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AMESSAGE FROM THE LEGISLATURE The Higher Education Appreciation Day–Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) was estab- lished by the Mississippi Legislature in 1988 to honor academically talented students and faculty members who have made outstanding contributions in promoting academic excellence. The Appreciation Day is our way of saying “thank you” for your commitment to the future of Mississippi. It is an honor and a privilege for the Legislature to recognize these honorees for their outstanding achievements. We wish them every success as they pursue their personal and professional goals. 22ND ANNUAL HEADWAE CORPORATE SPONSORS ATMOS ENERGY MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY AT&T MISSISSIPPI NISSAN – CANTON BANKPLUS NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS BANCORPSOUTH PUCKETT MACHINERY CHEVRON SANDERSON FARMS ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION JBHM EDUCATION GROUP TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD VALLEY SERVICES, INC. THE HONORABLE PHIL BRYANT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STATE OF MISSISSIPPI CHAIR OF HEADWAE Congratulations HEADWAE Honorees! I am pleased to welcome all 72 of you and commend you on your academic achievements and for being selected as the outstanding student and faculty member at your institutions. HEADWAE was created to showcase the contributions many of you have made in improving aca- demic excellence. I, along with the Mississippi Legislature, the corporate community, and others involved in higher education are delighted to have the opportunity to recognize your academic and leadership achievements and celebrate the individual students, faculty and staff who embody academic excellence and commitment to the goals and missions at our institutions of higher learning. Through personal and aca- demic achievement, you demonstrate that a quality education can be found right here in Mississippi’s colleges and universities. The son of a diesel mechanic and a mother that was a housewife, I learned early in life the importance of education and hard work. Because of your dedication, your dreams are endless. As President Abraham Lincoln said, “Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most impor- tant subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” Mississippi has an even brighter future because of each of you. Again, congratulations on being selected outstanding honorees. H.E.A.D.W.A.E. HIGHER EDUCATION APPRECIATION DAY WORKING FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE HEADWAE SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 26, 2009 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Honoree Registration, State Capitol, First Floor 10:00 a.m. Official Welcome, State Capitol, Second Floor 10:15 a.m. Capitol Tour, Second Floor 11:15 a.m. Photo Session, Lt. Governor and Corporate Sponsors 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon, Marriott, Jackson,Mississippi 1:00 p.m. Adjournment 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Photo Session, HEADWAE Honorees LUNCHEON AGENDA THE HONORABLE PHIL BRYANT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR • CHAIR OF HEADWAE MASTER OF CEREMONIES WELCOME Invocation Senator Doug Davis Chair, Universities and Colleges LUNCH Introduction of Special Guests Mr. Phil Bryant Remarks Representative Billy McCoy Speaker of the House of Representatives Recognition of Corporate Sponsors Senator William H. Hewes, III President Pro Tempore, Senate Remarks Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas Interim Commissioner of Higher Education Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Remarks Dr. Eric Clark Executive Director State Board for Community and Junior Colleges Introduction of Speaker Mr. Phil Bryant GUEST SPEAKER MR.AUBREY B. PATTERSON CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – BANCORPSOUTH MEMBER,BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING Honoree Recognitions Representative J. P. Compretta Speaker Pro Tempore House of Representatives Response Dr. Lee Royce President Mississippi Association of Colleges and Mississippi College Adjournment Photo Session, Honorees – Canterbury Room MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFICERS 2009 PRESIDENT DIRECTORS Dr. Lee Royce Dr. Frances Lucas Dr. Ronald Mason, Jr. President, Mississippi College President, Millsaps College President, Jackson State University Representing Independent Colleges Representing Four-Year Public Universities PRESIDENT-ELECT (Term expires October 2009) (Term expires October 2010) Dr. Phil Sutphin President, East Central Community College Dr. Johnny Allen Dr. David L. Beckley President, Northeast Mississippi Community College President, Rust College IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Representing Community and Junior Colleges Mississippi Association of Colleges Representative to Dr. John Hilpert (Term expires October 2011) the Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation