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'fhe tncreased enrolln:tent may conunue. tf pnce sta~e same. Sutphm satd he cannot foresee a rate mcrease anytime soon. ··Community colleges statewide have held the line," he sa1d. "We have a $500 in-state tUJtion, with no plans to increase. We're all lucky in the fact that we've been able to keep it low." One of Sutphin's goals is fin– ishing the student union project. "Phase one, which included getting all student functions into the building, is completed,~ he said. ''Phase two, which is food services, among other things, will be next, but we only have about one-thtrd of the funding it will take to complete the project. We're probably looking at a two or three-year period." Another goal: community rela– tiOns. 'We're working diligently to create good relations with all the surrounding counties," Sutphin ::aid. "'\Ve are their college."

A1mlmEtrnU nand 'upervt~Jon, "'11h a C ncentrauon m Hu!her £ rlneauon A!on::- the v.-a "~tphin ha" worked m educai. .. · ,.e..: era) )evels. Ht' wa, u t.. acher in the :Meridian Pubh ...,chool ~y~tem from 1970 untL 1917. a teacher at :O.lendian Community Collegll from 1974 until 1977 then served a~ a graduate asststant and assistant to the EDAS Department Chairman at Memphis Stale from 1977 until 1980. Sutphin spent eight years at Concord College lin West Virginia )as assistant to the insti– tution's president. director of financial atd and veteran's affairs and asststant director of student affairs. Sutphin came to ECCC in 1988, where he has served since. In addition to all related school and collegiate activity. Sutphin has been active in civil circles. serving in the Lions Club. the United Way and as a delegate to the Mississippi Annual ·Conference of the United Methodist Church. He currently serves as chair– man of the by-laws committee and the manual committee of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges Electronic Advisory Council, a part of the National Council of Instructional Administrators, treasurer of the Newton County Habitat for Humanity and is treasurer of the Decatur United Methodist Church. Although he is welhersed in

po.,m n;; I've · methmg that • a president)," p aces Dr. Eddie • been at the helm n·-al smce 1988. :re- l>ut Sutphin inher- • dr:ncy of the college

• e ha\·e a record-setting e.. ~ of over 2,200 stu- • ~u:phm said. "We're very of that. I'm very excited t becoming president ). This methmg I've been preparing 6 r m) entire career." for his part, Smith, while retmng, feels that he's leaving the mstitution in good hands. ·-rm very confident he'll do a hne job as president," said Smith, leaving a post he has held smce 1985. "We've worked hand– in-glove since 1988. I feel he's very familiar with the processes of the college." Smith will not play an active role in ECCC matters in the future, he said. "I'm going to coJ,lt,inue to be the college's biggest supporter," Smith said. Sutphin isn't exactly a new face around ECCC halls. He has served the school in various

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