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Barrier, Weems selected ECCC H·EADWAE honorees East Cencral Co... ~ .. ~~·•~"

College facultJ member Barrier of Philadelp sophomore Chn, \\eems X ewton are thiE ~ear', rectp of the annual HEAD\\AE a which recognizes out,tandm_ instructors and student" repre– :;enting the state·s pubhc and private colleges and uru er,itie, Established in 1988. HEAD– WAE (Higher Education Appreciation Day Working Toward Academic Excellence 1 is a program of the Mississippi. sponsored by t he state's corpo– rate community, and coordinated by the Mississippi Association of Colleges. The 2000 program is sched– uled Feb. 15, and begins at the State Capitol at 10 a.m., followed by an awards luncheon at 11:45 a.m. in the Empire Room of the Ramada Inn. Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove serves as chair of HEADWAE. Barrier has taught English at East Central since 1989. He is

rece '-ed ume:rou, honors National _ ate EnZtneenng Award. athemat1c, a"ard. Dtamond Warnor Academic Award and .J. And:. Miller Fre,-hman Engmeenn; Award. In additwn, he \\a, named an All-Amencan Scholar and w·a;; recently select– ed to Who·s Who Among Students in American Community and Junior Colleges. He is a member o.ft~e Warrior football and baseball teams and serves as vice president of Alpha Alpha Epsilon, 'The Engineers," and is secretary treasurer of Mu Alpha Theta, an organization for students interested in mathe– matics. A graduate of Newton High School, Weems is the son of Johnie Floyd Weems, Jr. and Dr. Angelia Weems of Newton. m u m_ th

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LAKE MESSENGE also a published author and com- SCOTI COUNTY. po~:·rrier is a former president ION APPEAL and vice president of the , - Mississippi Community College • I ST 0 N C0 UN1 Creative Writing Association.

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In addition, he is a member of New Zion United Pentecostal -

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