
PryorMorrow depicting the
EMCC “Communiversity”
development for industries like Yokohama
Tire, PACCAR, and Airbus Helicopter that
already call the Golden Triangle home, while
also attracting more economic development
interest and jobs to the region. EMCC’s
Communiversity is on track for a spring 2018
opening and the bid process is expected to
begin soon.
Residence halls a top priority for Scooba campus
Demand for housing at East Mississippi
Community College’s Scooba campus has
exceeded capacity for a number of years. While
EMCC has a district-wide student population of
almost 4,000 students, the Scooba campus can
only accommodate 584 residential students.
Last year, residence halls in Scooba were
booked by April for the fall semester.
“From April to August we had more than
100 people at one time on a waiting list,”
EMCC Dean of Student Affairs Tony
Montgomery said.
In addition, there is a need for permanent
housing to replace Hurricane Katrina-style
cottages currently in use. When an EF-2
tornado struck the west side of the Scooba
campus Feb. 2, a number of cottages in the
“athletes’ village” where baseball, rodeo and
basketball players live, suffered damage.
“I think the tornado absolutely served as a
reminder that we need a long-term plan for
growth in the number of residence halls and the
number of student beds,” EMCC President
Dr. Thomas Huebner said.
“The cottage concept is certainly very
popular with our students and seems to be a
wonderful recruiting tool. But we know those
facilities are not permanent solutions.”
Montgomery agreed.
EMCC President
Dr. Thomas Huebner,
left, and Vice
President of Student
Life Mickey Stokes
discuss a conceptual
drawing of a residence
hall from one of
several plans under
consideration to add
more housing for
students who want to
live on the Scooba
campus.
“These cottages are not going to last
forever but a residence hall will last a very long
time,” Montgomery said. “If we get 10 years
out of a cottage, we are doing good.”
A 180-bed facility was being discussed
when Huebner arrived in July 2015. Huebner
would like to expand on those plans with a new
initiative to add 200 beds instead.
“If we are able to get 200 beds, that will
take care of the 140 which need to be replaced
and give us 60 additional beds, which will help
us address long-term needs,” Huebner said.
Interior photos taken May 2016
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Bradberry relishes return
Former all-star quarterback, head football coach seling into second tenure as AD
One semester into his “new”
position as East Mississippi
Community College’s Director of
Athletics, Randall Bradberry
insists there’s no place he’d rather
be.
One of the more respected and
recognizable figures in the
Mississippi junior-college ranks,
Bradberry was named as the
school’s new athletic director in
January by EMCC President Dr.
Thomas Huebner.
It’s the third stop in Scooba for
Bradberry, a former all-star
quarterback for legendary coach
Bob “Bull” Sullivan who returned
to EMCC and served in a variety
of roles ranging from head football
coach/athletic director to dean of
students to interim president from
1976-87.
“I wouldn’t be interested in
doing what I’m doing anywhere
else,” Bradberry said from his new
office inside the Davis admin
building. “It’s a chance to come
back and work in a place and with
people I care deeply about.
“This school has been a part of
my life since I walked on campus
as a student in the fall of 1967,” he
said. “I have so many fond
memories of being a student here,
living and working here, my
children being born here, and
having known the people that
make up this great community."
A native of Sturgis, Bradberry
was an All-North Division
selection at quarterback and helped
the Lions to a state-runnerup finish
and a composite record of 15-5
while playing for Sullivan. He
returned to East Mississippi for a
successful 12-year stint as the
Lions' head football coach.
During his second stop here,
Bradberry also served as EMCC's
director of athletics while adding
responsibilities as the college's
dean of students and briefly
serving as the school's interim
president before departing in 1988
for Copiah-Lincoln Community
College.
"Dr. Bradberry is uniquely
qualified to provide excellent
leadership to one of the best
community college athletic programs in the country," Huebner
said in announcing Bradberry’s
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Dr. Randall Bradberry, left, greets EMCC head football coach Buddy Stephens during the 2015 MACJC Sports Hall of
Fame induction ceremony. Bradberry, a 2014 Hall inductee, is settling into his new role as EMCC’s Director of Athletics.
hiring in January. "He has the
experience, the character, and the
love for EMCC that will allow us
to take our athletic program to the
next level.”
Bradberry's post-EMCC career
included eight years at Co-Lin,
where he held football coaching
duties in addition to having served
as the college's director of
institutional research while
completing his doctorate degree in
educational leadership with an
emphasis in community colleges
from Mississippi State University.
Bradberry later branched out to
spend 11 years working for the
Mississippi State Board for
Community and Junior Colleges.
After serving as the commissioner
of athletics for the Mississippi
Association of Community and
Junior Colleges (MACJC) as well
as executive secretary of the
president's association during his
stint in Jackson, Bradberry then
became the associate executive
director for community college
academic programs before retiring
in 2008.
Bradberry has been reunited on
the Scooba campus with one of his
former Lion players, as current
EMCC senior administrator
Mickey Stokes serves as the
college's vice president for student
life on both the Scooba and
Golden Triangle campuses.
Stokes, who is in his third
decade of service to EMCC,
played tight end for Bradberry's
Lion teams during the 1978 and
1979 football seasons.
Since assuming EMCC's duties
as director of athletics in 2007,
Stokes has been instrumental in
the ascension of the school's
athletic program on the state,
regional and national levels,
including three NJCAA national
championships and four MACJC
state titles in football.
"One of the things that made
this position interesting to me was
the chance to work with Mickey,”
Bradberry said. "I had the
opportunity to recruit and coach
Mickey in the late 70s here at East
Mississippi, and I have been very
proud of the job he has done here.
I will be depending a great deal on
his expertise as I move forward in
this job. Another key factor in my
decision was Dr. Huebner's
enthusiasm and passion toward the
college."
A member of EMCC's
inaugural Sports Hall of Fame
induction class in 2001 and a 2014
inductee into the Mississippi
Community and Junior College
Sports Hall of Fame, Bradberry
has maintained a distinguished
career of nearly 40 years as an
administrator, educator and athletic
coach at the state, collegiate and
high school levels, all within the
state of Mississippi.
Most recently, Bradberry had
been serving as an adjunct
instructor for Holmes Community
College's Ridgeland campus and
for Mississippi State.
Married 14 years to the former
Debbie Riddle of Jackson,
Bradberry is the father of one son,
Bo, twin daughters, Libby and
Laurie, stepson, Brad, and
stepdaughter, Laurie. He also has
seven grandchildren.
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Lions ready to move forward
By Paul Jones
College’s nationally recognized
football program proved once
again during the 2015 season that
the Lions continue to be one of the
most dominant teams in the
NJCAA ranks. However, the
Lions were not able to defend their
back-to-back national titles from
the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
Due to an unfortunate on-thefield altercation between the Lions
and Mississippi Delta during last
year’s regular-season finale,
players from both teams were
given two-game suspensions. That
prohibited East Mississippi from
participating in postseason
competition despite posting an 8-1
record on the field, including a
seventh MACJC North Division
regular-season title in eight
seasons under the guidance of
head coach Buddy Stephens.
Stephens, who owns the
highest winning percentage among
active NJCAA football coaches
with an eight-year coaching mark
of 76-11 (.874) along with three
national championships and four
state titles, has acknowledged that
his EMCC football program has
moved on and all eyes are focused
on another championship run in
2016.
“Sometimes lessons taught are
lessons learned at a price,”
Stephens admitted. “Everything
that happened last year is on my
shoulders and I take full
responsibility. Now we move on
and we make sure it will not define
us. That is the most important
thing and it will help us be better
in the future.”
That future begins with a clean
slate and a nine-game, regularseason schedule that will kick off
with road games at Jones County
(Sept. 1) and Mississippi Gulf
Coast (Sept. 8). EMCC’s fourgame home slate will be
highlighted by an Oct. 15
Homecoming meeting with
reigning NJCAA Champion
Northwest Mississippi at Sullivan-
Above: D.J. Henderson clogs up a
running hole for the Lions last
season. EMCC, under the direction
of newly-appointed defensive
coordinator Ed Holly, will return six
defensive starters from the 2015
squad and is also expected to get a
boost from University of Louisville
transfer Tim Bonner. At left: Isaiah
Wright leaps high over a defender
during a 2015 contest. Wright and
Jacquez Horsley, who combined to
rush for nearly 1,000 yards and 13
touchdowns last season, are both
back to help EMCC’s offense this fall.
Windham Field.
EMCC’s 2016 football roster
will again feature a balanced blend
of returning veterans and talented
newcomers. A total of 24 players,
including a dozen starters, are back
from a 2015 Lion squad that
ranked third nationally in both
scoring offense (50.7 ppg) and
scoring defense (14.8 ppg).
“We feel like we will be a
pretty good offensive team again
this year,” Stephens said. “It is
more of a rebuilding thing on
defense but we have a lot of
talented players. Overall, we have
enough experience back to help
the younger guys get up to speed
and that always helps.”
On the offensive side of the
ball under the guidance of veteran
offensive coordinator Marcus
Wood, the Lions return running
backs Isaiah Wright and Jacquez
Horsley, who combined to rush for
nearly 1,000 yards and 13
touchdowns last year. Wide
receivers Mario Lanier and Brooks
Shannon are back, as are a trio of
starting offensive linemen.
