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ECCC enrollment hi ts record 3,223 Student enrollment

2011 fall semester, a 7.7 percent increase com– pared to the previous record of 2,992 students who signed up for classes in the 2010 fall term. ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin said the record enrollment is reflec– tive ofthe college's mission "of serving students." "East Central continues to grow," said Dr. Sutphin, now in his 12th-year lead– ing the two-year institu– tion. "I trunk this is testa– ment to the quality of our programs and the success of our students as they continue to pursue their goals." Randall E. Lee, who serves as vice president of student services and leads the co1lege's recruiting effort, added: "East Central Commu– nity College is one of the best colleges in the state

and we offer an outstand– ing product. Our enroll– ment continues to grow because of the combina– tion of low, low costs and a very high-quality educa– tion." Case said the record enrollment includes 2,667 students who reside in the college's support district, which includes Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston counties. The largest number of students, 752, comes from Neshoba County followed by Newton, 680; Scott, 499; Winston, 373; and Leake, 363. Case said 556 students are from out-of-district schools in Mississippi and 92 students are from other states. For more information, telephone Case at ECCC, 601-635-6406 or, toll free, 877-462-3222, ext. 406, or e-mail dcase@eccc.edu.

reached an all-time lugh at East Central Commu– nity College in Decatur, according to David Case, Dean of Admissions, Records and Research. Case said 3,223 stu– dents registered for the Burglars make clean get-away Burglars apparently made a clean get -away from a Waggoner Road burglary that netted food stuffs, a collection of com– pact discs and contents of a box of washing deter– gent. Leake County Sheriff Greg Waggoner said deputies were ca11ed Wednesday, Sept. 7, to the home Toby M. Barnes, 4270 Waggoner Road. The ' oman to d .officers she had come home about 5:45 p.m. and found some– one had entered the home, the sheriff said. He said there were signs the back door of the manufactured home had been forced open. He said Barnes told offi– cer s someone had ripped open a new box ofwashing - detergent and left it half empty. In addition, seven new compact discs were miss– ing, plus chicken and pork steaks taken from a freez-

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