e-Newsletter 
A publication of the JCJC Alumni Association & JCJC Foundation
April, 2011 - Vol 1, Issue 8 |
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The Centennial
Celebration planning is off to a great start! The key to our success is finding as many alumni as possible to join in the fun. We need help getting names and information and volunteers to make it all work.
We are currently working on the Bobcat Football Reunion for this fall. So far we have 111 Bobcats from 1928-1949, and 1,470 from 1950 to 2010. Addresses are needed too, if you know of any players in those years. Also needed are Football Rosters for these years: 1985, 1991, 1992.
Please contact us if you can give us some information.
SAVE the DATE! The Maroon Typhoon Band reunion has been set for September 24, 2011. Homecoming, the 1928-2010 Football reunion, and the 1928-2010 Cheerleader reunion will all be celebrated on the same date, October 15, 2011. Watch for details in upcoming newsletters. Please make plans to attend!
In case you haven't heard, the winner of the Annual Alumni Association Golf Tournament had to be determined by a play-off because the top two teams tied with a 56 score. The two teams of First State Bank of Waynesboro, which included team member, Ernie Joiner '80-'81 and Educational Furniture of Meridian, which included team member, Joey Landrum '82, battled for the top spot with Joiner's team becoming the tournament champion.
On the second flight, the high scoring team also consisted of JCJC alumni. Jones football All-American, Hall of Famer and JC and Laurel HS alumnus, Aubrey Wade, JCJC Athletic Director, Katie Herrington and JCJC alumnus and Sports Information Director, Shawn Wansley.
We'd also like to recognize two of the 1968 national football team members, Mike Sanford and Joe Howell, along with Jim Clark '67, for participating. The Alumni Golf Tournament was such a success, thanks to the many alumni who played!
Thanks, Robert and Jennie Landrum Alumni Researchers | |
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Garden Symposium
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Felder Rushing
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Gardeners, grab your gloves and hats and let's get gardening! The annual JCJC Garden Symposium is sure to get you in the mode and inspire you with lots of new ideas. The Thursday, April 28 Symposium will be held at the Advanced Technology Center from
8 a.m. until about 3 p.m.
The day's event's are designed to celebrate gardeners and raise scholarship funds for the JCJC Horticulture department.
Our keynote speaker is Felder Rushing, a 10th-generation gardener whose quirky, overstuffed cottage garden in Jackson, MS has been featured in many magazines, including Southern Living, Garden Design, Better Homes and Gardens and the New York Times. The author of many books has also been one of only six members of Southern Living's garden advisory board.
He plans on giving you tips on how to make gardening easy and fun! You'll also have the opportunity to purchase plants from the JCJC Horticulture Club's Sidewalk Sale.
For more information about the day's many workshops and opening speaker, William Brewer, Click Here for the brochure and registration information. Or as always, email jcjcalumniinfo@jcjc.edu or call the office at 601-477-4145.
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JCJC Alumni Facebook Page | |
 The JCJC Alumni Association now has an official Facebook Page. We would love to have you sign up or just 'like' us at JCJC Alumni Association Facebook Page.
We'll be posting announcements and upcoming events. If you are looking for 'lost' friends, teachers, or former employees, feel free to reconnect, or just post and share your thoughts on this page. If you have any suggestions please contact us in the office or email at jcjcalumniinfo@gmail.com. |
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JCJC Alumni Golf Tournament
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The 12th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament started out a little chilly but those pancakes and
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Ed and Jesse Smith watch Neal Scrimpshire putt.
Photo by Rebecca Patrick
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sausages warmed up the golfers just in time for the 8:45 a.m. tee time. More than 130 golfers spent the day with us, helping us 'friend-raise' for JCJC scholarships.
Jerome Harless (right) had the opportunity to win a million dollars in an event sponsored by Magnolia Realty. Unfortunately the golf ball didn't 'work' with him.
Winners for the day include: The team of Allen Hodo, Ernie Joiner and Brian Clark coming out on top overall. Claiming the second flight was the trio of JCJC athletic director Katie Herrington (below right), JCJC Sports Hall of Famer and former Laurel High School football great, Aubrey Wade and JCJC Sports Inforamtion Director, Shawn Wansley.
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Katie Herrington putts on the #10 while Aubrey Wade watches. Photo by Shawn Wansley
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For complete details of the event, including team rankings, click on Shawn Wansley's story here. JCJC Alumni Golf Tournament Story.
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Caroline Ramagos and Amie McQueen serving up...
Photo by Rebecca Patrick
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Clay for Cats
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 The 2011 Officers of the JCJC Alumni Association are inviting everyone to the 1st "Clays for Cats" Skeet shoot on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Boots Smith Ranch in Laurel, MS. Proceeds will benefit the JCJC Alumni Association Scholarship fund, held within the JCJC Foundation.
