2013

named HEADWAE honorees

Selected as East Central Community College's HEADWAE student and instructor of theYear, respectively, are soph– omore Andrew Hanna (left) of Union and biology instructor Kim Hardy of PhUadelphla. They will represent the tw()– year institution tn Decatur at the annual program scheduled for Feb. 26. tn Jackson.

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Hardy has received several other teachinghonorswhile at EC, including her selection as Lamplighter instructor in 2010, an annual program that recognizes the state' out– ._.,Uldinrr C"mmoo·tv and iun- ~ . . wr college faculty members. She was also named to Who's Who Among Community Col– lege Instructors. In addition to her teaching duties, Hardy serves as spon– sor of the Sigma Sigma Mu Tau Medical Club. She received several teach– inghonors prior to joining the EC faculty. She was the 1993 recipient of the Herbert M. HandleyOutstandingTeacher Award presented by the Mis– sissippi ScienceTeachers' As-

Academy Youth Leadership Program in 2008 at Quantico, Va. He was chosen president of the 11th Session of the FBINA YouthLeadership Pf()– gram. Hanna abo participated in the Hugh O'Brien Youth Lead– ership program in 2009. His parents are Rusty and Lanette Hanna of Union. Hardy joined the EC faculty in the fall of 2005 after previ– ously serving as an interim in– structor and adjunct faculty member. She is also a former biology and human anatomy instructor at Philadelphia High School and previously served as a science instructor atMississippi StateUniversity and Kosciusko Middle School

sociation. She also received the 1992 Science and Mathe– matics Tt.~her Award from the Missi,s.ppi State Univer– sity Chapt r of Sigma Xi Sci– entific Re-....:arch Society A1 ·-.f!!:"' : ... _~ !~eshoba Central Hi~ School. Hardy received an associate's degree in dental hygiene from Merid– ian Community College in 1979, where she was gradu– ated with highest honors and was chosen for Who's Who Among Students in American CommunityColleges. She continued her educa– tion at Mississippi State Uni– versity in Starkville, where ~she received bachelor and master's degrees in biology in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

Hardyis currentlypursuing a Ph.D. in Biology Education from the University of South– ern Mississippi. Her professional affiliations include member hip in the ~li"'~ ippi Science Teachers· A.s'()Ciation. She is married to Bobby Hardy and they reside in Philadelphia. She has a daughter, Mrs. TommyWayne (Leigh) McDaniel; lwo step– daughters, Mrs. Grant (Car– men) Ford and Deanna Hardy, and four grandchil– dren, Mason Payne, Brian, Pasiley Grace, and Hooper McDaniel Hardy's parents are Glois and Doris Daniels of Philadel– phia