2008

Partners In Healthcare

Students enrolled in the first Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class offered in Philadel– phia by East Central Community College in Decatur are pictured with representatives from the College and the Neshoba County General HospitaVNursing Home who re– cently formed a partnership to provide training for health-related courses. The six-week CNA class was held at the Nashoba Regional Healthcare Education and Training Cen– ter and concluded on July 13. Cost of instruction and materials tor the non-credit course were provided by the ECCC Workforce Development Center. Seated from lett are class members Vanessa Jones, Union; Pamela Boler, Philadelphia; Anita R. Hudson, Shuqalak; Mandy Thrash, Conehatta; Megan Adams, Louisville; Lana Brister and Linda Stevenson, both of Philadelphia; and Ashley Greenwood, Noxapater. Standing from lett are Betsy Mann, ECCC dean of healthcare education; Annette Watkins, NCGH public relations; Dr. Phil A. Sutphin, ECCC president; Wes Oswald, NCGH/Nursing Home in– terim CEO; students Bridget Boler. Lake; Chiquita Jordan, Noxapater; Lahoma Hawkins, Decatur; Helen Parker, Louisville; and Sharon Gibson, Choctaw; Roger Whit– lock, dean of ECCC's Workforce Development Center; Roger Cole, Neshoba County Nursing Home administrator; Joe Barrett, ECCC workforce development coordinator; and CNA instructors Tosha Sanders and Dawn Gibbon. For more information on ECCC Healthcare Education, contact Betsy Mann, Phone 601-635-2111 or call toll free, 1- 877-462-3222, ext. 294. The ema1l address is bmann@eccc.edu.

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