President, Delta State University (Term expires October 2010) SECRETARY-TREASURER Dr. Lynn J. House and Student Affairs Institutions of Higher Learning IN APPRECIATION MR. HENRY ANDERSON MS. NIRA COLEMAN JOHNSON MR. KELL SMITH Institutions of Higher Learning Gear Up Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges MS. NIKITNA BARNES DR. SUSAN LEE MS. CHARLOTTE TANNER America Reads Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Gear Up Mississippi MS. CARLOTTA BROWN MS. CLOTEE LEWIS MS. RONJANETT TAYLOR America Reads Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning America Reads Mississippi MR. MICK BULLOCK DR. DI ANN LEWIS CAPITOL TOURS: Director of Communications and Gear Up Mississippi MS. ERNESTINE COLLINS, Capitol Hostess Legislative Liaison MS. NAN ANDREWS, Capitol Hostess Lieutenant Governor’s Office MS. CASSANDRA MCDOUGLES America Reads Mississippi MEDIA ASSISTANCE: DR. MARTHA CATLETTE MR. ARNOLD LINDSEY Institutions of Higher Learning MS. GLORIA J. MILLER Senate Information Officer Institutions of Higher Learning Mississippi Legislature MS. LASHONDA COLBERT MS. ANNIE MITCHELL Gear Up Mississippi MR. MAC GORDON Institutions of Higher Learning House Information Officer MS. JANET DOMINY Mississippi Legislature State Board for Community and Junior Colleges MS. VENETRIA MOORE Institutions of Higher Learning ON-SITE PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF: MS. MENIA DYKES Institutions of Higher Learning MS. PEARL PENNINGTON Institutions of Higher Learning Ms. Colleen Hartfield MS. ODDIE FLOYD Vice President for Community Relations State Board for Community and Junior Colleges MS. JENNIFER ROGERS HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Institutions of Higher Learning MS. MARILYN GARDNER Cathy Hayden State Board for Community and Junior Colleges DR. AL RANKIN Tammi Bowles Institutions of Higher Learning HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DR. MARY GRANT LEE Gear Up Mississippi MS. JUANESTER RUSSELL Bubby Johnston Gear Up Mississippi Maria McLoed S ANDRA ERRING M . S H EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE America Reads Mississippi MS. MISSY SAXTON State Board for Community DR. LYNN J. HOUSE and Junior Colleges Monica Miller Institutions of Higher Learning Richard Kopp MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE HEADWAE HONOREES 2008-2009 INSTITUTION STUDENT HONOREE FACULTY HONOREE Alcorn State University Demark Cole Wesley Lloyd Whittaker Belhaven College Nicole Catharine Nutting Rose Mary Ivas Foncree Blue Mountain College Bonnie Christina Teel Johnny L. Mattox Coahoma Community College Edward Lee Seals, Jr. Wanda B. Reed Copiah-Lincoln Community College Shelia Nehring Sullivan Amy Bishop Sullivan Delta State University James Andrew Barham Corlis Miller Snow East Central Community College Daniel Hunter Johnson Vicki Clanton Blaylock East Mississippi Community College Jesse Knight Conner Jairus Lowell Johnson Hinds Community College Courtney Marie McCollum Marvin E. Moak Holmes Community College Ann Martin Parker Claudette Ashley Thomas Itawamba Community College Victoria Nicole Ritter Mary Sue Boggs Jackson State University Opal Charis Brown Paresh Chandra Ray Jones County Junior College Leah Burch Timothy Sanford Cochran Magnolia Bible College Jacob Martin Brownfield Jerry William Rogers Meridian Community College Gabrielle Morgan Annie Lou Burns Millsaps College Phillip Maurice Cortese Michael Leslie Galaty Mississippi College Harley Ray McAlexander Mark C. Modak-Truran Mississippi Delta Community College Patrick Charles Brocato George T. Davis, Jr. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Maya Lee SokolowskiChristopher John DeDual Mississippi State University Braxton Tate Coombs Robert S. Moore Mississippi University for Women Dana Louise Derrick Bryan Hilliard Mississippi Valley State University Precious Dominique Person Henrine Stewart Northeast Mississippi Community College Matthew Paul Henderson Kathy Potts Green Northwest Mississippi Community College John Harrell Lawrence “Bud” Young Pearl River Community College Katie Leeann Spiers Archie Rawls Reformed Theological Seminary Brett Owen Louis Kenneth R. Elliott Rust College John Michael Todd Tunga L. Otis Southeastern Baptist College Timothy Glen Buchanan Cellie Sheppard Scoggin Southwest Mississippi Community College Jonathan Andrew Richardson Joseph W. Juneau, Jr. Tougaloo College Joshua Roberto Marks Aldredlene Thomas Armstrong University of Mississippi Graham Boynton Purcell Gregory A. Schirmer University of Mississippi Medical Center Merry Claire Ballard Hamed A. Benghuzzi University of Southern Mississippi Justin Ernest Poelma Charles L. McCormick Wesley Biblical Seminary Morgan Stuart Roberts Daniel L. Burnett Wesley College Troy Anthony Piccaluga Darlene Taylor Morgan William Carey University Christopher Gregory Isaac Napier Ellen Price Elder ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY ALCORN STATE, MS PRESIDENT: GEORGE E. ROSS DEMARK COLE CLASS STANDING: Senior MAJOR/MINOR FIELD OF STUDY: Agricultural