Following in a long line of
notable quarterbacks to suit up for
the Lions during recent years,
Florida State transfer De’Andre
Johnson will take the reins of
EMCC’s up-tempo, pass-oriented
offense after hailing as Florida’s
2014 Class 8A Mr. Football and
Player of the Year. Wide receiver
Raphael Leonard, a local product
from Starkville, should also figure
prominently in the team’s
offensive game plan after
transferring from Florida Atlantic.
Under the direction of newlyappointed defensive coordinator
Ed Holly, the Lions also welcome
back six defensive starters,
including a solid linebacker corps
and three-fourths of their starting
defensive secondary. EMCC’s
stopper unit should also receive a
boost from the arrival of a few
four-year transfers from prominent
FBS programs.
“Our expectations and goals
haven’t changed since the day we
arrived on campus,” Stephens
noted. “We want to be 1-0 at the
end of each week and be able to
compete for championships.”
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Begley’s bunch a quick success
By Paul Jones
College men’s basketball coach
Billy Begley certainly passed the
rookie test with flying colors this
past season.
Though not new to the
coaching world, the Lions’ firstyear head hoops coach did find
himself in a unique position when
the 2015-16 season tipped off.
After serving previous assistant
coaching stints at both EMCC and
most recently at Troy University,
Begley returned to the Scooba
campus a year ago and didn’t miss
a beat in guiding the Lions to yet
another 20-win season and a return
trip to Hutchinson, Kan., for the
NJCAA Tournament.
“Anything you do for the first
time, there are some things you
know and some you don’t know
until you actually go through it,”
said Begley, who took over
EMCC’s coaching reins from
former boss Mark White. “You do
more of everything as a head
coach, but it didn’t change me as a
person. My personality and values
stayed the same. I just had to
move over one seat on the bench.”
While successfully blending a
veteran corps of returning
sophomore starters with an impact
transfer and talented incoming
freshmen, Begley seamlessly made
the transition for both himself as
well as East Mississippi’s
basketball program. Last year’s
20-9 EMCC squad advanced to the
championship game of the NJCAA
Region 23 Tournament en route to
making the program’s fifth
national tournament appearance in
the last seven years.
“It was one of the most fun
years I’ve ever had,” Begley
noted. “I had a blast and it helps a
lot when you win. Getting to
Kansas was a huge
accomplishment for this team.”
In order for the Lions to be in
postseason contention again this
coming year, they will have to do
so without their top four scorers
from this past season. Combining
for 53 points per game between
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Above: Anterio McKines is one of two key contributors for head coach Billy
Begley who will return to the team for the 2016-17 season. At right: Juan
Davis, Jr., slams home two points for the Lions during the 2015-16 campaign.
Davis has now moved on to Troy University.
them a year ago, Daniel Simmons
(Southeast Missouri State), Nat
Dixon (Chattanooga) and Juan
Davis Jr. (Troy) have all moved on
to the four-year level and Jahyde
Gardiner is taking visits after
originally committing to
Tennessee-Martin.
EMCC’s cupboard won’t be
totally bare, however, with the
return of guards David McFarland
and Anterio McKines, who both
figure to contend for starting
positions after excelling as role
players last season as college
rookies.
“David is a kid with a ton of
potential and an unbelievable work
ethic,” Begley said. “Anterio is
one of the toughest young players I
have ever coached in terms of
competing and mental toughness.”
Going hand-in-hand with his
first season as a collegiate head
coach, Begley also joined forces
with assistant coaches Pete Story
and Drew Bernd to bring in their
first collective recruiting class
since taking over EMCC’s hoops
program. While the process is still
ongoing during the offseason, the
staff has already inked two-time
all-state guard Cam Horton from
Jacksonville, Ala., along with
seven in-state recruits headed by
Mississippi/Alabama All-Star
Game participant Carlos Thomas
from Horn Lake and Center Hill
High School’s all-time scoring
leader and top career playmaker
Job Vernor.
“We’ve signed really good kids
that value hard work and come
from good programs,” said Begley
of his first complete recruiting
class. We have some guys who
can step in and play right away
and make a big impact.
“The main thing we looked at
was getting guys who are tough
and play hard no matter the
situation. With every kid we’ve
signed, the biggest thing that
stands out is their motor and how
hard they play. Those are the
types of kids you want in your
program.”
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Lady Lions look to keep building
By Paul Jones
After racing out to a very fast
start a year ago, the primary goal
for the East Mississippi
Community College women’s
basketball team for the coming
season may very well be to finish
what they start.
EMCC head coach Sharon
Thompson saw her Lady Lions
win 12 of their first 14 games last
season, including an unbeaten
string through the first half of the
MACJC North Division schedule
that put them firmly atop the
standings. Though the second half
of the conference slate didn’t go
quite as planned, the EMCC
women still managed to record a
13-9 overall record and 7-5
division mark before battling to
the final buzzer during their fourpoint loss to the eventual state
champions in the opening round of
the MACJC State Basketball
Tournament.
“We started off amazing and
were 12-2 at one point and 6-0 in
the division,” said Thompson.“We
continued to work hard every day,
but we just didn’t do a good job of
stepping up to the challenge when
things got tough during the second
time around within the division.
“We are targeted now and we
will need to respond to those
challenges next year. We’ve talked
about all of that this offseason and
we addressed that issue. I believe
we will learn from that experience,
but we will also now have to
elevate our expectations.”
Those expectations for next
season clearly focus on the return
of preseason NJCAA All-America
candidate Quantesha Patterson,
who burst upon the MACJC scene
a year ago as one of the league’s
most dominant players. The East
Webster High School product
ranked ninth nationally in scoring
at 20.4 points per game last year as
a freshman in addition to leading
EMCC in rebounding (10.6 rpg)
and ranking second among the
NJCAA Division I ranks in fieldgoal percentage (65.8%).
“I felt like she was our best
At left: Quantesha Patterson will be back in an EMCC uniform next season after having a most prolific freshman
campaign in which she averaged a double-double with 20.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per contest. At right: Ki-Ki
Patterson, meanwhile, will have to be replaced after being a two-time, all-state selection at guard for the Lady Lions.
player last year, even as a
freshman,” said Thompson of her
breakout player. “I don’t recall
ever having a freshman put up the
numbers that she did. She
basically led us in all positive
categories.”
Though EMCC’s game plan
will no doubt continue to run
through Patterson, or ‘Big T’ as
her teammates call her, the Lady
Lions will also return frontcourt
players Coco Hobson, Gabrielle
Cole and Kimmie Jackson along
with guard Anissia May. Upon
becoming eligible mid-semester a
year ago after transferring from
Kennesaw State, Hobson became
the Lady Lions’ No. 3 scorer (8.9
ppg) and second-leading
rebounder (5.9 rpg) during the
second half of the season.
“We are expecting big things
from Coco,” Thompson noted.
“She has nice size and a good skill
set. We expect those two (Hobson
and Patterson) to really lead us this
coming season.”
Despite the return of five
players, the Lady Lions will need
to fill the void created by the
graduation of two-time all-state
guard Ki-Ki Patterson (who signed
with Jacksonville State) along with
the loss of departed starters Tianna
Germain and Camry Jones. That
trio combined for 30.5 points per
game and 63 total starts last
season. While Thompson
continues her offseason recruiting,
she will proudly welcome the
addition of Georgia prep standout
Tyeisha Juhan from Mt. Zion High
School in Jonesboro.
The incoming guard was
tabbed The Atlanta JournalConstitution’s Southside Player of
the Year and Class AAAA AllState First Team after averaging
25.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4.2
steals per game as a senior.
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Adversity tough on displaced Lions
By Paul Jones
What a difference a year
makes. That motto could certainly
apply to East Mississippi
Community College’s baseball
team this past season.
Unfortunately for veteran head
coach Chris Rose and his 2016
Lions, the preferred sequence of
events was flip-flopped. After
averaging 30 wins over the
previous two years and advancing
to regional tournament play for the
first time since 2004 as regularseason MACJC state runners-up a
year ago, this year’s youthful
EMCC squad experienced a season
of inconsistent play that resulted in
a reversal of win-loss records.
From 29-18 overall and 20-8 in
MACJC play a season ago, the
2016 Lions finished 16-28 overall
and 12-16 within the conference to
miss the playoffs for the first time
since 2013.
With confidence peaking
coming off a successful season
followed by a solid fall campaign,
the Lions’ preseason optimism
took a hit on Feb. 2 when an EF-2
tornado touched down on the
Scooba campus. High winds
caused extensive damage to the
outfield fence at EMCC’s Gerald
Poole Field and temporarily
displaced the Lions from their oncampus cottage homes. The
aftermath meant that the Lions had
to play their first 28 games away
from campus until the outfield
fence was repaired.
“It was tough because we were
coming off a region appearance
last year and we had a good fall,
too,” Rose recalled.
“The tornado hitting our field
was an initial obstacle to
overcome, plus we had a couple of
late key injuries that really hurt us.
We were still talented enough to
get to the postseason, but we just
didn’t come together as a team. We
also played a lot of freshmen this
year, and some of those freshmen
had to step up and fill roles that
they normally wouldn’t have had
to fill.”
