2006

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Gilmore named ECCC dean of healthcare education Dr. Melanie

ate degree nun.mg instru~tor at Meridian Community College and previously served in administrative positions at Sta-llome Hosptce 10 Carthage and Sta-Home Health Agency in Philadelphia. She is also a former oncology nurse

atJackson Oncolo~ andAssociates in Jackson and wa~ ~taff nurse in the intensive care unu at Hmd!> General Hospital in Jack)o()O Dr. Gilmore ~ a member of the Mtssissippi Nur-e~ Association and See GILMORE, page 108

Gilmore has been named Dean of Hea l th c are Education at East Centr a l Communi t y College in De c atur . announced ECCC

President Dr. Phil ...__G_il_m_o_r_e_..J A. Sutphin. The Decatur re~ident previously served lhe College as Dean of Associate Degree Nursmg. a pos1t1on she had held since I999 In her new role. Dr Gilmore is responstble for all the College's health-related programs. '' hich in addition to the ADN prog.rar mdudc Practical Nursmg. Surl!ical Technolog), Emergen-.} \ft~,ical Technolog)-Pammetlic and the ney. Healthcare As~iqant Procrram e . Prior toJOtmng the ECCC stall. Dr.

Gilmore Continued from page 98

" Associate Degree Nurses and serves on \arious committees of the Mississippi Council of Deans of Directors. She also holds members in numerous other nursing associations and professional organizations. She is a member ofClarke-Venable Baptist Church, and serves as a volun– teer for the American Cancer Society

was selected ·'Dean of the Year·· by the organization in 2002. She has also represented ECCC at lhe annual Lamplighter Conference. which rec– ognizes the state·s outstanding com– munity and junior college faculty members. She currently serves as treasurer of the Mississippi Organization of

and participates in the annual Relay for Life fundraising activit)'. A graduate of Decatur High School, Gilmore attended ECCC and received bachelor anti master's degrees in nursing fromthe University of Mississippi Medical Center and received certification as a nurse prac– titioner from Mississippi University for Women. She received a doctorate of philosophy in nursing from the University of Southern Mis1>issippi in 2006. She is married to Gary Gilmore who is pans manager for Puckett Machinery.

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