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Alumni Updates

Sebastopol native Charlotte Madden Mc Math (’75) of Raymond received the honorary status of “assistant professor emerita” from Mississippi College in August 2022 & received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Mississippi College Mathematics department at Homecoming 2022. 70 s

Inc. Most recently, Russell served the association’s national board as a two term director for the state of Alabama. She has been a longtime MSU Alumni Association volunteer with the Birmingham, Alabama, Chapter where she has served in a variety of roles over the past 21 years including eight years as chapter president. She has been instrumental in student recruit ing, community service, scholarship fundraising, and coordinating events for alumni in the region. Russell also played an integral role in making MSU license plates a reality in the state of Alabama, and she was hon ored with the MSU Alumni Association’s 2008 Distinguished Service Award.

about so much more than my personal story and journey. It transcends being just another testimonial piece. The crux of this book is to illuminate radi cal obedience that is often required of you when you are called to live a pecu liar existence during your predestined time on this earth.” Mann is a member of the 1993 State Champion ECCC men’s basketball team and was inducted into the ECCC Athletic Hall of Fame, Mississippi Com munity College Sports Hall of Fame, Mississippi Valley State University Hall of Fame, and the SWAC Hall of Fame. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors of the NBA before stepping down to pursue a call to ministry. He is pastor of First Baptist Church Carthage and a chaplain for Tyson Foods.

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Terri Russell (‘82) was recently named president of the Mis sissippi State Univer

sity National Alumni Association. She assumes the presidency following a two-year term as vice president of the Alumni Association. She is a 1984 grad

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Reed H. Harrington (’94) was named Director of Training for the Mis sissippi Highway Patrol

uate with a Bachelor of Science in indus trial engineering who also earned a Master of Science in Indus trial Engineering in 1986 from MSU. She serves as a principal member of technical staff at AT&T Labs,

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Former men’s bas ketball standout Roti Ware (’19) who contin ued his career at Ste

that carries the rank of Captain.

Marcus Mann (’94) recently pub lished a book titled “He Chose Me: From Player to Pulpit.” It is available for purchase through Amazon. He said of the book, “He Chose Me is

phen F. Austin University has signed a contract to play for Paeek Kyrenia Nicosia in the Cyprus-OPAP Basketball League.

WANTED: ALUMNI FEATURES Would you like to be a featured alumnus/alumna in the next issue of The Warrior ?

Please send the information below to Maria McLeod, P.O. Box 129, Decatur, MS 39327 or email mmcleod@eccc.edu.

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