2004

ECCC To Honor

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v arious Alumni During October 9th Homecoming

uonm r\:houndin·g his senior _. ~. r and was selected c;;\\ \C Playerof:the Year. Aller graduating from Val– It!). Mann was chosen in the 'econd round of the Na– tional Basketball Associa– tion draft by :the Golden State Warrior~. Mann left the f\1 BA a ~er a short pe– nod and currently serves as cha plain at the Leake County CoiTect!onal Facil- 1') Mann is also a former All-State selection at South Leake High School, where he led the Wildcats to the State Class 2A title en route to a 34-3 record. LeJeune teaches bio logy at East Central, wh~re she ha s been employed since 2002. She was selected the College's HEADWAE (Higher Education Appre– Ciation Day: Working To– ward Academic Excel– lence) Instructor of Year for 2003-04. She serves as co-sponsor oft he College·s , Environmental Club. Prior to joining the ECCC faculty, LeJeune taught science at Meridian Hi gh School, where she was named a STAR Teacher and was selected to Who's Who Among American High School Teachers. She be– gan her career in education teaching science at Kate Griffin Junior High School and Carver Middle School in Meridian. Brackeen joined the ECCC faculty in 1998. In addition to her teaching duties at the Col– lege, Brackeen is involved with the SkillsUSANICA

the University ofGeorgia. program He al:o coached and Ann Hunter Burkes of on the h1,:!h schoolle\elm

DEC\ TUR--A retired math professor and a fonner librarian are among alumni and college person– nel being honored when 1 a~t Central Community College holds Homecoming nctiYities Saturday, October 9 on the Decatur campus. Dr. John G. llollingsw011h. a Newton County native who served from 1967 to 2000 on the math faculty at

Decatur, who -.pent 32 years as ECCC's librarian, will be recogn11cd as the College's Alumnu ... and Alumna of the Year. re– spectively, at the ~nnual Alumm AssocmtiouAwmd5 Luncheon scheduled

ing rccogni1t:d ,1re"' members \,f the I C Athletic Hall o F

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&..-....... .- ~~-- (\ lX:Cl\lnnal lmlu... tnal <. 'luh... l'r \mcrica) ;md is a mem– ber l'f sc\ era! professional org.anizatJon.... She tnught cosmetology classc.., at li nt field ·s 111 Laurel and nt l"inal Touch in Meridian pnor to returning to her alma mater. Various groups arc also being honored dur– ing Homecomingactivitie . >\II t0m1er members of the . .

kctcd "" t' .. ~~.1r·.., ·· jX'– cia 1 .. rcunlllll gr 'liP Knl"' 11 primari I~ a~ •. 'qp .! rock • 11 • roll hand.tl d.\lllegJan... were roumkd ,tbout 30 years ago by t'onn~r E:CCC music instructM \.tanan Thomton. Bob I kntage. a fomter choir director at the College, also spent time as the group·s leader and'' as

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