2006

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ECCC honors a umni today 111e following will be honored at the annual Alumni I uncheon during Homecoming activities schNiuled today on the East Central Community College campus in Decatur. . Judge Gordon named ECCC Alumnus of the Year Reeves humbled to be among ECCC' s top instructors Weeks selected ECCC A1umna of the Year ECCC 'Instructor of the Ye~tr ' enjoys helping st udents

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Although never aspired to be a judge. Marcus D. Gordon will soon begin his 28th year as circuit court judge for the 8th he

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Alumna of the Year at East C<.•ntral Community College. said she was sur-

Academic Instructor of the Year at East Cen- tral Com-

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through the prised and flattered to be hospital for clinicals. So when nominated for the prc:-.tigious the job as Surgical Tech– award. nology inslructor at East ''It was hard to imagin{' Central Community College that my accomplbhments became available. s he were worthy of surh an jumped at the chance to ht'lp honor; surely, there are so those same students in the many others who are more classroom. deserving." she said . "Then. In honor of her dedicated when Dr. Sutphin called to tell service to students, Shirley me I had been selected to has been named ECCC's receivt> the distinguished Career-Technical Instructo r recognition, I felt absolute of the Year fo r 2006. excitement and extreme "Being named ECCC honor." Instructor of the Year is a Dr. Weeks, who now great honor to me," Shirley resides in Commerce. I exas. said "I feel very privileged ser ves m; the assistant dean to rLceive this award. I truly for finanre and administration love leaching at ECCC. The for the College of Education students arc great and I love and HumanS. ·rvices at fexas seeing them go out into the A Univcrsity-Commern·. an A workplace and perform the Universitv svst<'m institution skills they learned her e at with an enro-llment or slightly the College " more than 8,000. In this posi- Shirley is also a graduate lion. she has owrsight of a S9 of the ECCC program and million dollar budget. said she loved her time as a She also holds tenun' and student. - --------.....--

J udicial Dis- t-rict. which includes Newton, Neshoba, Scott and Leake counties. Judge Gordon, a former district attorney, is being hon– ored for a lmost 50 years of service in the legal profession by the East Centr al Commu– nity College Alumni Associa– tion. which tapped the Union native as Alumnus of the Year for 2006. In expres!-ling his appreci– ation for the award, J udge Gordon replied, " It's an exceptional honor that the committee would recognize me and it's a prestigious posi– tion.The recognition is some– thing that I will always cherish.~ Judge Gordon, who once con...idered a career as an engineer bul bad second thought ''hen he -.truggled with ~ a ,c~-, I .-aid he ch ega) profe-.~ion

munily Col- lege in Decat ur. a plact• he said he has loved since he was a s tudent there years ago. "I h ave always been proud to tell o the rs I g radu– ated from ECJ C," he ~aid. "Any e ffort I can make towar d the success of this co lleg e is ~mall compared to the benefits I have received from my associa– tion with the fine people who count th emselves members of the ECCC family. After graduating from East Centr al and then com– pleti ng his education a t Mississippi College in Clinton, Reeve<> began what would become a 28-year career in the Forest Public School .·ystem. kin 1970 I came to Forest to teach math anti coach the ':!irl·.' ,.port-. (ba-.ketball and " . ( l)8

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