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Sutphin said he felt one of the pluses he had during ECCC s search for a new president was his knowledge of the school and its needs. "I think that is very impor– tant in the case of East Central Community College," he said. "As I indicated , we have been growing tremendously over the last several years - new pro– grams, new students, new direc– tion of the college in workforce training. The fact that we've been involved in those means that we won't see a slowdown

will be for a number of yE>ars.'' he s aid. "This was confirmed during our interview proce:;:.." Sutphin and Copiah-Lincoln Community College administra– tor Dr. Paul J ohnson were the two finaJists for the position , and both wer e inten iewed by the full board on Tuesdav. with a vote being taken less than 20 minutes before the for mal announcement was made. Longtime East Central Presi– dent Dr. Eddie Smith resigned h is position on June 29, 1999, effective June JO, 2000

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