Despite all of the obstacles and
with their team comprised of two-
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Above: Taylor Stafford, a two-year
starter for the Lions, tries to get back
to the base safely during a 2016
contest. At left: Outfielder Marcus
Ragan had a standout freshman
campaign, hitting .336 for the Lions.
thirds freshmen, the Lions still
found themselves fighting for a
playoff spot until the final
weekend of the regular season.
After a home sweep of Mississippi
Gulf Coast kept them in playoff
contention, three days later the
Lions showed some character by
battling back from a tough 15-14
extra-inning home loss to
Southwest Mississippi that
officially eliminated them from the
playoff picture to pull out a 6-5
comeback victory in their final
action of the year.
“The good thing was these
guys never quit fighting. We saw
that all the way up to our last
game,” Rose noted. “They will
learn from this year and come back
hungry.”
That hunger will be fueled by a
talented group of returning players
led by the team’s top two hitters
from this past season in catcher
Mike Farnell (.340) and outfielder
Marcus Ragan (.336). The
versatile tandem of Whitt Davis
and Alex Knight will also be back.
The Lions should also benefit from
the return of medical redshirt
Corley Reynolds to boost the
team’s infield. In addition, lefthanded pitcher Jacques Pucheu
should figure prominently in the
team’s starting rotation next year.
As the Lions begin to think about
next season, EMCC’s coaches
must plan to replace two-year
starters Taylor Stafford, Emil Ellis
and Jo McNabb along with
sophomore hurlers Layton Dill and
JC Redden, who each signed with
West Alabama.
“Our freshmen didn’t get to
experience the postseason like our
sophomores did,” Rose noted. “I
told them to be on a mission
during summer leagues and
workouts, so we can get this
program back to where it needs to
be. And that’s competing for
championships and making
another regional postseason
appearance.”
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Lady Lions prove to be tough out
By Paul Jones
It’s never easy to have a season
come to an end, especially when
your team scratches and claws to
the final out. That’s how East
Mississippi Community College’s
2016 softball season came to a
close.
With their collective backs to
the wall in need of a home sweep
on Sophomore Day to advance to
postseason play, that’s exactly
what head coach Kyndall White’s
team accomplished with a pair of
4-3 wins over Northwest
Mississippi. Furthermore in the
MACJC’s best-of-three playoff
series, the Lions bounced back
from a run-rule setback at thirdranked Mississippi Gulf Coast to
battle the eventual MACJC state
runners-up to a competitive 4-1
decision before being eliminated.
“All year long we had our ups
and downs, but we always came
back and fought to the end,” White
noted proudly. “Having that
never-quit attitude was key for us.
I love how we bounced back, and
it is what I loved about this
group.”
With the distinction of having
an equally balanced roster of
freshmen to sophomores, this
year’s improved EMCC squad
finished a respectable 14-14 within
the MACJC, which featured four
teams ranked among the nation’s
Top 20. Including this year’s
playoff appearance, the Lions have
now participated in postseason
softball action seven times in the
last eight years. Maintaining that
roster balance will be another
component to the Lions’ search for
another postseason journey next
season.
“We have a good class coming
back and our roster will be solid
again next season,” White said. “I
like to play my freshmen, so that
we are able to flip over our roster
the following year and still
maintain our experience level.
“Having sophomore
experience was huge for us,”
added White, who was a former
All-SEC infielder during her
Above: Head coach Kyndall White talks to her players before a spring contest. Among the two-year starters White and
the Lady Lions will have to replace for the 2017 season is third baseman Marissa Landrum (below).
playing days at Auburn.
Offensively, we hit the ball so
much better and that helped to take
pressure off of our pitching staff.
Defensively, we were more solid
this year at key positions, and we
also had more speed in the
outfield.”
As the Lions look ahead to
next season, White and her
assistant coach Alison Owen, also
a former SEC standout and current
pro pitcher, will have to replace
two-year starters Marissa Landrum
at third base and Amandalyn
Abney behind the plate. The
offensive production of designated
player Emily Patrick along with
three pitchers (Valiree Blair, Zoie
LaVergne and Chandler Ellis) who
combined for 14 of the team’s 19
wins this past season will also
need to be replaced.
Eight position players will
return next season, including
Mallory Vance and Sydney
Olander at the top of EMCC’s
lineup as well as shortstop Averi
Pender and first baseman Danielle
Darmohray. Jordan Self will be
back in the circle for the Lions
along with left-handers Ciara
Steward and Madison Jacques.
With as many as six graduated
players expected to participate at
the four-year level next season,
including LaVergne (Shorter
University), Blair (Belhaven) and
Ellis (Mississippi Valley State), the
Lions have filled roster spots with
a talented incoming freshman
class. Among those newcomers
expected to compete for starting
positions immediately will be
Carly Thompson (Germantown
HS), Magnolia Keller (D’Iberville
HS) and Ashley Vickers (Bayou
Academy).
“We have a lot of girls that
have played in a championship
culture and that is what we are
trying to create here at East
Mississippi,” White stressed. “The
girls we have want to win, and
they are working hard to create
that culture. That is very exciting.”
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Program nets all-around titles
By Paul Jones
With each passing season, East
rodeo program has reached new
heights. That upward trend
continued this past season and did
so in a major way.
While competing nationally
against more than 135 colleges and
universities, East Mississippi
produced both the men’s and
women’s All-Around regional
champions this past season.
Nationally second-ranked
cowboy Marcus Theriot of
Poplarville, along with Lawrence
native Katelyn Nicholson from the
EMCC women’s team, claimed
respective All-Around individual
titles within the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo
Association’s Ozark Region,
which mostly features four-year
universities including nationally
third-ranked UT Martin and No. 8
Missouri Valley College.
“The biggest accomplishment
this season was walking away with
the men’s and women’s AllAround titles with the level of
competition we are going against,”
said EMCC head rodeo coach
Morgan Goodrich. “We are
competing against senior colleges,
so for EMCC student-athletes to
step up and take the regional titles
was exciting.”
With those regional titles, both
Theriot and Nicholson advanced to
the prestigious College National
Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., set
to take place in mid-June. They
will be joined in Wyoming by
saddle bronc rider Kody Rinehart,
from Kossuth High School, to give
EMCC three CNFR individual
participants for the second straight
year.
EMCC has now had at least
one cowboy or cowgirl compete in
the College National Finals Rodeo
every year since the school’s rodeo
program started in the fall of 2010.
In addition, the Lions have
achieved school-best national team
finishes each of the past two years
with last year’s No. 25 final
ranking bettering the previous
24
Above: Katelyn Nicholson competes in barrel racing during competition at UWA. Nicholson, of Lawrence, captured the
All-Around individual regional title during the 2015-16 season. Below: Marcus Theriot of Poplarville competes for the
Lions in calf-roping competition. Like Nicholson, Theriot captured the All-Around individual regional championship.
mark of 28th set the year prior.
Along with their All-Around
regional championships this past
year, Theriot and Nicholson also
combined for three other
individual event regional titles
between them. Theriot, a former
National High School Finals AllAround Cowboy, collected Ozark
Region honors in calf roping and
team roping (header), while
Nicholson earned the regional title
in barrel racing.
“With our strong recruiting
class last year, everything came
together and worked in our favor,”
Goodrich said.
Going hand in hand with the
team’s impressive individual
accomplishments, the East
Mississippi rodeo program also
attained notable team success
during the 2015-16 campaign. The
Lions’ third-place team finish
within the Ozark Region standings,
behind perennial powers UT
Martin and Missouri Valley,
marked a school-best showing.
The men’s and women’s teams
also claimed event titles at
Southern Arkansas and ArkansasMonticello, respectively, to give
EMCC seven combined team titles
in six years of rodeo competition.
That type of continued success
year after year certainly helps in
recruiting while paving the way for
a brighter future for East
Mississippi rodeo. Goodrich, who
attended EMCC before competing
collegiately at West Alabama,
certainly benefits on the recruiting
trail by having highly regarded
professional cowboys Wes
Goodrich and Herbert Theriot as
her assistant coaches.
“The kids we sign come in
here knowing that we work hard.
They want to be part of a program
like that,” Goodrich emphasized.
“When families send their kids
here to East Mississippi, they
know what is expected out of
them. The kids set goals for
themselves and they know we
expect the same.
“It wasn’t that long ago when
we had to get our name out there.
But, now people around the closeknit rodeo community know us
and we’re able to pick and choose
more. Everyone knows we are
competitive and now we expect to
win.”
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Freshmen have chance to build
By Paul Jones
This past season in his second
year as head coach of East
golf team, Benji Williams no
longer felt like a rookie in the
talent-laden MACJC golf ranks.
With a full season under his belt,
he was better prepared to meet the
challenge of competing state-wide
with a freshman-dominated squad.
“The second year was easier
because we had more of a routine
for the guys,” said Williams, who
also serves as the head golf
professional at EMCC’s Lion
Hills. “We developed a solid
routine and it worked well for the
guys.”
