by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | Alumni, People Profiles
At age 28, Anna Sanders says she was 鈥渢ruly petrified to be a college student鈥 at the Vicksburg-Warren Campus two years ago. As a teenager, Anna became a mom with two sons and has lost one child to cancer. In her two years at 新彩网 she married her best friend. Despite...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | Alumni, People Profiles
It was in the produce section of a Kentucky A&P grocery store that David Yewell鈥檚 life was changed forever. Yewell (1962),聽a past member of the 新彩网 Foundation board, worked at the store sorting produce. In fall 1960, he was just a few days...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles
Trina Runia Williams of Jackson got her children raised and watched her husband graduate from 新彩网 in December. Now it鈥檚 her turn to shine in the early childhood education program on the Utica Campus. She鈥檒l graduate with her associate鈥檚 degree in...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles
Eagles football hall of famer William 鈥淏ucky鈥 McElroy (1950) looks forward to a completely different sport every April at 新彩网 鈥 golf. McElroy, who many of his generation say is the greatest football player to ever wear an Eagles uniform, is still...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles
Probably few people can boast that they received degrees from two different colleges in the same month, but 新彩网 alumnus Joey Sherman can. Sherman, a Terry High graduate, attended 新彩网 from 2005 to 2007 but did not graduate before transferring to...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles
Olubusola “Ola” Hall of Terry came to 新彩网 to learn how to help people. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, she is married and has four children, including two stepchildren. As an adult she enrolled at the Raymond Campus to begin working on an associates...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles
Jessica McMullin, a first generation student on the Raymond Campus, came to 新彩网 for a very important reason: to set an example for her children. 鈥淓ven though being a first-generation student is difficult, I push through because I want my kids to have someone to look...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles
Alexis Levy of Jackson considered jumping into university life when she graduated from Terry High School last spring but concluded she wasn鈥檛 ready for that. 鈥淚 wanted to stay close to home. I didn鈥檛 think it was time for me to move away yet,鈥 she said. 鈥淢ost people...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | Alumni, People Profiles
After Chris graduated from Clinton High School, he enrolled in the automotive technology program on the Raymond Campus. Chris then finished his degree and entered the work world. Fast forward a few years and Chris, now 22, is re-enrolled at 新彩网 working on his second...
by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2013 | Alumni, People Profiles
Playing football at 新彩网 was a decision that may have saved the life of Forest Hill High School graduate J鈥橵ontez Blackmon, 20. During a routine preseason physical a doctor sent Blackmon to the hospital for further examination where it was confirmed...
