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Buggs Recipient of Ole Miss Sc olarship

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Who's Who Among American Community/Junior Colleges. 'We are pleased to be able to assist outstanding community I junior college transfer students, especially those of suchg high caliber as these two women," said Chancellor Robert C. Khay– at. "Community/junior college transfers are among some of our best and brightest scholars, and we value their presence on our campus. These scholarships rep– resent our commitment to pro– viding educational opportunities for Mississippians." Buggs will enroll in the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy. An Honors Program participant, Buggs was a member of Mu Alp– ha Theta and Sigma Sigma Mu Tau academic honoraries. She received the Frank and Nena Leatherwood Scholarship in Bio– logical Sciences and the Miller A ward in Medical Services. She has been active in extracur– ricular and community activities. She worked part-time through– out her college career. At ECCC, Buggs was a peer counselor and served with the Warri~r Corps in recruiting efforts and hosting special campus events. She per– formed with the Warrior march– ing and concert bands, as well as with the Concert Choir and the Collegians vocal/instrumental ·group. She will appear this sum– mer with the Collegians at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She helped raise funds for the Oklahoma City bomb victims, assisted in promotional actdivi– ties for a state senatorial candi– date, and was , ewton County's representative in the farm Bureau Queen contest.

The State' s I a r g est English major graduate ofNorth– Community/Junior College westCommunityCol.lege. transfer scholarships awarded Buggs, 20, is a traditional stu– are awarded at Ole Miss. At dent and ECCC's top graduate $13,(XX) each, the University of this year. Sergi, 49, who is a wife, Mississippi has established the mother and foster parent, is a state's largest community/junior nontraditional scholar. college scholarships to reflect Selected on the basis of scho– commitment to academic excel- larship and leadership, candi– lence and leadership for desetV- dates for the awards are nomi– ing transfer students. nated by their community/junior Thirteen of the state's college academic deans. The community/junior colleges sub- a~ards are the community I mitted applicants for considera- JUnior college transfer equivalent tion for the Community College of Ole Miss' most prestigious Excellence Award. Because of the freshman award, the Newman caliber of the applicants, two Scholarship. scholarship recipients have been At their respective schools, chosen: Valeria Buggs of New- Buggs and Sergi both attained ton, a pre-pharmacy graduate of perfect 4.0 grade-point averages East Central Community College as President's List Scholars, are.. and Jacqueline Sergi ofBatesville, members of Phi Theta Kappa and an aspiring writer/teacher and the Hall of Fame, and are listed in

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