1991

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T" 1 people who have ded1cated 1hcir hves to improving education in Ml~'' ~ippi have been named East < cntr II Community College's ' Alumnu:. and Alumna of the Year' ant! "111 be honored Saturday when the _,JIIcge holds their annual llomc~.oming activities. Dr. Cl}de Muse, pre!>ident of Hind'> Community College in Ray– mond .lnd Lois Cooper, a 1eacher at Newton County Schoob in Decatur, v. Ill b, accorded tho'e honor'> and r ..:~gm1.cd Saturday at Decatur. IJr Mu'e v.a' ..:ho-.en the college·~ · \lumnus ol the Year' and Cooper · \tun na of the Year' b\ ECCC's ah11~l1 as'>OCJation cxec~t ive com– mille._· :rom nommauons .,ubmmed by alumni and college personnel. Abo, I'om Car,on and Ru.:l.) Har– mon \1 ill be recognitcd a~ the col– lege's 'Instructor's of he Year' and I .trry Henderson. Diana Lyons Jo ne!> and \\a)nc fullos v.ill be an– dueled in1o the college·~ Athktic

Hall of Fame. Dr. Au\lln Boggan of Decatur will receive special recogm– uon for h1s effons m treating ECCC athletes over the years. Dr. Muse has served a!> Pre~ident of Hind!> for the past 13 years and durmg h1s tenure the college has grown from .ippro\imately 7,800 to O\lf 13,000 ..wdent!> for the fall term. He is credited 11 ith forming the Hinds Community College Development Foundation which was chartered in 1979 The Foundation established lhree goab: scholar'>hip~. fa~uhy and slaff development and cultural enriLhment. "As of Lhi~ date we have created endowed scholar-.hips and tuition scholarships. Gift'> that ha\e been contnbulf.:d include land, equipment used a., instructional aids, and an– nual support from "oundauons. E\– ampleo; of founda11on gifts include O\ Cr $250,000 Fou ndlliiOn llld $90,000 from~

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