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In 1997, ~he served as an .n– struc:tor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she received the National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Health and the Merck/New Investigator Award for Excellence in High Blood Pressure Re– search from the Amencan Heart Assoetahon. Dr. Hennington is a mem– ber of the National Science Teachers Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her civic activi– ties include fund-raising events for St. Jude's Chil– dren's Hospital and the American Cancer Society. She is married to Frank Hennington of Clinton and she has two children, Kim

~ ORE NATALIE BOGGAN of Decatur performs an e:J:~Pei:C~t Wlder the watchful eyes of b iology/chemistry ~;!n::rtxn Dr Betty Sue Hennington of Clinton. They were East Central Community College's HEADWAE _ er Education Appreciation Day-Working Toward demic E cellence honorees and will be recognized along other award recipients at the State Capitol in Febru- 31). (EC photo) Hennington, Boggan Selected ECCC HEADWAE Honorees

Hardeman of Memphis, Tenn., and Andy Tubertini, a student at the University of Mississippi. She has two grandchildren: Max, 4, and Griff, six months. Boggan, an elementary education major, has main– tained a 4.0 grade point average and received the Alyne Simmons Recruit– ment Grant given by Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Sorority. She is a member of the Centralettes, the danceline for the Warrior Wall 0 ' 50t..-"1d • 1archrng Band; Co~ an ehte r~nuur.g an.:1 ,en;e a-. hosts for vanous campus events; Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor so– ciety of the two-year col– lege; Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society; Fe1- lowship of Christian Ath– letes; Student Education Association; Wesley Fow"\– dation; and the concert choir. In addition, she serves as treasurer of the student body association and was a freshman home– coming maid.

East Central Community College faculty member Or. Bettye Sue Hennington of Clinton and sophomore N a– tahe Boggan of Decatur are th1s year's recipients of the annual HEADWAE award , which recognizes outstand– ing instructors and students representing the state's public and private colleges and universities. Established in 1988, HEADWAE (Higher Edu– cation Appreciation Day– Working Toward Academic F Cl:' en ·e 1s a program of "'''c~·cc•ppl Leo;:LSia- , 11"-'b'lppt A:.-.octatlon of Colleges. The 2001 program 1S scheduled February 20, and begins at the S tate _ : • Capitol at 10 a.m. An • awards luncheon follows a t 11:45 a.m. in the Emp ire Room of the Ramada Inn. Dr. Hennington h as

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taught biology and chemis– try at the College since 1998. Honors she has re- cetved indude her selection as STAR Teacher in 1980, 1Q83 and 1984, while teach-