MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Ferris

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MEMBERS OF PHI THETA KAPPA'S ALL-MISSISSIPPI ACADEMIC TEAM ON THE OCCASION OF "MISSISSIPPI PHI THETA KAPPA DAY." 

WHEREAS, March 18, 1997, marks the occasion of "Mississippi Phi Theta Kappa Day," an appropriate time for the Legislature of the State of Mississippi to recognize and salute Phi Theta Kappa, the esteemed honor society for community and junior colleges, which has its international headquarters located in Jackson, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, especial commendations are extended to the outstanding scholars who comprise Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic Team, a team of highly successful community and junior college students assembled by the Mississippi State Community and Junior College Board to participate in the Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic Team competition; and

WHEREAS, the following students have been recognized as members of the All-Mississippi Academic Team:

Dana Dykes, Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Wesson Campus

Jason Ervin, Mississippi Delta Community College

Sandra Flake, Northeast Mississippi Community College

William Henry, Hinds Community College - Raymond Campus

Marina Luybimova, Northwest Mississippi Community College

James Savel, East Central Community College

Rhonda Smith, Meridian Community College - Rankin Campus

Jennifer Vega, East Mississippi Community - Golden Triangle

Campus

Stephanie Wilson, Southwest Mississippi Community College

Madeline Zimmerman, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

- Jackson County Gautier Campus

Peggy Adams, Hinds Community College - Vicksburg Campus

Shelly Baker, Hinds Community College - Raymond Campus

Kristen Bevill, Holmes Community College - Goodman Campus

Pamela Blackledge, Pearl River Community College

Daniel Blaylock, Holmes Community College - Goodman Campus

Sherby Bozeman, East Mississippi Community College - Scooba

Campus

Shanna Breckenridge, East Mississippi Community College - Scooba Campus

Leslie Burgess, Mississippi Delta Community College

Kelly Cauthern, Holmes Community College - Ridgeland Campus

Sherry Chance, Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Wesson Campus

Patsy Chandler, Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Natchez Campus

Denise Cowan, Hinds Community College - Jackson Campus

Sacha Creel, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Jackson County Gautier Campus

Brian Cuevas, Pearl River Community College

Shunchitta Dorsey, Coahoma Community College

Sherril Edwards, Coahoma Community College

Jennifer Gray, Hinds Community College - Raymond Campus

Katrina Griffith, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Jefferson-Davis Campus

Allen Haraway, Northwest Mississippi Community College

Deborah Jenkins, Hinds Community College - Raymond Campus

Sherralann Longmire, Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Natchez Campus

Melanie McCrimon, Itawamba Community College

Mauricka McKenzie, Jones Junior College

William Messina, Sr., Hinds Community College - Vicksburg Campus

Farah Mohiuddin, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Jefferson-Davis Campus Gulfport

Julie Noel, Hinds Community College - Raymond Campus

Amanda Palmer, Itawamba Community College

Kendra Pittman, Pearl River Community College

Stephen Poole, Meridian Community College

Noymi Ramey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Perkinston Campus

Beth Ryan-Herzig, Holmes Community College - Ridgeland Campus

George Sanders, Jones County Community College

Thomas Schmitz, Holmes Community College - Grenada Campus

Chad Sharpe, Mary Holmes College

Lishia Simmons, Hinds Community College - Rankin Campus

Grennar Smith, Hinds Community College - Utica Campus

Pamela Snider, Holmes Community College - Grenada Campus

Julie Stewart, Pearl River Community College - Forrest County

Kimberly Tatum, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Perkinston Campus

Stephanie Taylor, East Central Community College

LaWanda Triplett, Mary Holmes College

Jerry Walker, Northeast Mississippi Community College

Jessica Wallace, Southwest Mississippi Community College; and

WHEREAS, to be chosen as a member of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic Team, these students must demonstrate impressive intellect, outstanding leadership, and a determination to achieving academic excellence; and

WHEREAS, the praiseworthy and devoted efforts of the members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic Team have earned for them and their academic institutions the respect and admiration of the Legislature and of the citizenry of this state:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we hereby honor and congratulate Phi Theta Kappa, the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, and the members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-American Academic Team, and commend the team members' outstanding competitive spirit as evidenced by their accomplishments.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a duly authenticated copy of this resolution be presented to members of Phi Theta Kappa's All-Mississippi Academic Team on the occasion of "Mississippi Phi Theta Kappa Day," be forwarded to the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges and be made available to the Capitol Press Corps.