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A Burrows Sargent, who , served as superintendent of Meridian Public Schools when she was honored in 1996. An educator for more than 35 years, Sargent cur– :ently serves as S\J.perinten– dent of the Jackson Public School District and a mem– ber of the State Board of Education. "The long-range goal of the award is to encourage women in education to con– tinue striving for excellence and to become role models for prospective and practic– ing school administrators to emulate," Lovell said. Dr. Lavinia Sparkman earned a bachelor's in ele– mentary education, a mas- "'-, '" COU!'lselor education, and a doctorate, all from Mississippi State Univer– sity. She has built an im– pressive record, beginning with her early years as an elementary teacher, coun– selor of abused and ne– glected children and chemically dependent adults, guide to high school students exploring occupa– tional and living skills, school-to-work transition manager, college instructor, and college administrator. As an elementary teacher, Sparkman's obser– vation of the need for good counselors from elementary through post-secondary may have been the moti– vating factor which prompted her to switch from teacher to counselor. The seed, however, may have been planted much earlier when~ as a young student hers ' n~ a counselor said stuck with her for .• ~.,

. • i1e!' • as student tn Mobile, I was told by =a~~

counselor I should never at- tend co.~..ege-• was no~ col- lege material," said Sparkman. " I think that was in the back of m\ mind for many years ~d I wanted to right that wrong. I wanted to be sure that ro student was ever told that by a counselor from Missis- sippi State." As ational 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.

D Conlinaed from page 1A i51..:-Mend!an Campus. "'the hono:-ees v. ere se– lectea nom an impressive pool of successful female educators and administra– 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, depart– ment chairman and gradu– ate coordinator. The award is named after its first recipient, Dr. Jayne

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