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where she has served as a tutor and organized and supervised the Mississippi Reads program. As a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the interna– tional honor society of the two-year college, Minor was a part of a water quali– ty testing study which won members of East Central's Theta Xi Chapter the presti– gious Freeman Science Award. As a part of their Honors Study Topic: In the Midst of Water: Origin and Destiny of Life, the chapter studied water from area lakes and streams near poultry processing plants in the College's district. Minor says she lives by a quote from Helen Keller

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which says N am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do." Minor added, "All the activities J have participated in and the awards I have v.ton are not to glorify myself, but to help others." In addition to her other activities, Minor is a member of Sigma Sigma Mu Tau, Mu Alpha Theta and the Baptist Student Union. She was selected to Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges and was recognized as a president's list scholar. She recently received the Margaret Mesal Scholarship from Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and was selected to the ECCC Hall of Fame, the highest honor a student can

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through\ o unt and community service. On the nationa 1 eJ. recipients are indi– Viduals ' ho p b c ~erviCe has impacted the country a~ <1 \1inors volunte rk "ndudes projects for the Nature Co "t:n. C\ of :-.Ii.,sissippi, the East Central Em uonm ntal Club, and Habitat for Human1t . S e has taught Children's Bible Drills at Clarkc-Vcnable Memorial Baptist Church forh o year.;. In addition, sh~ has been a part of America's Promise. During MakeA– Ditfercncc Day, Minor recrmted volunteer::. and helped build a pia ground in

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