2006

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EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CARLETON PRESENTED HARRISAWARD: Melissa Thrash Carleton (left) is the 2005 recipient of the Shelby Harris Alumni Award, which is presented to an East Central Commu– nity College alumnus ·1or outstanding and continuing support of academic excellence" to the College's Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Martha Sibley, an ECCC staff member who serves as president of the Theta Xi Alumni Chapter, presented the award dunng Theta Xi's 2005 spnng induction ceremony held in the Vickers Fine Arts Center on the Decatur campus. The annual award honots the late Dr. Harris who, along with fellow longtime Theta Xi adviser Ann Burkes, organized and char– tered the Theta Xi Alumni Association '1o support and encour– age the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at East Central." Car– leton, a 1988 honor graduate of ECCC, Phi Theta Kappa and Hall of Fame member, serves as Acting Attorney General tor the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. She was recently named to the ''Top 40 Under 40'' in addition to receiving vari– ous other honors. She is a member of the ECCC Alumni Asso– ciation, the University of Mississippi Alumm Association, and is involved in various community activities. She is married to Robert Carleton and they reside in Newton.

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