1972-1977

Vickers To Receive ECJC Faculty Award

Ovid Vickers, longtime English instructor at East Central Junior College, has been chosen to receive the 1982 "Distinguished Faculty Award" by the East Central Junior College Alumni Association. The selection of Vickers for this award was made on the basis of his love of teaching, his interest in students, and his ability to enliven his classes while not diminishing the effectiveness of his teaching. Vickers will be honored at homecoming activities on Saturday, Oct. 9 including a reception in the Fine Arts Building at 4:30, the Alumni

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Banquet in Mabry cafeteria at Language Association. 5: 30, during half-time Vickers was instrumental in ceremonies at the East organizing the Mississippi Central-Pearl ·River game, Folklore Society and has serv– and after the game with an ed as its secretary-treasurer open house in the faculty almost since its inception. lounge of the student center. His articles on Mississippi Vickers came to East Cen- · folklore appear regularly in tral in 1955 from Peabody Col- the Mississippi Folklore lege where he was a Master's Register, and the current Fellow. issue of the Journal of In 1964-65, he returned to American Place Names con– Peabody College for further tains his article on "Choctaw study and was granted the Names and Naming." specialist in education degree. A native of South Georgia, In addition to his teaching Vickers is married to the duties at East Central, former Carol Far · _h of Vickers is active m numerous Neshoba County. professional organizations. They have three children, He has served as an officer Nona Creel of Birmingham, and member of the Executive Ala., Harriett Vickers,· a stu– Council of the Southeastern dent at ECJC, and Ovid Conference on English in the Vickers III, a seventh grade two-year college. student at Decatur High In 1980, he was chosen from School. among the language teachers Friends and associates are throughout the southeast to invited to attend the read selections of his poetry at homecoming activities honor– the Southeastern Regional ing Ovid Vickers on Saturday, meeting of the Modern Oct. 9.

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