2004

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Crenshaw Selected ECCC Humanities Teacher of theYear

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Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. the interna– tional honor society for two-year colleges. wiII host a reception following the program. Crensha\\' joined the ECCC taculty in Janu– ary 2003. following at I0- year stint at Meridian High School. his alma mater. While at MHS. he mostly taught world history and law education classes. Crenshaw received \ ·ari– ous honors at Meridian. ha\·ing l\\·ice been named ..Teacherofthe Year... He by the student bqdy. He is also a fonner instructor at Clarkdale Attendance Center. \\here he taught \\Orld htstnry. Amencan Ht ao0 ~'Cl'nomics. soctOl– og~. Mt''t-..'lppt H1story. and Ia\\ -related ed~.

at Clarkdale include his selection as ..Teacher of the Year.. for the L992-93 school year. At East Cen– tral. Crenshaw teaches \\'orld Ci\·ilization I. World Ci\·i lization II and Ameri– can History I. During his lectures. Crenshaw may appear as Na poleon. Henry the Eighth , Alexander the Great, or an Egyptian merchant. Re– garding his unique ap– proach to teaching, Crenshaw commented, ·•J want students to ·live' his-

ence instructor known for lecturing students while donning costumes related to the period ofhis subject matter is being honored as East Central Community College 's ..Humanitie Teacher of the Yea r.·· Phillip Crenshaw of Me– ridtan ts thts }ear· s rcctpt– ent of the annual a\\ard. whtch include~ u 5 honorarium trvm •·1e \1 ,_ sissippt Humana:te, Coun– cil. Crensha\\ ,,,IJJecwre on the rop1c. ··r ~ P.. ~ n That Refuse-. 1 · _ ~ Histol)' is D

was also chosen ··Teacher tory, not just receive the with the :Vlost Cha racter... intonnat 1on from a book. I can also hold their atten– tion longer by appearing in \·arious costumes during my lectures:· Crenshaw said he pre' iously rented h1s out tih. but has recent I) empll'Yt'd the sen 1ce- !– a c htume ma!o..er \h le at the arne time \'entura. Caltf. For ht _ ., head coach ot ball team and

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• •'"' ·•·.. lnl\er:.ll) o– Sl utltl:.'r 1 ~It -..ts:-.tppt. ''her~· he.> gr.lduated '' ith lugh~·st lwnM-. He re– ccin~d n ma-;ter·s degree in histor) from the UniYer– srty l)f\\'cst Alabama. and is cu rrent!) pursuing a PhD in community college leadership fn)lll M1 ssis-

J:-": .e 3Clt\ e meMber of '\, nhcre-.t Bapt is l Chun:h. \\here Phili p ~erYes as chtldren· s church pastor and Ktm i:. an AWA:\A director. Phillip has a daughter. Al– exandria, and two step– sons, Hunter and Dalton.