The Lions entered the fall
portion of the MACJC’s split golf
season with seven freshmen and
lone sophomore Daniel Schroeder
of Baton Rouge, La. However,
when the new calendar year rolled
around, EMCC ended up
competing within the state’s
challenging spring slate with
Schroeder, four true freshmen,
and transfer freshman Alex Benge
from Ranger College in Texas.
“You do have some growing
pains playing mostly with
freshmen,” Williams admitted.
“This conference produces a lot of
good golf. Our young guys started
to get accustomed to that and it got
them motivated.”
Led by Schroeder, Williams’
youthful EMCC squad did make
steady progress throughout the fall
and spring schedules that will no
doubt benefit the entire program
during the upcoming season.
Along with out-of-staters
Schroeder and Benge, the Lions
received valuable contributions
from in-state products Michael
McGill (D’Iberville), Trae Reeves
(Vancleave), Kent Vaughn
(Ackerman) and Cason Collins
(Baldwyn).
“We may not have always
played our best, but it was
definitely a growing experience,”
Williams added. “We really have
something to build upon because
of how well we played toward the
Above: Second-year EMCC head
golf coach Benji Williams talks to his
squad during the 2015-16 campaign.
At right: Daniel Schroeder competes
in the NJCAA Region 23 tourney.
end of the year.”
As the EMCC freshmen were
gaining needed experience on the
links, Schroeder developed into
one of the conference’s top golfers
down the stretch.
After earning MACJC State
Championship All-Tournament
Team honors with a fourth-place
individual finish, he followed with
a seventh-place showing at the
NJCAA Region 23 Championship.
Schroeder has signed to continue
his golf career and college
education at the University of
Arkansas-Fort Smith.
“He had a great year,” said
Williams of Schroeder. “Daniel
really started to come on strong
towards the end of his freshman
year. “Once he learned the golf
courses in our state, he really
played well and played confident.”
Williams is convinced his
returning sophomores will display
the same amount of confidence
this coming season that will enable
the Lions to compete among the
likes of perennial Magnolia State
golf powerhouses Gulf Coast,
Meridian and Copiah-Lincoln.
“They can all play good golf,”
Williams noted of his returning
players. “It is about staying
consistent like Daniel did this past
year. Our biggest key is to make
sure our sophomores stay
consistent.
“With golf, you are not going
to get anything out of it that you
don’t put into it. The guys realize
they have to put in the work as
individuals for it to show up for
the team.”
Along with the return of
Benge, McGill, Reeves and
Vaughn, Williams has been very
active on the recruiting trail in an
effort to strengthen the Lions’
roster for the upcoming campaign,
which is scheduled to include the
return of a regular-season MACJC
event to EMCC’s Lion Hills in
Columbus.
Expected to come on board for
EMCC’s 2016-17 golf season are
Conner Stevens, of Cullman, Ala.,
along with the arrival of incoming
left-handers Patric Langley of
Wayne Academy and local product
Eli Hemphill of Caledonia.
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Foundation Club
$25,000 and up
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adams, Jr.
Mr. John Apple
AT&T
Oneta Pearce Baker
Mrs. Dottie Smith Boring
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Briggs
By the Beach Productions
Cadence Bank
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cloar, Jr.
C Spire Wireless
Dr. and Mrs. Tommy Davis
Elizabeth M. Irby Foundation
Ikie E. Ethridge
Mrs. Tina Faulkner
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Frascogna
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Garner
Golden Triangle Development Link
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gray
Henderson Steel
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hopper
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Hopper
Mr. Dewayne Hull
Pansy Light
Meridian Coca-Cola
MS Power Education Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Buster Orr
Pryor & Morrow Architects & Engineers
Renasant Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rigdon
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith
Sodexo, Inc.
The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia
Dr. and Mrs. Rick Young
President's Club
$10,000-$24,999
Dr. and Mrs. Louis T. Anderson
BankFirst Financial Services
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Clark
Dr. and Mrs. John Clay
Columbus Orthopaedic Clinic
Dunlap & Kyle Company
Partners for Kemper County
Mr. Dennis D. Cowart and
Mrs. Leola K. Cowart
East MS Electric Power Assn.
Electric Mills Wood Preserving
Encore Rehabilitation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Fisher
J. W. Furr
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Galloway
Mrs. Peggy Harbour
Max H. Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Jones
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Latham
Wade Lunday and Associates
Mitchell Automotive Center
Elizabeth B. Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Russell
Kline Shepherd
Eddie Al and Cheryl Sparkman
Sports Specialty
Charles and Marjorie Studdard
Robert H. Temkovits
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EMCC hosted Choir Exchange Day April 22 at the Scooba campus. Both the
Scooba and Golden Triangle choirs performed. Choirs from Armstrong Middle
School in Starkville, Central Academy in Macon, Enterprise High School,
Kemper County High School, Russell Christian Academy in Meridian and
West Point High School also participated.
The McCaskill Family
The Create Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Vaughan
Chip Wells
Super Lion King
$5,000-$9,999
Tom Adkins
Anderson Regional Medical Center
Jose and Rosa Arellano
Ken and Sheila Aust
Johnny H. Baker
BanCorp South
Betty Morgan Benton
Al and Brownie Briggs Bounds
Carolyn D Bourrage
Bessie Ann Cherry Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Brown
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bryan
BSN
Patti Buckner
Corbett Legge & Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Dunbar
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Dyess
Mr. and Mrs. Don Edwards
EMCC Alumni Association
EMCC Forestry Club
EMCC Student Gov. Association
The Gildea Foundation
Founders Federal Credit Union
Hoot Gipson
Mr. and Mrs. Wink Glover
Mike Godfrey
Jimmy Gray
Bunk Harpole
Jimmie G. Hopper
Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter
Jon Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Jeffries
Mr. Tommy Johnson
Liberty Fuels Company, LLC
Linda Eldridge Marsh
Jay McCrary
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McDade
Mr. and Mrs. Dick McSpadden
John Meacham
Mr. and Mrs. Hu Meena
MS Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
Pilot Club of Columbus
Richard Price
Clyde Pritchard
Mr. and Mrs. Al Puckett
Corey Ravenhorst
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Rigdon
Hollis Roofing, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Rowell
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Salmon
Bruff and Melanie Sanders
Mr. Buddy Sauls
Tom Scarborough
Scooba United Methodist Church
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Secrest
North Atlantic Security
Chuck Simpson
Mr. Roy Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Skipper
John and Marjorie Briggs Solomon
Buddy and Robyn Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Stovall
Mr. Milton Sundbeck
WAR Construction, Inc.
Bobby Westmoreland
Lion King
$2,000-$4,999
4-County Electric Power Assn.
American Eurocopter
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Andrews
Clay Armstrong
Bill Baldner
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barge
Beasley General Agency, Inc.
Big Oak United Methodist Church
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwin Box
Brasfield and Gorrie, LLC
Greg and Janet Briggs
Browder & Sons Veneer Co.
Joe Bryan
Minnie Bryan
Burnt Oak Lodge
Donald E. Canada
Century Construction
Terry and Kate Cherry
Circle M Plantation
Citizens Bank
Albert Clark
Columbus Bank Assoc.
Commercial Bank of DeKalb
Commercial Bank of Meridian
Andrew and Christine Couch
David E. Crawley, III
D & E Construction
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Charles Eskridge
Jimmie Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Farr
Kevin Flaherty
Jack Forbus
Patrick and Debra Gard
Bill and L.L. Gates
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green
National Guard
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gully
Ms. Rufina Gully
Gun Dog Supply
Mr. and Mrs. Hiawatha Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Heard
Wayne Henson
Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Hildreth
Mr. and Mrs. Gert Hill
Rick Hodges
Pete Hodo
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Holbrook
Garry V. Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hunter
IBM International Foundation
Joe Jackson
Jimmy and Jo Ann Kibe
Mrs. Mary Lou Kitchens
Jim Koutroulis
Edward J. Lee
Van E. Lee
Danny and Carolyn Lipscomb
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lohman
Mrs. Martha Marion
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marshall
Richard and Dawn McCann
Mr. and Mrs. Carles F. McComb
Tony and Ruby McCullough
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. McPhail
Mildred Cade Mickler
Glenn Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morrow
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Murray
Jack Newell
Noxubee Baptist Association
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poole
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Frank Portera
Molpus Forest Products, Inc.
Mac & Betty Robinson
Langston Rogers
Michael Ross
Rufus and Leon Publishing, LLC
Lanelle Brown Russell
Scooba Presbyterian Church
David C. Shelton
Carolyn Smith
N. James Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Sparkman, III
Slay Steel, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Earl Stennis
Rea, Shaw, Giffin, and Stuart
Flint Tedder
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Treloar
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew "Bulldog"
Turner
Dr. and Mrs. Don Vaughan
Lance & Carol Walters
Billy D. Walton
Emily Warren
Mike Waters
Becky Watson
Weyerhaeuser
Mark White
Patten Whitten
Doug Wilkerson
Yvette Wilkerson
Dr. Walter L. Willis
Margaret S. Womble
Pride Leader
$1,000-$1,999
03 Animal Health Clinic
Tommy & Janith Abston
Joel Alexander
Arrow Disposal Services
Neshoba County Gin Assn.
