Otwane Awarded Transfer Scholarship PRCC’S Third Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Recipient in 4 Years
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PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAY 2018 Otwane awarded transfer scholarship PRCC’s third Jack Kent Cooke Foundation recipient in 4 years By CHUCK ABADIE PRCC because they offered Director of Public Relations me lots of scholarships. PRCC has wonderful staff and A Pearl River Community faculty. The teachers are College student, Said D. overqualified and passionate Saucier, Otwane to Otwane, is the third in four about their work.” years to win the Jack Kent One of those teachers is Dr. Cooke Foundation Transfer Terri Ruckel, Dean of the speak at graduation Scholarship. William A. Lewis Honors PRCC will hold two graduation ceremonies for the first time Otwane is one of 47 schol- Institute at PRCC. in many years. ars nationwide to achieve this “Coming up with a few re- Students receiving associate in applied science degrees or cer- $40,000 per year award to fur- marks about my experience tificates in a career technical program will graduate at 10 a.m. ther his education. with Said (pronounced ‘s ay ee Friday, May 11. Speaker will be Kesha Saucier of Kiln, a mar- “I am still in a state of shock d’) is a difficult task,” said Dr. keting and management student who placed first in state DECA because this is a dream come Ruckel. “Said is a once-in a- competition earlier this year. true,” said Otwane. “It means lifetime kind of student about Students receiving associate in arts degrees will graduate at 1 that I can confidently walk down whom I cannot possibly say Said Otwane is pictured with his mom, Fatma Otwane. p.m. Friday, May 11. Speaker will be Said Otwane of Petal, a the path that I have chosen in enough good things. He is gra- Forrest County Center student who has received the prestigious life. It means that I can show my cious to all, uncompromisingly A president’s list scholar, faculty member, echoed Dr. Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. mother (Fatma Otwane) that the authentic, and is always where Otwane has been recognized Ruckel’s praises. “When I first Both ceremonies will be held in White Coliseum. sacrifices she has made were not he said he would be doing for a host of academic honors. met Said, he struck me as a in vain. Doors that seemed what he was assigned or vol- They include: quiet, thoughtful, respectful sealed shut have now been flung unteered to do. I am delighted President of Beta Tau young man. As I got to know PRCC to host to music open for me.” that his ambitious bid for the Gamma Chapter of Phi Theta him over the course of teaching Otwane, 20, is a native of Jack Kent Cooke scholarship Kappa, ambassador of the him Calculus I, II, III, and IV, Mombasa, Kenya. He gradu- has been rewarded.” William Lewis Honors Institute, and Statistics, as well as serving camps during summer ated from Petal High School Otwane’s major is computer president of the Chess Club and as one of his Phi Theta Kappa The Sounds of the South band camp for students in middle before choosing to attend engineering. He plans to at- a member of Sigma Kappa advisors, I discovered that not and junior high school will be held Sunday, June 10, through PRCC. His mom and his aunt tend Columbia University. Delta, Mu Alpha Theta, the only was he thoughtful and re- Thursday, June 14. Crews from Mississippi Public Broadcasting are PRCC graduates. Said Dr. Ruckel, “He will History and Humanities Club, spectful, but Said is also hard- will be on campus filming the camp for a segment on “I knew from the start that I make his family and PRCC Video Game Club and Student working, intelligent, funny, gen- was heading to a fantastic proud no matter which univer- Government Association. erous, and very capable.” Mississippi Roads. n The Mississippi Lions All-State Band will be on campus place,” said Otwane. “I chose sity he decides to attend.” Dr. Doug Donohue a math See SAID, page 3 Monday, June 18, through Wednesday, June 27. The band, com- posed of outstanding high school musicians selected through audition, will be preparing for competition at the Lions PRCC’s Phi Theta Kappa International Convention in Las Vegas. Nursing has two events; chapters bring home hardware pinning cermonies set n The Beta Mu chapter of Alpha Delta Nu nursing honor so- ciety will induct new members at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at Malone Chapel. The May 2018 associate degree nursing class