2002

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Three women--including -.e emplo~ed at the East en tral Community College .liilpus--took their places .:nong an elite group when ' ey were honored recently

lumbus Municipal School District. They were recog– nized with the prestigious distinction during the Jayne A. Burrows Sargent Sympo– sium held recently en the See AWARD on p. SA

Meridian as this ) t ...- ·::- r e– cipients of the Jayne A. Burrows Sargent Award for outstanding leadership in education . The three educators were Dr. Lavinia Sparkman,

' Ice-president of instruc– tion at ECCC; Melanie H . Hartley, superintendent of Leake County Schools; and Rebecca H. Taylor, coordi– nator for elementary, tech– nology, and testing at Co-

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counselor! should never a t – tend college--! was not col– lege material," said Sparkman. " I think that was in the back of my mind for many years and I wanted to right that wrong. I wanted to be sure that ro student was ever told that i by a counselor from Missis– sippi State." As a consultant, Spark– man's expertise in the area of conflict management ha s been utilized in industry as well as education. She has served as a national trainer in the area of career devel– opment and was responsible for coordinating all activi– ties concerning grants at the state and local levels as a member of tfte National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. She also has numerous national, state, and local publications and presenta– tions to her credit and holds membership in sev– eral professional associa– tions.

AWARD Continued from page lA MSU-Meridian Campus. "The honorees were se– lected from an impressive pool of successful female educators and adm inistra– tors from throughout the state by officials in MSU's Department of Educational Leadership that sponsors the annual symposium and award competition," said Dr. Ned Lovell, d epart– ment chairman and grad u– ate coordinator. The award is named after its first recipient, Dr. Jayne

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