Five-man teams of up to forty, for a total of 200 shooters will compete for trophies and door prizes. An entry fee of $600 per team, includes challenge of 100 bird sporting clay course, lunch and refreshments. The entry deadline is April 29, 2011. If you are interested in joining us for this event, or would like to be a sponsor, click on the link, Clays for Cats brochure, to learn about the event, or you can email Amie at amie.mcqueen@jcjc.edu or call 601-477-4049.
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Spring Recital Series-Dale Walters Tribute | |
 The annual Spring Recital Series has begun! This Friday's 12:30 p.m. (April 8) recital will feature one of France's foremost composers, organists, pianists, and teachers, Gabriel Faure'. The Impromptu Piano Quartet (left) will be performing Faure's dynamic Piano Quartet No. 2. The University of Southern Mississippi string faculty members, Stephen Redfield, violin; Hsiaopei Lee, viola; Alexander Russakovsky, cello and JCJC piano faculty, Dr. Theresa Sanchez will be the featured artists for the "Dramatic Faure'" recital.
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Dale Walters |
Coordinator of the Spring Recital Series, Dr. Theresa Sanchez has designated Friday's concert as a time to pay tribute to one of its biggest fans, Dale Walters. The former JCJC VP of Business Affairs was one of the first big supporters of the Spring Recital Series when it began in 1993. His life is being remembered with this recital as a musical tribute to his contributions to the Series and the college. He lost his battle with cancer January 27, 2010.
For the entire Spring Recital Series schedule Click Here. |
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Spring Events
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Upcoming events we hope you and your friends will want to participate in this spring include:
*The Jones Concert Choir, Jones Festival Orchestra and special guest, Luke Garrett will perform, "Light and Live", Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in the M.P. Bush Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets to the night of Broadway and sacred music are $10 and can be purchased that evening.
*The Garden Symposium will be at the Whitehead Advanced Technology Center, April 28, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. To find out more about this event, Click Here (This event benefits students by providing scholarships.)
*Awards Day will be April 21, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
*Retirement Tea is scheduled for May 4, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Banquet Room of the Cafeteria.
* Graduation, Wednesday, May 11, at 10 a.m. A.B. Howard/Bobcat Gymnasium
* Clays for Cats, Thursday, May 26, at Boots Smith Ranch, Laurel
Call the Alumni/Foundation Office for more information at 601-477-4145 or email jcjcalumniinfo@jcjc.edu for more information about these events.
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Alumnus Informing JC Engineering Society
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Alex Howard, JCJC '02 graduate and SMEPA results engineer at Plant Moselle was the guest
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'02 graduate Alex Howard speaks to
JCJC Engineering Society
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speaker for the Engineering Society recently. The Petal native served on a nuclear-powered submarine for the Navy for six years and then worked at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson for four years.
As he watched the worst natural disasters strike Japan, Howard said he was anticipating a man-made disaster; a nuclear meltdown. This accident, Howard said is not as bad as Chernobyl but there's another problem. Information about the nuclear reactors and Japan's attempt to contain the hazardous materials is a little confusing and difficult for the general public to really understand.
"I really wanted to speak with our engineering students because there is a lot of misinformation out there," said Howard. "Japan has 55 reactors and the U.S. has 104. The difference is Japan's are first generation reactors. They are old and a lot has changed and improved in the nuclear power industry....New Orleans' nuclear reactor survived during Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaks. That should tell you we are doing a better job with construction and containment of our nuclear reactors."
He explained to students that Japan is dependent on nuclear energy because they don't have any natural resources on the small island. In comparison, about 20% of the United State's energy comes from nuclear power. We also have more and better safety standards than Japan. However, Howard says this accident could halt further developments and use of nuclear energy.
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Alumni Accomplishments-Kayla Bradley |
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Kayla Bradley '05 is crowned as Laurel's Miss Hospitality by former Miss Hospitality, Ali Blackledge. |
Congratulations! are in order for Kayla Bradley who was recently 'crowned' as Laurel's Miss Hospitality.
The JCJC 2005 alumna and 2010 MSU Public Relations graduate, has been spreading goodwill throughout the city and telling folks about Jones County Junior College. The Northeast Jones graduate is currently pursuing her master's degree in Public Relations at USM and plans to earn a master's degree in Counseling and Personnel Services with an emphasis in College Student Personnel. She is currently working at JCJC in Student Affairs.
Bradley will compete for the statewide title of Miss Hospitality at the pageant in Hattiesburg, July 24-30.
She explained, "The mission of the Pageant is to identify, honor and utilize young ladies between the ages of 18 and 24 for the purpose of promoting the Hospitality State's tourism, industry and economic development, by serving as the state's goodwill ambassador."
You may remember Kayla as JCJC's goodwill ambassador when she was a college student, starring in an award winning commercial PR campaign. |
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Alumni Accomplishments- Dr. John Forde | |
 "Educator of the Year" is the newest honor bestowed upon Dr. John Forde, APR, Fellow PRSA. The JCJC 1981 graduate and Mississippi State University Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communications, was named the Public Relations Association of Mississippi's Educator of the Year for his contributions to public relations, as an educator.
