Warrior Magazine June 2020

ECCC students named to All-Mississippi Academic Team

ECCC sophomores

Alley Bernard of Meridian and Gavin Bailey of Decatur were named to the 2020 Phi Theta Kappa Community College All Mississippi Academic Team. The All-Mississippi Community College Academic Team recognizes scholarly achievements and leadership accomplishments of students enrolled in the Vice President of Outreach, is a BSU Council member and Bible study leader, member of Students for Life, Students Again Destructive Decisions, Sigma Sigma Mu Tau, Phi Beta Lambda, and participates in College Worship. Bailey, a Dean’s List scholar, serves as sophomore class treasurer, Phi Theta Kappa Vice President of

Hodges selected as Humanities Instructor of the Year

Bernard

East Central art instructor Jeffrey Hodges was named the college’s 2019 Humanities Instructor of the Year and presented a special program titled “Forms and Narratives in Art” during a recognition ceremony in February. During his presentation, Hodges presented a lecture highlighting works of art from his research trips to Paris, France, as well as Boston and Chicago. His lecture included an array of significant pieces

state’s two-year colleges. Bernard was named to the First Team and Bailey was a Second Team honoree. A President’s List scholar, Bernard serves as Phi Theta Kappa

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of work from the cities and focused on the narratives, concepts, and processes behind the selected works from premier museums each location has to offer. Hodges has served as the art instructor at East Central since 2015. He previously taught painting at the University of South Carolina. He graduated magna cum laude with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art from Memphis College of Art in 2011 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in studio art from the University of South Carolina in 2014. During his graduate studies, he received a scholarship to the International Centre for the Arts at Monte Castello di Vibio in Italy. Hodges has had six solo exhibitions since 2013 and 24 group exhibitions since 2007. He has also been featured as a guest lecturer at numerous colleges, including Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson and Hinds Community College in Jackson. In the fall of 2019, he held an exhibition with Hinds art instructor LeeReyna Lopez Leyva at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Bailey

Membership, resident assistant, captain of the Warrior Baseball team, a member of Men of Dignity, and participates in College Worship. Both honorees received medallions, certificates, and printed resolutions from the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives. The All-Mississippi Academic Team program is coordinated by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the Mississippi Community College Board.

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