Joyce Craig Aust
Mrs. Phyllis Aust
Liberty Baptist
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Barge
James Bearden
J. L. Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Briggs, Jr.
Mrs. Andra Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Allen D. Bruton
Martin and Joanne Buchanan
Stafford's Big Burger
Jerry & Gayle Butler
Century Club Charities, Inc.
John and Jeanette Chancellor
Briggs Chapel Memorial Church
DeKalb Assembly of God Church
Shuqualak Baptist Church
Mr. and Mrs. Conner Clark
Blanche Clay
Falcon Contracting Co., Inc.
Peoples Bank & Trust Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Derek Cody
Charles "Bulldog" Coggins
Dr. David Cole
Bobby Collins
Community Bank
Deerbrook Company
T. E. Lott & Company
Panola Construction
Coy Methodist Church
CPI, Inc.
Billy Joe Cross
Dr. Ed Davis
Daddy's Hands Daycare, Inc.
Patricia W. Dehmlow
DeKalb Baptist Church
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Noxubee Farm Supply
George Taylor
Lucent Technologies
Charles A. Temkovits
The Commercial Insurance Agency
Coach Sharon Thompson
Moody Land & Timber, Inc.
Union United Methodist Church
Digital Sports Video
W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Waddell
Steve and Lynn Waddle
Wal-Mart
West Brothers Construction, Inc.
Ronnie West
Delta Western
Barbara (Bobbie) S. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Young
Lion
$200-$999
Columbus resident Shamik Jackson, left, talks with North Atlantic Security
Maj. Jeanette Rich and Human Resources Director Cassondra Boyd during
the East Mississippi Job Fair April 28 at EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus.
About 500 job-seekers attended this year’s job fair.
Dr. and Mrs. Conrad DiMichele
Mike Edwards
Lance and Phyfa Eiland
Mr. Leon Ellis
Springer Engineering, Inc.
Highlands Entertainment
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Erby
John Featherston
Carol P. Floore
Marilyn Young Ford
Exxonmobile Foundation
Jerry & Cris Hayes Foundation
Sam's Club Foundation
Sara Lee Foundation
Doug Fowler
Hoot Garriga
Gator Athletics, Inc.
Jerry Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Gibson
Jack Gordman
Marie V. Gordon
Green-Save, Inc.
Aaron Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Griffin
Bryce Griffis
Pillar Sales Group
The Carrbridge Berkshire Group
Bubba Hampton
Karl Hansen
James (Cubby) E. Harris
Phil Harris
Bobbye May Henderson
Darwin Holliman
David Hopper
West Alabama Animal Hospital
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Huebner
Charles and Linda Jackson
Rudy Johnson
Colbert and Debbie Jones
Dr. Anne Marie Lamb
Matt Lautar
Starkville Civic League
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Limerick
Greater Columbus Lions
Collinsville Chevron LLC
Fabricators Supply, LLC
Chuck Luke
Don R. Massey
Thomas Mayberry
Dr. Andrea Mayfield
J. Roy McComb
Ben McDade
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson McDaniel
Price McGiffert
Mercier Electrical and Mechanical Inc.
Dr. Paul Miller
Cora T. Mitchell
Charlie and Pam Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morgan
Tim and Susan Morgan
Doug Moulds
Dr. David F. Mullins
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Newton
Northeast Metal Processors, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Overstreet
Jason Pepper
Peggy Persons
Billy W. Phillips
Pilgrim Foodliner
Henry Pilkinton
Richard Powell
Will Raiford
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Rhea
Robbie Robinson
Willie Robinson
Graham Roofing, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rose
Frances Rush
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Sanders
Subway of Scooba
Electric Motor Sales & Service
Structural Steel Services
Dr. and Mrs. Kimble Shepherd
Galen Shumaker
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith
Lisa Spinks
Louie Spinks
Dr. Jackie Stennis
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Stokes
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Studdard
Dan Sullivan
Robert Cooper Sullivan
Kemper County Board of Supervisors
Local Express #2
Boyce Adams
Paul K. Adams
Frank Chiles Insurance Agency, Inc.
Coon Agency
Robert and Margie Agnew
Alabama Gooseneck Sales
Doug and Jane Aldridge
Mark Alexander
Diane Allday
Tim Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Allsup
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allsup
Alply, Inc.
Bank of America
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Amick
Amsouth Bank
Marion R. Anders
Marcus & Nelia Anderson
Jason Armstrong
George Arrington
Trey Askew
DeKalb Christ Assembly
Golden Triangle Golf Assoc.
Lowndes County Cattleman's Assoc.
Kemper County Baptist Association
Southeastern Pro Rodeo Association
Nolan J. Atkins
Adventure ATV
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Atwell
West Point Livestock Auction
Dan Augustine
June and Bubba Aust
Kemper County Economic Dev. Auth.
Automotive Machine Company, Inc.
George Nick Autrey
James L. Bailey, Jr.
Kevin L. Baird
Susan Baird
Bobbie Neal Baker
A Touch of Home Bakery
Guaranty Bank
Ann Barefield
Charles Barnett
Jackie C. Barrett
John A. Barron
Brenda Barton
Barry & Karen Beach
Romie Bearden
Glynn Beasley
Jerry L. Beavers
Harry Bell
Mr. and Mrs. George Belvin
Benefits Management Group, Inc.
Angela Bennett
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Tommy Bennett
Billy F. Benton
Charles Berry
Dawn Best
Jennifer Bible
Rick Bishop
Barry and Margaret Black
Stevan Black
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blair
Barry Boatner
Jerry W. Boatner
Bobby Nelson Farms
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Boggess
Danny Bohon
Boswell's Golf Car Sales
David Boteler
Beth Boyd Bounds
Zeal Boutique, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bowie
Mr. Sean Bowie
Kelby Bowman
Timothy and Laura Bowman
Larry Box
Andy and Sherry Boyd
David Boyd
Ruth Hutcherson Boyd
Sharon Boyd
Sherry Boyd
Stephen H. Boyd
Bob Boyte
Randall Bradberry
Mike and Suzanne Brady
Community Bank of Brandon
Hines & Linda Brannan
Verdia Brannan
Jeff and Lindsay Brannon
Guy Brickman
James T. Briggs
John Lyle and Lisa Briggs
Mary Ruth Briggs
Tom Briggs
Tommy and Polly Briggs
C.B. Bright
Brislin, Inc.
H.D. Brodnax
Williams Brothers, Inc.
Al Brown
David Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brown
Dr. James Brown
Mr. John Brown
Tanzie Brown
Robert Brownlee
Donna C. Bruce
David and D. D. Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes Bryan
Robert and Georgia Buchanan
Builders Sunday School Class
Bullard Excavating
H.D. Bullock
Kemper County Farm Bureau
Kimberly Burk
Sue Burkhalter
Diane Burnham
Jon Burt
Johnny Burton
Johnny and Beverly Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Busbee
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bush
Carey Nelson Butler
Jim H. Butler
Larry & Joann Butler
Bobby Cade
Mrs. C.M. Cade
Mrs. C.A. Cade
Gary A. Cagle
Jenny Caldwell
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Gov. Phil Bryant is surrounded by community college students from across the
state, including some from EMCC, as he speaks at a January press conference
in the Mississippi State Capitol during Capitol Day. The annual event provides
community college officials an opportunity to meet with state legislators.
Joseph A. Cammaleri
Chip Campbell
James Mason Cantrell
Mary Caraway
Carl Hogan Automotive Inc.
Brenda Carpenter
Gayla Carpenter
Roger Carr
Joshua Carroll
Janelle Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Carter
Justin Casano
Danny Cash
Billy Caskey
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Caskey
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Caskey
Cathy Castleberry
Tracey K. Caver
Barbara R. Cavey
Golden Triangle Dental Center
Univ. Miss. Medical Center
Frank Chailand
William R. Chambers
Will Chancellor
Eka Chemicals
Southern Chevrolet
Marion Chevron
Tina Chick
Chris Langley Timber
Calvary Baptist Church
Coy & Lynville Methodist Church
Dekalb Methodist Church
Green Chapel Baptist Church
Hebron Methodist Church
Scooba Baptist Church
City of Starkville Electric Department
Carl Douglas Clark
Jim Clark
Young Adult Methodist SS Class
Lauren Clay
Dianne Cleveland
Mrs. W.D. Clifton
Greater Meridian Health Clinic
DeKalb Lions Club
Morgan Construction Co.
Prince Oil Co. Inc.
Bottled Water Co.
Capital Bolt & Screw Co.
John O'Neal Johnson Motor Co.
Sanderson Construction Co.
Sunbelt Wholesale Supply Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Cockerham
Philip A. Coco
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Coleman
Cliff Collins
James Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Colloredo
Dodie Colvin
Kemper County Chamber of Commerce
EMCC Welfare Committee
Dialogic Communications
H & O Truck and Trailer Company
Newell Paper Company
Watt Equipment Company
Bill and Barbara Conner
Gulf South Piling & Construction
McAdams Consulting
Mrs. Jimmie Cook
Jimmy R. Cook
Henry Cooley
Clay County Co-Op
Herman Cooper
Will Cooper
Conway Copies, Inc.
