Northwest HEADWAE honorees named

Northwest HEADWAE honorees named
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Monday, 31 January 2011 14:47 - Last Updated Monday, 31 January 2011 14:59
Northwest Mississippi Community College recently announced its 2011 HEADWAE honorees.
Sophomore accountancy major Miranda Core of Water Valley was selected as the HEADWAE
student, while Jay Anthony Lowrey, English instructor at Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center
in Oxford, was selected as this year's HEADWAE faculty honoree.
“I feel very blessed being named a HEADWAE honoree,” said Core. “I started college a little
later than most at the age of 26 after spending years working with my special-needs son. I hope
that I am
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Northwest HEADWAE honorees named
Written by
Monday, 31 January 2011 14:47 - Last Updated Monday, 31 January 2011 14:59
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