Senate Concurrent Resolution 661

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND EXTENDING THE BEST WISHES OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE TO BARBARA M. WESTERFIELD UPON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT RECORDS AND REGISTRAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, AND EXPRESS WARMEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

WHEREAS, we join the administration, faculty, staff and students in honoring the career of a respected colleague. Mrs. Barbara Westerfield will retire as Director of Student Records and Registrar at the University of Mississippi Medical Center on March 29, 2019, after 33 years of service; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Westerfield has enjoyed two periods of service to the Medical Center, from 1978 to 1980 and from 1988 to her retirement in 2019. Between her two periods of service to the Medical Center, she also served as Registrar at Belhaven College. Barbara has served a vital role in the education mission of the Medical Center during a period of tremendous growth, from an enrollment of 1,404 students and 293 graduates in the 1989 academic year to 2,890 students and 927 graduates in the 2018 academic year; and

WHEREAS, during her tenure, Mrs. Westerfield has dutifully served the University of Mississippi Medical Center through her work on the institution's Accreditation Committee, the IHL/Community College Articulation Committee, and the UMMC Committees on Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Potential Academic Change; and

WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we recognize and commend the outstanding contribution of a citizen and beloved colleague who has contributed greatly to the education mission of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, proudly serving the needs of its students and graduates while zealously guarding the integrity of their academic records:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby congratulate and extend the best wishes of the Mississippi Legislature to Mrs. Barbara Westerfield upon the occasion of her retirement as Director of Student Records and Registrar at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and express warmest wishes for continued success in all of her future endeavors.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Mrs. Barbara M. Westerfield, forwarded to Vice-Chancellor LouAnn Woodward of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.