2000

WEEK OF Aoc\ \ 3 1 2CQ0 Three local community;college ' to be amed to AII-Mis~issippi

the students' a cademic, leadership and community service back– ground. The program is coordinated by the Jackson C l arion– Ledger n ews- Phi The ta Kappa paper ,

All-USA Aca– demic Team for Communi– ty and Junior Colleges. That team is s~n­ cored by USA TO"DA:Y, "Phi Theta Kappa and the Amer– ...u.~......:L----"1~ ican Assooia– Weems tion of Com- • The 20 studenl.s ~amed to' tile All-USA First Team will be fea– tured in the Monday issue of the USA TODAY and will receive a $2,500 stipend. Last year., James Rawson of Meridian Community College was nn"rned to the ~ational sec– ond team. ' I Jlli,J.l'!H.Y Cpl; leges. · · ~

Three local commumt.) col– lege students ha\C bt. .>en named to the fll"St team of th 2000 All– MisRisRippi Academic Team for Community and Junior Col– leges. Adelia Luke of Meridian Community College, tcphanie Sharp of EaRt Mississ tppi Com– munity College nnd Chris Weems of East Co,ntral Commu– nity College are among the 16 students to take first 1 earn hon– ors and earn a $1,000 Rcholar ship. Each community col lege pres– ident was allowed to nominate two students for the honor, who then had to apply and uubmit an essay. The team was :-;plect.ed on the basic; of the e<~sav and letters of recommendation-, a., well as

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Inter national Honor Society, MACJC and the Mississippi State Board of Community and Junior Colleges. The winners were honored by the Mississippi Legislature last week. Each team member was presen ted an All-Mississippi medallion and certificate. Those n amed t o the first team now move on to compete for placement on the na t ional

Luke, who attended high school at West Lauderdal e , students first Academic Team sity, was also named to the J C Grid-Wire Scholar: 1\thlete American Team. He only two _fi... ,i,stppl tuden chosen for the team p~ans to major in psychology and attend the University of Southern l\1 i ~sis sippi. She is

He wa.; an all"'tate punter for ECCC. a:. well a , an out– standing student. The Newton High School graduate at~o play for the ECCC baseball team. Weems said the j unior college atmosphere was perfect for him "'Junior college is the place to go for a s tudent to get all of the ba.,ic courses out of the way," he said. "It is a great opportunity for any s tude n t , because the class sizes are so much smaller and you can get more attention." Luke, Sh arp and Weems all carry 4.0 grade point averages. Among those receiving honor– able mention were Hollie Campe ~ .. ICC Craig McRae of ECCC Beth ·varren ofEMCC.

involved in manv on-cam– pu" activitie.:., including being !'ecre– tary of Ph1

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Sharp, \\ hp prepped at Sumter Academy in York, Ala before attending E:\1CC. is plan– ning to attend the Universit) f Tenne::.:.ec and study nur~ing She i .:.tudent government pres– ident at EMCC' and is also Ph1 Theta Kappa president.

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Weemb, who is a civil en - - -------- neering major and plan attend Mississippi State Unn-er

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