Copy Cow, LLC
Fred Corley
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Corley
Chris Cornett
Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corp
Hall Management Corporation
Frank and Teresa Costanzo
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Coston
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cotton
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cotton
Mississippi Beef Council
Jerry Wayne Covington
Rachel M. Covington
Elonda Cox
Richard Crane
William Crozier
Culpepper Funeral Services
E.B. Culpepper
Mike Culpepper
George Henry Cummings
Cunningham QTR Horses
Glen Cunningham
Marvin D. Cunningham
David Curtis
George Curtis
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy P. Daniels
Jim and Pauline Darby
Bob Davis
Mr. John R. Davis
W. T. Davis, Jr.
Rebecca Davis
Vanessa A. Davis
Pres Dawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Daws
Railroad Center Daycare
Gary Dedeaux
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dennis
Porter & Singley Family Dentist
Sassy Designs
Larry Hugh Dial
Diamond Jim's and Mrs. Donna's
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Dickson
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dill
Boykin-Coleman Dirt
Craig Martin, DMD
Maloney Glass & Overhead Door
John Douglas
Norman Downey
Carol Driskill
Ben and Mary H. Dudley
Liz Dudley
Robert D. Dugan
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Dupre
Buster Duvall
Jerry V. and Kathleen I. Dyess
Edwards Storey Marshall Helveston &
Easterling
Thomas and Michelle Easterling
Ralph and Bonnie Edwards
Brian Ellis
Future Educators of America of
EMCC
B & G Equipment, Inc.
Contract Services and Equipment
Pump & Equipment
Lance Eskridge
Amy Esslinger
Jim Ethridge
Darrell and Stefani Evans
Jeremy and Connie Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Billy E. Ezelle
Barefield Poultry Farm
Debbie Farmer
Allen Farms
Cub Lake Farms
J & J Farms
Linda L. Farrar
Mrs. Marion Farrar
Thomas K. Farrar
Karen Farrow
Phil Ferguson
Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church
John Files
Casey Finch
Truman D. Finchum
The Hendren Law Firm
Tom Fisher
Betty Carol Thompson Flanagan
Southern Agcredit, FLCA
Bill Fleming
Dr. Clint Fletcher
Parker Florist
Mattson Flowers
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Floyd
Hubert B. Scrivener Fndn.
Dr. and Mrs. William Ford
Dennis Foster
Mark and Karla Foster
Lois Foust
Grace H. Franks
Steve Fredrickson
Sharon Frey
Charles Friend
Michael D. Fulton
Gregory J. Fuselier
Eugene M Futato
Edward Garrard
John Garrison
Mrs. Delane George
Susan George
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gibbs
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gibson
Hilton Gibson
Jerry Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gibson
Larry and Grace Gibson
Mike and Kim Gibson
Rebecca Gibson
Mrs. Tim Gibson
Robbye Gilbreath
Mary Nell Gill
John Gilliam
Doris W. Gipson
Hampton W. Glover, III
Coye Assembly of God
Joe Golden
Mrs. Sonia Goode
Walter Leslie Goode, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Goodwin
Paul Goolsby
Eddie Gore
Rev. and Mrs. James Granger
Lucas Grantham
The Grapevine
GrassMasters
Bill T. Gray
Gene Gray
Robin Gray
Jason D. Green
Janie R. Gregg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grondin
Insurance Advisory Group
Scooba Focus Group
Taylor Group
The Armistead Group
Daryl Guest, M.D.
Miller's Gymnastics
Yulanda Haddix
Eddie Haddock
J. Don Haggard
Betty Gayle Hailey
George L. Hailey
Wade Hailey
Janie F. Hailey-Tarlton
Judy Beazley Hairston
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Keith Hall
Barbara Hancock
Peter Hankinson
Sherry Harbour
Bobby & Thretha Harcrow
Phillip's Hardware
Michael Hardy
Viola W. Harper
Caroline Bryan Harrell
Ms. Betty Harris
Daniel Harrison
Mrs. Betty Harrison
Carolyn Hay
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hays
Thomas and Stacy Hays
Philip and Lynn Brooks Head
Donald Hefner
Mr. and Mrs. Shane Hegwood
Airbus Helicopters
Mr. and Mrs. James Henders
Retha Hand Henderson
Perry S. Hendrix
Roger Henry
Brian and Mary M. Henson
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About 60 juniors and seniors from Southeast Lauderdale attended the final
installation of “First Friday” at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba
on March 4. In total, more than 225 students visited the Scooba and Golden
Triangle campuses for First Friday, which gives high school students a
chance to speak with their peers already enrolled at EMCC.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Henson
Kelly Herrington
Brunini, Grantham, Grover, and
Hewes
Danny Hicks
Judy Stokes Higginbotham
Veranice R. Hill
Laura E. Hines
Whitney Hodges
Gains A. Holder
Brian Hollis
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holloman
Zak Holloway
Angela Holmes
DeCarlos Holmes
Aliceville Manor Nursing Home
Seven Oaks Funeral Home
Skelton Funeral Home
Kenneth Hood
Renee Hood
Bobby Hooks
Jerry Hooks
Gail Hopper
Janice Hopper
Mary and Dennis Hopper
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Horton
Rush Foundation Hospital
Till-Newell Animal Hospital
Waffle House
Cheryl Hubbard
George E. Hubbard
Richard and Sandra Hubbard
Betsy Hubbuch
Joe Hudnall
Shelia Hudnall
Bob Hudson
Jimmy Hudson
Henry B. Hudspeth
Jim Huerkamp
Joseph Huffman
Teresa Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hulin
Earline Hull
Les Hull
Teresa Hull
Nelda D. Humphries
Ed and Tonya Hunt
Chad Hunter
Zachary M. Hutchens
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hutcherson
Windham Tractor and Implement
Wood Carriers Inc.
Boyles Moak Insurance
Prince Investments
Snowden Forestry Investments
Southern Outdoor Investments
George Irby
Leland and Glynese Irby
Sandra Irby
J. Harris LLC
Dwight Jackson
Rodger D. James
Ethel B. Jarvis
Phillip Jenkins
John K Johnson
Kim Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Kenzie R. Johnston
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jolly
Ben Jones
Bentley Jones
Billy and Judy Jones
Bobby Joe Jones
Bryan Jones
Garry and Rhonda Jones
Jim Jones
Kandice Jones
Napoleon Jones
Wes and Renee Jones
Jeff Jowers
ETA Upsilon Chapter Phi Theta
Kappa
Tina Keenan
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Keene
Diane Keith
L. C. Kellogg, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Kelly
Cathy Kemp
Lamar Kemp
Kemper County Economic Development Authority
Bill Kennedy
Foster Kennedy
Kyle and Cindi Kennedy
William Kennedy
James and Janelle Key
A. J. Kilpatrick
Marilyn Klaus
Claude Pat K. Knight
Cletius Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knox
Sylvia Lackey
James Randal Lagergne
Jason Laird
Lake Caroline Golf Club
Lindsay and Emma Lampton
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Landrum
Steve Landwehr
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Lang
Bob Langford
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Langston
Roy Lanier
Jack Larmour
James Randall Lavergne
Kemper County Civic League
Jane Lee
Lindy Lee
Michael Lee
Mable Lester
Walter F. Lewis
EMCC Library
Wanda Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Lindsey
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Lindsey
Charles Ray Little
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Litwiller
Prairie Livestock
Livingston Stock Yard
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston
Daws Family LLC
E. G. Johnson Enterprises, LLC
Equine Mega Omega, LLC
Harrison, Jackson, and McGowen,
LLC
Lawrence Motors, LLC
Oil Mop LLC
RTR, LLC
Stockman's Supply, LLC
Sam Logan
Danny Martin Logging
Dr. Chester Lott
Danny Lott
Charles Love
Benpak, LTD
Corey Luke
Mr. and Mrs. David Lummus
Zelton Mabry
Magnolia Steel Co., Inc.
Greg Malatesta
Maloney Management
Progressive Group Management
Phillip Maples
Outcast Marine, Inc.
Anthony's Good Food Market
T & D Mini Market
Hubbard Maroney
James Martins
Richard Mathis
Todd Mathis
Belinda McKee Matlock
Gary Matlock
Ricky Mauldin
Genevieve Maxon-Stark
Ann Maxwell
Linda May
Jana Mayatt
Alma McAlister
Rocky McBride
Kate and Josh McCarty
Angela McCollum
Dwight McComb
Thelma Briggs McConnell
Wesley and Linda McCool
Lynn McCoy
Grindle McCray
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Mrs. Dodie McCrory
James McCulloch
Mitchell McDonald
April McDougle
Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGrevey
Donald McKee
Robert and Tonia McKee
Jim McKern
Bob and Janet McKie
Prentiss C McLaurin
Barbara P. McLauring
Marcille McLendon
Pete McMinn
Sue Meacham
Patterson Co. Medco
Ed Medley
April Menard
Mars of Meridian
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gary Miller
Joe Miller
Timothy G. Miller
Jacob Mills
DeMando Mingo
Prestage Farms Mississippi, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell
John and Shery Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Mitchener
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mitchener
Tony Montgomery
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Moore
Rosemarie Moore
Steve Moore
Tammy Moore
LaPari Morant
Bobby and Becky Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Morgan
Dr. Larry Morris
Debra Morrow
Bobbie Mosley
E.T. & Nellie Mosley
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mosley
Mitch Mosley
Donna Moulder
Marlan Theodore Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Myatt
George and Leisa Neel
Lee Wayne Neely
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Nester
Richard E. Newton
Irene Nichols
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Nickels
Elmer Nielsen
No Way Jose, III
Northeast MS Coca-Cola Sales &
Distribution
Sallie Oglesby
Thomas Olander
Doug Olinger
OmniBank
Angela Oneal
Grayson's Optical
Manuel Orman
James C. Ott
A.J. Oubre
Break Away Outdoors
Hass Outdoors, Inc.
