1999

EC establishes Vickers Scholarship

was also instrumental 1 es lishing the Mi-

A :-cholanship honoring two lonf;:time faculty members who recently retir~d from full-time teachmg duties has been estab– lit'hed at East Central Community College in Decatur. The Ovid S. and Carol F. Vickers Scholarship was estab– lished by former students and friends in recognition of the cou– ple's lifetime devotion to East Central. Vickers, an Eastman, Ga. native, served the college as a humamties instructor, division chairman and in various other capactties from 1955 to 1995. He was chosen th~ college's academ– ic instructor of the year in 19 2 and was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 Vickers also sern~d two term– as president of the Mississtppl Council of Teachers of English and the same organizatton named him college End h Instructor of the Year in 199 He

lege's board of ~ the Fine An.,- Center Althoueh h~ • ffi in 1995. V1eken:

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teach on a pan needed and h:l.s ,.,....,~'~·...,... tiona] a_:;, stance He j,.. a Peabod) Co! _ where he '--·,1.,-•-·~ ter, and eduw:~'u;.~ sp;::c14us;; decree- Mr- \- arol F~h. ,.. a who " the unul 1965. Sht! then ~an her teilching ca.r&::r at Decatur High School " ere -he tau~ht Enghsh until 1 ,.. 8\e JOmed the ECCC faculty th "am~.> vear, as an instructor of >ish and reading. She also ~~nsored the college yearbook, ·!.

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