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New ECCG soience building to be name fou Ron • avis

special to the Star DECATUR - When the proposl'd new sci– ence building is constructed on the Decatur

the ('ollew·s new building, v. hich will offit'ialf;. be known a~ lht' .Aaron R Davis Scieuc(" Building, The projec~ i~ currently in the planning process, and Sutphin ~aid it will be "several year~~ before tllP building ran be t:om:;truct<·d duP to limited funding from state bond monies. The college has approximately $2.5 million in bond funds to be appli<•ci to the cost of con– struction, which is estimated to be about $7 mil– lion, Sutphin <:aid. Davis wa-. selected ECce·., Academic In::.tructor o!the Year in 1992, participated in the aJ,Hlual 'Lamplighter:; Conference in 1994 that recot.,rnizes lhe state's outstandin~ conunwlity and junior colleg(; instructors. was named thf' College·, HEADWAE (llight r Education Day: WorkinR Toward Arad<'mk Excellt>nn•) ln~(ruclor of tlw Year in 1 !191, and was awarded a medallion for cxcl'llence Ill teaching by the National Institull' for Statf and Organizational Dcvl'lopment at tht> l niver sit)' ot'rf'xas in 1995. In addition to his lt·aching duties. Davb servtd a::.legi,.lathe representative for the Mis– sissippi racultv A sociation for Communicy-und Junior College-.. Ht• was also a member of the 1\lississippiAssociation of BiologyTt•achers, till' l\ibsissippi Acadt'm} of Scie!ll'l' and the ECCC Administration, Faculty and StaffAssociation. Davis earned t• in biology from the University of Soulhcrn Missis~ippi and a master·~ degree in scit>rll'< at lVIissi~sippi Statl Universit}. He nunpletcd additional studies at MSU and ~S\1. Among Davis' survi\'or~ are hi~ wife, Patti, who teacht:':' biology at I C OC. and their ~on, Matt. a graduate "tudent at MSU.

campus of Fast Central Community College, iL will bear the name of longtime science instructor Ron Davis. The ECCC Board of Trustees recently approved the measure, following the recommendation from the college's Committet• to Study and Recommend Names for Campus Build- ings and Faciliti<.·s.

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Davis, who taught gen- eral biology, zoology, and human anatomy and physiology classes for 19 years at East Ct•ntral, lost his two-y<.·ar battle with cancer on J\pril.21. He had earlier mwounced plans to retin· c1u~: to his health. Da\'is served 10 vears in the Meridian Public Sdwol District before joining the ECCC faculty in 1987. ; ECCC Prt•sidCnt Dr. Phtl A. Sutphin said it is Mmost fitting" that the new scienct! building is named for Davis, "who rect•ived just about even· honor an instructor <:an receiw: at the t:olll'~e." "Mr. Davis made a tremendous impael on tllt• lives of literally thousands of gtudenb with hi~ years of hard work and devotion to his alnw mater," Smphin said. ''He wa~S a Vl'ry gtiod in...trul'tor and served as the ,sdcnce di\ isivn chair for Sl·veral years. In ad<.lition. he was very in:-trumL'ntal in the rel·ruitment of .tudent!'." Sutphin said Davi<: ..;pent "many hours" OV( r the past two to three yt"ars working onplans for

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