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Case Selected Humanities Teacher of the Year

as how these connections led to their stark differences.” Case is a native of Brookhaven and graduated cum laude from Millsaps College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1999, she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching degree with an emphasis on literature from the University of West Alabama. During her career, she has taught English and literature at the junior high, high school, community college, and university level. Her primary focus at ECCC, where she has taught since 2015, is composition. She currently serves as lead instructor for Develop- mental English. Her husband, David, is ECCC’s vice president for institutional research and effectiveness.

East Central Community College Eng- lish instructor Paige Case was named the college’s Humanities Teacher of the Year. As part of her recognition, she presented a lecture on “Awaken- ings: Surprising Intersections between Jonathan Edwards and Ralph Waldo Emerson” during the spring term. Case presented a comparison/ contrast of Jonathan Edwards and Ralph Waldo Emerson, key figures in early American literature. Case said, “As theologians, the two could not have been more different. In fact, one Emerson scholar writes, ‘There can be no doubt that Jonathan Edwards would have abhorred from the bottom of his soul every proposition Ralph Waldo Emerson blandly put forth in the manifesto of 1836, Nature.’ This lan-

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guage is strong, but true, making the commonalities between the two quite unexpected. This presentation explores their ‘surprising intersections’ as well

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criminal justice field. In ad- dition to his teaching duties, he was a faculty sponsor for SkillsUSA. Williams received an Associate of Applied Sci- ence degree from Hinds Com- munity College and Bachelor of Science and Master of Social Science degrees from Mississippi College. Tingle joined the ECCC staff in 2019 after serving as transportation director with the Newton County School System. In addition to his classroom duties, he also served as a faculty advisor for SkillsUSA. He received a certificate in Diesel Mechan- ics from East Mississippi Community College. Smith began her career in 1996 after previously serving with the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. V and Mississippi Department of Human Services. She received the Associate of Applied Science degree from East Central. Vance served since 1996 as administrative assistant to the faculty. She received an Associate in Arts degree from ECCC.

Instructor of the Year. In ad- dition, she was a member of various professional organi- zations including National Science Teachers Association, Mississippi Science Teach- ers Association, American Biology Teachers Association, and Association of Southeast- ern Biologists. LeJeune-Fisher received the Associate of Arts degree from East Mississippi Community College and the Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Teaching, and Educa- tional Specialist degrees from Livingston University (Univer- sity of West Alabama). Brooks began her duties as guidance counselor in 2002. Prior to that she served in similar positions with the Walnut Grove Youth Cor- rectional Facility and Leake Academy. Brooks received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi and a Master’s degree from Mississippi State University. Williams began his career at East Central in 2018 after serving in various roles in the – Continued from page 8

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STUDENTS SELECT ADKINS, GILL AS MR. AND MISS ECCC Alex Adkins and Courtney Gill were selected Mr. and Miss East Central Community College for the 2020-21 school year by vote of the student body. Both students graduated in May. Adkins, a graduate of Union High School, was a secondary education major. At East Central he was an honor roll student, manager for the men’s basketball team, and served as student assistant athletic director. A graduate of Leake Academy and a civil and environmental engineering major, Gill was president of the Student Body Association, 2020 Homecoming Queen, and member of Warrior Corps, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Phi Beta Lambda business education organization, and the women’s tennis team.

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