Janet Pace
Terri Pace
Mr. and Mrs. Butch Palmer
David Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Papas
Tammy Parkes
Jarrod Parks
NAPA Auto Parts
Ken Pate
Robert A. Patrick, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pearson
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Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi officials receive the Director’s Award
at EMCC’s Industry Appreciation Luncheon April 20 at the Lyceum Auditorium
at the Golden Triangle campus. Pictured, from left, are YTMM Executive Vice
President Takahiro Mukai, Melissa Orman of Human Resources, President
Tetsuya Kuze, Maintenance Manager David Vance, Senior Director Joe
Gallagher, EMCC President Dr. Thomas Huebner, Engineering Manager
Dennis D’Orvilliers, Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director
Glenn McCullough Jr. and EMCC Vice President Dr. Raj Shaunak.
Van Pearson
Keith Peel
Matthew Pellegrin
Jerry and Laura Pender
Justin Pender
Catherine Penick
Mr. and Mrs. Mike A. Perkerson
Janell Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Permenter
Dr. John F. Perry
Kiyomi E. Persons
Mitzi Phelps
Clyde Pierce
Rhen W. & Nell M. Pierce
Charlie Pilkinton
Tracy and Pam Pitcher
Glynn Pittman
Terisa Pittman
Hill's BP Truck Plaza
Southern Performance Horse
Dentistry, PLLC
Bank Plus
GCM, Inc. of West Point
La Fiesta Brava of West Point
Gerald D. Poole
Oscar Poole
Donald Pope
Dudley Ann Pope
Betsy Porter
Debra Harbour Porter
Mrs. Valcus Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Posey
Beth Powell
Mrs. Kathy Powell
Jonathan Powers
Ana Maria Preller
Stockyard Productions
Diana Pruett
Harry Puckett
Paula Rainey
Bob Ramage
Chris and Deana Ramey
Melissa Ramsey
Nancy Ramsey
Meadowview Ranch
Larry Taylor Ray
Linda H. Reed
Magnolia Outpatient Rehab
Los Rodeo's Mexican Restaurant
Old Mexico of Philadelphia
Ivan and Shirley Reynolds
Jenny Reynolds
Mary Jo Reynolds
Donna J. Richards
Sue Richards
Wayne Richards
Clay H. Richardson
Doug Richardson
Mr. C. V. Rickman
Gary Rigby
Angie Rigdon
Rickey and Mary B. Rigdon
Hollis Risley
Thomas L. Rivers
Ms. Jerry Roberson
Ricky and Lynn Roberson
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Paul Roberts
Nina Roberts
Bobbie J Robinson
Newton Robinson
Steve Rogers
Gail Rolison
Rev. James A. Ruffin
Rita Rushing
George Rutledge
Victor Rzepecki
Turner Shaw Fence Sales, Inc.
John Sampietro
Sanders, Inc.
Charles Sanders
Glen Sanders
Joe Charles Sanders, Sr.
William Sansing
Rita Satcher
Thomas F. Scarbrough
Shaunak Scholarship
Lander Valley High School
Bobby and Melinda Sciple
Linda Sciple
Teresa Louise Sciple
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scoggins
Charles Scott
Jim Scribner
Randy & Michele Scrivner
Tina Seals
Eddie and Mitzi Sellars
Noxubee Tire Service
Global Valuation Services, Inc.
Shamrock Medical & Office Supplies
LLC
Stanley Shannon
Jason Sharp
Steve Sharp
Dr. Raj Shaunak
Sunbelt Shavings
Dorothy W. Shaw
Herman Shaw
Thomas and Jean Sheffield
Michael Shelton
Robert and Kathleen Shine
Stanley Shows
Shuqualak Lumber Co., Inc.
Melissa Simmons
William Simmons
Claude Simpson
David E. Skelton
Bettye Bounds Sledge
Virginia Sloan
Bud Smith
John and Beth Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith
Margie R. Smith
Nelson Smith
Rob and Lori Smith
Dr. Todd Smith
Dr. W.S. Smith
Dusty Snider
Southwest Horse Sale
Southwire
Ann Sparkman
Chase B. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Sproat
Spuds, Inc.
Clay Stafford
Jimmy Standland
John W. Starr
Ed Staten
David Stephens
J. Steven Stewart
Stifel Nicolaus
Macon Stockyard, Inc.
Charlene Stokes
Don and Sue Stokes
Sara Stokes
Fred Stoops
Madden Store
David and Marilyn Stowe
Gerald Stuart
Marianne G. Stuart
Laws Stained Glass Studios, Inc.
Tammy Sudduth
Auzie Sullivan
Bobbie Sullivan
Bobby Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Sullivan
Newton County Farm Supply, Inc.
Kemper Co. Farm & Building Supply
Lauderdale County Farm Supply
Yates Building Supply
Ernest E. Sutherland
Leann Swafford
Homer F. Swain
Dr. Michael Wilson Swearingen
Steve Swedenburg
Gary Bradley Swink
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swoope
Warren "Oop" Swoope
Larry Tabor
Mr. Dale Tate
Dawn Tate
Dr. Jim Taylor
Ted Parker Cattle
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jim Terry
Forever Green Plants & Things
Suzanne Thomas
Larry & Nancy Thomason
Larry Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Pat Thornton
Lillie Thornton
Bobby F. Thrash
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John Tierney
Central Miss. Land & Timber
Leslie Touchstone
On Time Transportation
Meridian Coach & Travel
Bill Travis
David J. Triplett
Stockstill Trucking
Trustmark Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tucker
TVA
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Underwood
Mark Underwood
Triangle Federal Credit Union
Debbie Upton
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Utsey
John and Kathy Vaughn
Sam Vaughn
Korean War Veterans
Alex Vlahos
David and Brenda Vowell
Wade, Inc.
Donna R. Wade
Delita and Don Waldron
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walker
Dr. Joyce and Mr. Ricky Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Sparky Walker
Steve Walker
Michael Wallace
James and Paige Wamble
Pete Ware
Dr. Thomas Ware
Mr. Bubbles Car Wash
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Weatherford, Jr.
Dana Weatherford
Linda Weatherly
Dr. and Mrs. Don Weaver
Don Webb
Woody and Cathy Webb
Earl and Siglinda Weeks
C. H. Welch
Jonathan Wells
Bill West
Don West
Way Out West
Faith and Lawrence Westby
Nikita Whitaker
Joe L. White, Jr.
White Pest Control
Charlie White
Felix Wicks
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lamar Wilbourn
David Wilder
Prairie Wildlife
David Wilkerson
Jerry Wilkerson
Davern Williams
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Williams
John L. Williams
Randy Williams
Shane Williams
Wayne & Sandra Wilson
Stephen and Trudi Windish
Al Wiygul
WLS, Inc.
Mrs. R. S. Wofford
Scarlett Wolverton
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wood
Marcus Wood
Peter Wood
Glenn Machine Works, Inc.
Lynn and Ginger Wright
Johnny Young
Lisa M Young
Russell Young
Lee Younger
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EMCC student orientation leaders from the Golden Triangle and Scooba
campuses took part in a training session March 2 at the Lion Hills Center to
learn how to conduct orientation sessions for incoming freshmen. The event
included informational presentations, lunch and exercises that helped the
students get to know each other better.
Cub
$25-$199
Cody Adkins
Joseph and Julie Ambrose
Dottie and Andy Armstrong
B&P Trucking and Custom Services,
Inc.
Bonnie and John Bailey
Louis Bailey
Richard Eugene Baldwin
W. C. Baumhauer
Robert Berry
Dennis and Susan Birchall
Paul and Linda Blankenship
Melissa Band Brown
Greg and Carrie Browning
Abedonia Burkard
Charlotte and Doug Burkard
Busy Bee Nursery and Gift Shoppe
Joan Butler
Ken and Buffie Butler
C & C Equipment, Inc.
Scott and Desiree Carpenter
Sonya and Pete Cascio
Ralph Chapman
Robert Cochran
Columbus-Lowndes Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Cook's Feed and Supply, LLC
Patricia and Joe Coxwell
Cody Crowe
Ray and Mae Culpepper
Custom Suppliers, Inc.
D & D Inc.
Doug and Julie Dewberry
Kenneth and Anna Dill
Michael and Kimberly Dill
Scott and Deborah Ditto
Jimmy Dixon
Jimmy and Barbara Donahoo
Ken Dunaway
Ann Eaves
Edwards Electric Service, LLC
Twenty D Enterprises, Inc.
