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Feburary - March, 1998
Dennis & Wilson take top math honors at PRCC
POPLARVILLE—Pearl River Community College's Department of Mathematical Sciences hosted a District Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) Junior High Contest for seventh and eighth grade students recently on its Poplarville campus.
Padrick Dennis, a St. Stanislaus student from Bay St. Louis, won first place in the seventh grade competition while David Wilson of Oak Grove Middle School picked up the eighth grade top honor.
Petal Middle School seventh grader Bill Irwin placed second and Amelia Steadman of Hattiesburg was runner-up in the eighth grade. Steadman attends Presbyterian Christian School.
Seventh and eighth grade students from sixteen schools participated in the contest which included 32 eighth graders and 30 seventh graders.
Dr. John Grant, chair of the PRCC Department of Mathematical Sciences, presented certificates and awards.
The four winners will now
advance to the overall state competition set for Friday, April 17.
Pearl River College recognizes its major contributors
POPLARVILLE—Pearl River Community College thanked its major contributors during a "River Magic Appreciation Dinner" here Saturday.
The PRCC Development Foundation sponsored the event which honored members of its top two gift levels - The Magic Makers and The River Navigators.
The Magic Makers consist of those making an annual contribution of $10,000 or more, or pledge $10,000 over a ten-year period with a minimum of $1,000 per year.
The River Navigators consist of those contributing at least $1,000 but less than $10,000 per year.
The PRCC Development Foundation, a non-profit, tax exempt corporation that serves as the fund raising arm of the college, has raised more than $3 million from private sources over the last 10 plus years.
"As Pearl River looks to its future, we turn to thoughtful and concerned individuals like you to help fashion a yet stronger institution," said President Ted Alexander. "We appreciate your love and loyalty to PRCC."
"By supporting Pearl River through private gifts, donors are making an investment that will be handsomely repaid in the ever-increasing quality of PRCC students, faculty, staff, and alumni," said Donna Wilson, executive director of the foundation.
Wilson said the money raised by the Foundation are used to provide student scholarships, faculty development, assist students, and retain the tools and facilities that are essential if students and faculty are to do their best work.
PRCC MAGIC MAKERS recognized during the appreciation dinner included:
High School Seniors From Pearl River's Six-County Supporting District Invited
POPLARVILLE—More than 1,200 high school seniors from Pearl River Community College's six-county supporting district were on hand for Spring Fest '98 here Thursday, March 26.
The festival 0included performances by PRCC's jazz band and modeling team, as well as a college fair and lunch. It gave high school seniors a chance to visit campus and learn more about PRCC.
The students spent much of the day learning about admissions, financial aid, and academic and vocational-technical programs offered at Pearl River.
The college fair was held in M.R. White Coliseum where representatives from PRCC's academic and vo-tech departments were on hand to answer any questions about course offerings.
All high school seniors from
PRCC's district of Forrest, Hancock, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion, and
Pearl River counties were invited to attend.
POPLARVILLE—Tryouts
for the Pearl River Community College "String of Pearls" dance team will
be held March 31, 1998 at 3 p.m. in the White Coliseum.
Applicants must be unmarried
and must be a graduating high school senior or a student attending PRCC
no older than 24 years of age.
Candidates will be taught a dance and kick routine in the tryout session. All participants must wear dance leotard, tights, and tennis shoes. Dance experience is desired.
Judging will be based on ability to learn and perform the routine, rhythm, coordination, personal appearance, poise, showmanship, and flair.
A personal interview may be used for some participants. The tryouts are closed to all spectators. "String of Pearls" are required to reside on campus during the fall semester.
All selected will receive a $500 scholarship for the Fall semester.
For more information call
the Fine Arts Department at 601-795-1180.
POPLARVILLE—Pearl River Community College honored its retirees during a special faculty and staff appreciation dinner here Friday.
During the annual event, which is sponsored by the PRCC Development Foundation, service pins were also presented to faculty and staff members in recognition of their years of service.
Individuals retiring at the end of the current school year, with a combined 116 years of service, are Elden Buel, Sam Wells, Edith Hoover, Lorena O'Quinn, Ann Morris, and Harvey Seligman.
The awards were presented by David Earl Johnson, chair of the PRCC Board of Trustees and Lewis Murray, chair of the foundation.
Ann Morris is retiring with 31 years of service to the college. Morris is the director of Institutional Effectiveness. Lorena O'Quinn and Harvey Seligman are saying good-bye with 25 years of employment each at PRCC.
O'Quinn, who worked in food service, has already retired; while Seligman, director of student activities, will retire June 30. Seligman was hired as an assistant football coach and served one year (1974) as head coach of the Wildcats.
Hoover has spent the last 13 years serving as a "dorm mom". She is currently over the newest women's dormitory on campus.
Buel, with 12 years of service, is electronics technology instructor and Wells has taught history in the Academic Division of the college for the past 10 years.
Receiving 10 year service awards at the dinner were Ethel Batson, Joyce Collins, Edwin Elkins, Melissa Graves, Thomas Hill, Frances Rawls, Carolyn Ruegger, Diane Stewart, Sam Wells, Jane Whorton, Diana Williams, and Lisa Williams.
Fifteen year employees recognized included Kenneth Adams, Pat Amacker, Susan Anderson, Susan Bedwell, Peggy Broomhall, Susan Donohue, Sybil Downes, Eddy Gammell, Sarah Henry, Ray Lee, Wyndall Peterson, Lynn Royse and Willie Speights.
Three staff members, Murlene Fairley, O'Quinn, and Seligman, received emerald 25 year pins, and Elaine Kersh received a sapphire pin for twenty years of service.
Barry Landrum of Houston
entertained with humorous stories and funny anecdotes. Landrum has keynoted
conventions, conferences and has been the after dinner speaker for thousands
of gatherings across the nation and in several foreign countries.
POPLARVILLE—Pearl
River Community College President Ted Alexander was home Monday after spending
another two weeks in a Hattiesburg hospital.
Alexander, 61, was
admitted to the Wesley Medical Center, March 3 with complications from
injuries sustained in a one-car accident on Feb. 4 on Mississippi Highway
26 near the Poplarville campus. It was Alexander's third trip to the hospital
since the accident.
“Dr. Alexander had
a huge mass of fluid and infection build up in the pleural spaces around
his lungs," said Larry Stanford, PRCC spokesperson. "His elevated temperature
over an extended period of time was a concern. It took the drainage tubes
inserted through his back several days to remove the fluid."
The Pearl River College
president suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung, cuts and lacerations
when his wife swerved to avoid a deer and slammed into an oak tree on Feb.
4. Barbara Alexander suffered minor bruises.
Alexander was listed
in good condition when first hospitalized after the accident but he was
later moved to intensive care for three days with internal bleeding that
led to hemorrhagic shock. He was first released home Thursday, Feb. 12.,
readmitted early Feb. 18 with complications and released again late Feb.
20.
"Dr. Alexander is
spending a little time each day in his office," said Stanford. “Obviously
the setbacks and complications have delayed his full recovery.”