will receive pins in a ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Brownstone Center for the Arts. n Two allied health programs at the Forrest County Center will hold pinning ceremonies on Thursday, May 10. Both cere- monies will be at the Woodall Center in Hattiesburg. The occupational therapy assistant class will receive pins at 5 p.m. The medical radiological technology students will receive theirs at 6 p.m. Summer night classes; Work schedule changes n Summer night classes begin on Monday, May 21, and will meet on the Memorial Day holiday the following week. First-term day classes begin Monday, June 4, and end with fi- nals on Wednesday, June 27. Second-term classes begin Thursday, June 28 with finals on Thursday, July 26. n The 2018 summer work schedule will begin Monday, June 4, and continue through Friday, July 27. Offices will be open 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. All campuses will be closed on Fridays. The college will be closed Wednesday, July 4, through Friday, Participants at Phi Theta Kappa’s Catalyst in Kansas City, of Prentiss, Myles Ellis of Moss Point, Marella Failla of July 6, in observance of Independence Day. Mo., from the Poplarville campus’ Iota Mu chapter included Picayune (2017-18 president); Alejandra Alcantara of The normal, five-day work schedule will resume on Monday, advisors Lisa Wall, Jeff McCoy, Dr. Trevor Hunt and Robin Carriere, Caitlin Sumrall of Poplarville, Jonathan Johnson of July 30. Nix. Students were Stanton Ladner of Perkinston, Gage Hattiesburg, J. D. O’Brian of Baxterville (2018-19 president); Adult education awards Kennedy of Kiln, Kyle Stallings of Gulfport, Fred McCollum Charlie Burge of Purvis, and William Masters of Purvis. diplomas on May 24 Students who have earned their high school equivalency diplomas through PRCC can participate in the 2018 Adult Education Graduation Ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg. Participants from Beta Tau Gamma at the Forrest County of Hattiesburg, Vera Thacker of Hattiesburg, Raven Sterling, Center included advisors David Collum, Dr. Amanda Parker, Sarah-Ashlyn Barber of Hattiesburg, Thaddeus Barncastle Drs. Ryan and Terri Ruckel, along with Mr. Adam Parker. of Hattiesburg, Megan Glory Breland of Hattiesburg, Students were Nathan Young of Sumrall, Said Otwane of Michael Pascarella, Cody Hudson of Oak Grove, Michael Petal, Melissa Novak of Hattiesburg, Taylor Barefoot of Evans of Purvis, Dustin Loftin of Hattiesburg, and Jordan Brooklyn, Lorenzo Catlett of Hattiesburg. Jennifer Pacheco Shoemake of Hattiesburg, PTK students, staff are recognized Pearl River Community College was received a Distinguished Community MS/LA Region. well represented at the Phi Theta Kappa College Administrator Award. Only 25 Dr. Terri Smith Ruckel, a Beta Tau International Catalyst Convention in were presented in recognition of out- Gamma advisor, received a Continued Kansas City, Mo., where chapter and in- standing support of PTK. The Iota Mu Excellence Advisor Award. She and her dividual awards were presented. chapter and the Beta Tau Gamma chapter husband, Dr. Ryan Ruckel, coordinate The Iota Mu chapter on the Poplarville at the Forrest County Center nominated the MS/LA Region and received awards campus was honored as one of the Top Seal jointly. for leading a Five-Star Regional and for 50 chapters for its Honors in Action Dr. Jana Causey, vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in re- Project - The Impacts of Implicit Bias on Forrest County Operations, received an gional programming. Race Relations. The project was based Alumni Award of Appreciation based on Beta Tau Gamma members Said on research by the students. Iota Mu also her nomination by the Beta Tau Gamma Otwane of Petal, Cody Hudson of Oak was recognized in the Top 100 of more chapter. The award recognizes PTK Grove, Melissa Novak and Lorenzo than 3,000 PTK International chapters. alumni who support current and future Catlett, both of Hattiesburg, participated Dr. Jennifer Seal, PRCC vice president members. She recently was appointed to in the Parade of Scholars. for planning and institutional research, the PTK Alumni Advisory Board for the n More PTK coverage, page 3 May 2018 • Page 2 The Drawl NEWS Today’s subject: coffee, Shopping center coming benefits are plentiful By EMILY BRANAN tle extra help remembering. With all of those The Drawl Staff Writer bones for A&P and equations for college alge- bra, your brain needs a memory booster. 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