1995

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Smith Joins ECCC Staff Newton CountY native Melinda Bullard Smith has been named Enghsh instructor at East Central Community College in Decatur, announced Dr, Eddie M. Smith, College president.

Smith previously taught English at Enterprise H igh School, Newton Coun ty Academy and Manor High School to Portsmouth, Virginia. \ She is former adjunct faculty member at the University of North Florida and Florida Com– munity College , both in Jacksonville, Florida. She is a former graduate teaching assis– tant in the English Department at the University of Southern Mississippi. Smith , who began het duties on August 10, said " I am very excited about this position at

East Central Community College. lt is a goal toward which l have worked for a long time. l am very pleased to be here and back home in Mississippi." A graduate of Leake Academy, Smith received an associate of arts degree from East Central Junior College before conunuing her education at the UniversitY of Southern Mississippi. At USM. she received a bachelor of science and a master of cience degree in English. She is marned to Michael Smith of Union, and the) plan to re:.ide in Union when he returns from his duties with the NaV) in Florida. She is the daughter of Buster Bullard and the late Bonnie Bullard of Union. Rowzee Joins Nesboba Vo-Tech Staff Newton County native DorothY Rowzee has been named allied health instructor at the Philadelphia/Neshoba County Vocational– Technical Center, a division of East Central Community College in Decatur, announced Dr. Eddie M . Smith, College president. Rowzee previously served as Associate Degree Nursing Pro– gram Director at Holmes Com– munity College and as associate degree nursing instructor at Meridian Junior College and Holmes Junior College. She has abo served as the Director of Quality Assurance at Charter Hospital in J ackson, served as Director of Nurses in hospitals in \1t i sippi and Texas and held c.U'tOll!> positions in clinical prac– tice at Baptist Hospital, the Unl'•er i{} of Mississippi Medical Center, Hinds General Hospital and St. Dominic's Hospital, all o Jackson. and La.irC Hmpital in Union. R ~ a iormer re9deol of Union v.bo ~an her duties on ~ c:n:i:a1 - ob. 1 came to .,._ A =·aau.1:e ot Bewah Hubbard Htgh School, RowLee recetved a dtploma tn nursing from the Mississippi Baptist Hospital Gilfoy School of Nursing in Jackson, attended East Central Junior Col– lege and received the bachelor of science degree in nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. "hi' has four children: Rocky, a chemist in Austin, Texas, who .