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Top Employees Honored The college honored its instructor and staff member of the year at an end-of-the-year Employee Recognition Reception in April. Honored as Staff Member of the Year was Karen Robertson (left), administrative assistant to the vice president for public information. Honored as the Instructor of the Year was Chris Ryals (center), engineering technology instructor. They were each presented with a plaque and a $500 check from ECCC President Dr. Brent Gregory. The college’s Foundation supports the Staff Member of the Year award and the Alumni Association supports the Instructor of the Year award.

Ferguson Named Moody Institute Fellow Christy Ferguson, business and office technology instructor, was one of four community college instructors in Mississippi to be named a 2022 Moody Institute Fellow. The Moody Institute provides funds for enrichment experiences for full-time faculty members employed in the state’s public community colleges. Awards are based on how a proposed enrichment activity will enhance the faculty member’s professional knowledge/ability, how it will help the faculty member grow in his/her content area, and the originality of the activity.

Ferguson serves as an advisor for the college’s Theta Chi chapter of Phi Beta Lambda and was ECCC’s Instructor of the Year in 2016-17.

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