Kendall Ezelle
David Fagan
W. D. Falvey
Carolyn Farnell
Mary B. Farnell
Raymond W. Farnell
Frasier's All-Pro Termite & Pest
Benny and Glenda Freeman
Kimbraly Freeman
Tracy and Larry Gagliano
Designers Gallery
Brandt Galloway
Alan Garner
Will Garner
Jimmy Gillespie
Greene Super Drug
Doyle Griffin
David G. Guelker
Tommy Gunn
Nancy and Mitchell Hamilton
Dustin Hamrick
Judith Hankins
Denice Hardy
Charles and Peggy Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Harry
Stanley Keith Hatcher
Robert Higginbotham
Danyelle Minor Hinton
Randy and Delaine Hodges
Jamie Hollaway
Katie Holleman
Serita Holton
James and Judith Hopkins
Kevin Hopkins
Smith Animal Hospital
Laddie M. Huffman
Flexsteel Industries
Johnson Properties
Hazel and Dennis Johnson
Johnson, Melody Gwathney
Ronnie Jones
Ed Jordan
JPJ Sales, Inc.
Lisa Justis
Joseph and Connie Kinton
Debra Knight
Harold and Anne Knight
S. H. Knight
Erin Laing
Charles and Michelle Langley
Howard Lance LeFan
Moselle Mac W. Little
Live Oak Animal Clinic
Carolyn Lott
Tommy and Carolyn Lovett
Robert and Kimberly MacKenzie
Chris Mackey
Jerry Madden
Davin Mancini
Penn Mattison
MBC Services
Mitchell McDonald
C. E. Miller
Ernest (Bo) Minor
Patricia Minor
Kathryn Montgomery
John Morie
William D. Morrison
Mt. Vernon MB Church
Nautical Whimsey Intl. Bistro
NHC Outdoor Products
Owen and Jeanne Oliver
Steven and Janel Olson
David and Melissa Orman
Betty Osbarn
Marcus and Peggy Oswalt
Brian and Kimberly Owens
A. J. Pace
Roxane Pace
Zack Pace
Roy and Martha Partridge
Dustin Payne
Tammie Pirie
Kenneth Prock
Peggy Quinn
Reed's of Columbus
Carla Real Respess
Patrick Riley
River Outfitters
Brittney Robertson
James N. Robinson
Harlan Motors Rogers
Steve Rogers
Ray Rooney
James L. Rush
Danny Russell
Selby D. Salter
A. D. Sanders
Dewberry Sawmill
Karen Screws
Michele Sears
Edward Self
Elizabeth Self
Keren Self
Senter's Hardware
Margie Sharp
Wayne A. Simmons
Sisters Fine Clothing
Janet Smelser
Casey Smith
Charles E. Smith
Maureen Smith
Sylvia Smith
James D. Spinks
Kids Therapy Spot
Rebecca Stapler
Stone Station
Michael Stewart
Scottye Stewart
Gerry and Julie Taylor
Matt Taylor
Temple Interest LLC
Glenn C. Thomas
Bo Thompson
Henry and Syrie Torjusen
Toyota of Brookhaven
Robert and Lisa Tucker
Donald and Becky Vance
Troy and Renee Vance
Alex Vlahos
Ellen Walker
Randy and JoAnn Walker
Walley Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Walter Warren
Bert Watson
Robert and Joy Watson
West Group Corporation
Leanne Williams
Roy C. Williams
Lance Wilson
James (Jim) W. Wright
Steven Ziegelmann
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EMCC trustees honor Dr. Virginia Young with posthumous promotion
The East Mississippi Community
College Board of Trustees voted earlier
this year to change the late Dr. Virginia
Young’s title posthumously from Associate
Dean of Instruction to Dean of Instruction.
“She had hoped to be named a full
dean before she retired,” EMCC Vice
President for Instruction Dr. Thomas Ware
said. “It is something she had expressed
several times to her coworkers.”
Young died May 5, 2015.
In addition to spearheading evening
programs, Young also managed the master
list for textbooks. Ware described her as
the “glue that held everything together.”
“She really touched a lot of people
and the faculty adored her,” Ware said.
“She was one of the kindest people I’ve
ever known.”
Strong in her faith, Young always had a
kind word for those around her, was a
good listener and liked to bestow gifts.
“She would make cookies to bring to
work and always made sure the guards got
some,” Ware said.
Young, who was raised in Moorhead
and Greenville, graduated from Greenville
High School in 1964. She attended Bob
Former EMCC
head football
coach Tom Goode,
left, was inducted
into the Sports Hall
of Fame in 2014.
In this photo,
EMCC President
Emeritus Dr. Rick
Young visits with
coach Goode after
the ceremony.
Jones University, Delta State University
and Mississippi State University, earning
a Doctorate of Education.
A former biology teacher, Young loved
nature. Staff and faculty at the Golden
Triangle campus have been raising funds
to build a butterfly garden at the campus
in her memory, Dean of Student Affairs
Cathy Kemp said. Tentative plans are to
construct the butterfly garden adjacent to
the Humanities & Fine Arts building, near
the new student union under construction.
“She would have been very pleased,”
Ware said.
Dr. Virginia
Young
Houston Harrison,
left, waves during
his Sports Hall of
Fame induction at
Sullivan-Windham
Field. He is shown
with fellow EMCC
Sports Hall of
Fame inductee
Stan Malone.
Thomas Guinn “Tom” Goode
James Houston Harrison
Former East Mississippi Community College head football coach Tom
Goode’s illustrious athletic career spanned nearly 50 decades.
Serving as head coach and athletic director at EMCC from 1992 to 2003,
Goode was named Mississippi Association of Community and Junior
Colleges Coach of the Year after leading the EMCC Lions to an 8-2 record.
In October 2014, he was inducted into the EMCC Sports Hall of Fame.
He is also a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and the
Mississippi State University's Sports Hall of Fame.
Goode went on to play professional football with the Detroit Lions,
Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts. Upon retirement, he spent two decades
serving as an assistant college coach at Southeastern Conference schools:
Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Alabama.
James Houston Harrison’s lifelong love of football began in 1949 at
then-East Mississippi Junior College, where played fullback until 1950
before enlisting in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
After his Army stint, Harrison returned to Scooba to play center for the
Lions in 1952-53. He later played football for Troy State College. Harrison
settled in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., where he took a job with the Okaloosa
County School District as a physical education teacher. He worked for the
district until his retirement, serving as assistant principal, principal and
county athletic director.
Harrison was a past president and board member of the Northwest
Florida All Sports Association. In 2009, Harrison was inducted into the
EMCC Sports Hall of Fame.
West Point, Miss. October 8, 2015
Fort Walton Beach, Fla. January 26, 2016
The EMCC family remembers these Lion alumni who passed away between August 2015 and March 2016:
Wallace M. Aust
Scooba, MS
March 2, 2016
William B. Brown
DeKalb, MS
November 10, 2015
Shade Albert
Bethany, Jr.
Lexington, MS
March 3, 2016
Demorris LeAndrea
Dismuke
Albany, GA
February 27, 2016
Wilmer “Bill” S. Bond
Hattiesburg, MS
October 25, 2015
Patrick Michael Gard
Columbus, MS
March 29, 2016
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Thomas Guin
“Tom” Goode
EMCC SHOF
West Point, MS
October 8, 2015
James Houston
Harrison
EMCC SHOF
Fort Walton Beach, FL
January 26, 2016
Melissa Hamilton
Moundville, AL
February 20, 2016
Steven Jones
Columbus, MS
February 29, 2016
Felicia Harris
Columbus, MS
November 19, 2015
Jane McLelland
Kalinowski
Columbus, MS
August 29, 2015
Tammy Lynne
Malachowski
Steens, MS
January 14, 2016
John C. “Hooker”
McArthur
Macon, MS
March 13, 2016
James Rex Parker
Jackson, MS
August 7, 2015
Mickey T. Reed
West Point, MS
August 24, 2015
Bill Rieves
Tupelo, MS
February 27, 2016
Faye Griffin Smith
Quitman, MS
March 17, 2016
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INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
ALUMNI OFFICE
P.O. BOX 158
SCOOBA, MS 39358
EMCC Development Foundation P.O. Box 158, Scooba, MS 39358 662-476-5063
Absolutely! Count me in, I will help. I understand my gift is tax deductible.
I/We pledge a total amount of $____________ to the EMCC Development Foundation Annual Fund. I/We will give $____________
beginning in __________ (month) of __________ (year). Please send a reminder ____ monthly ____ quarterly ____ annually
OR Enclosed is my/our annual fund gift of $______________ (Please make check payable to EMCC Development Foundation)
_____ Foundation Club
_____ President’s Club
_____ Super Lion King
_____ Lion King
$25,000 and up
$10,000 - $24,999
$5,000 - $9,999
$2,000 - $4,999
_____ Pride Leader
_____ Lion
_____ Cub
$1,000 - $1,999
$200 - $999
$25 - $199
I will support EMCC with a gift of $ ________________________ for the following:
____ The Chapel in the Pines
____ Student Housing
____ Annual Scholarships
____ Classroom/Laboratory, Golden Triangle Campus
____ Athletics Operations Center
____ Endowment of Scholarships
($10,000 in lump sum or over 5 years)
____ General Support
____ Athletics
____ Fine Arts
____ Tuition Guarantee
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