Besides working with students and faculty on a daily basis, Forde has committed his time to assist public relations professionals excell in their field. As an advocate and mentor for public relations professionals, He has been diligent in encouraging public relations practitioners to earn the highest professional accreditation, the APR or Accredited in Public Relations designation for public relations practitioners. He devotes his personal time ensuring this designation is credible and a true representation of its profession's mission, by serving as co-chair of The Universal Accreditation Board (UAB). This is the leading certification body for the public relations profession. It administers the Examination for Accrediation in Public Relations and coordinates all activities related to the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) designation.
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Alumni Accomplishments-Keith Lyon | |
JCJC '83 alumnus, Keith Lyon has recently received
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Dr. Ernest Freeberg presents Keith Lyon '83 with NSCDA fellowship notification |
the 2010-2011 American History Award and Fellowship from The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Lyon is a former Jones instructor (1989-2006), the son of retired JCJC biology teacher Donnis Lyon (1970-1996), and retired Jones County Schools teacher, Mary Ball Lyon (both are 1951 Jones graduates), as well as the brother of current biology instructor and JCJC '86 alumnus, Kevin Lyon.
Presented annually, the award honors, "scholarly research that provides a better understanding of our country's past" and includes generous funding for research and travel. The National Society of Colonial Dames, founded in 1891 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., stands as a leading organization in support of historical preservation, education and scholarship.
Lyon is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at The University of Tennessee, where he studies American religious and cultural history with Dr. Ernest Freeberg, an expert on the First Amendement and a nationally prominent historian of American religion, science and socialism. He is working on a dissertation entitled, "God's Brush Arbor: Camp Meeting Culture during America's Second Great Awakening."
He explained, "This project examines the influential worship practices of multi-day outdoor revivals during our nation's first half-century and focuses on a variety of camp meeting social activities." Lyon's goal is to demonstrate that in addition to religious expression, early camp meetings involved business and politics, courtship, drinking and gambling, occasional violence, as well as important developments in music, foodways, family and race relations, celebrity, and folk culture.
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Alumni Accomplishments-Bryce "Billy" Smith | |
JCJC students from the 1995-97 'era' may remember the budding performer who played tuba as he marched in the Rose Bowl for the Maroon Typhoon. His theatrical debut at Jones was in the musical, "Damn Yankees." Bryce "Billy" Smith's next role as Orin the Dentist, in "Little Shop of Horrors," led to performing the lead role in "Kismet."
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Brcye "Billy" Smith '97 & Nikki Johnson '97 |
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Bryce "Billy" Smith giving vocal tips |
The bass vocalist has performed on numerous stages like Regina Opera Company and Opera Manhatten, Opera Colorado, and the prestigious Carnegie Hall. However this was his first professional recital, back home in Mississippi. Smith gave a solo recital as part of the Jones County Junior College Spring Recital Series, on March 25.
The New York resident has taken on a new role as Executive Director and co-founder of a new opera house in NYC, called Opera Manhatten Repertory Theater. Smith and a few of his friends were inspired to create the unique company in 2008. Utilizing his corporate, stage, orchestral, production and technical theater experience, Smith says this non-profit company gives rising stars the opportunity to perform and perfect their craft.
Taking time before his Ellisville debut, Smith
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Bryce "Billy" Smith and Mitchell Williams |
shared performance tips with vocal students during his brief visit back to campus and his hometown of Lumberton.
Part of his visit also included catching up with local sports anchor, Mitch Williams, who emceed the Horatio Alger National Scholar presentation, and helped to award the national scholarship to Smith as a Lumberton HS Senior.
He shared, "Your speech Mitchell, inspired me to pursue my dreams," said Smith. "I began thinking about college and my career, and my future.... It all began here at Jones, on this stage."
Smith said he hopes he can inspire students to 'dream the impossible dream' and help them achieve it, like he did.
To read the entire story Click Here.
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Wanted!
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If you were a member of the Maroon Typhoon, the football team, or cheerleading squad we need you!
In an effort to prepare for Centennial celebrations we would like to involve as many alumni as possible. Please send us your contact information, which team/organization you were a member of, and the years you played.
We are also looking for those of you who met your spouse here at Jones. The "Love Stories of Jones" is being compiled, so submit your story!
Volunteers are also needed to help locate and compile the information collected. If you have the time to help, please email us at jcjcalumniinfo@jcjc.edu or call the office at 601-477-4145.
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Favorite JCJC Memory | |
 Please send us your favorite JCJC or JCAHS memory or event and we will share them in our upcoming editions. Include pictures, contact information, and date of attendance, with your special memories. Please be brief so we can include everyone's favorite Jones moment! You can mail the information to Amie McQueen at the Alumni-Foundation Office or email jcjcalumniinfo@jcjc.edu |
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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
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Remember When...
in 1994 when seven of JCJC's Vocational-Technical programs were named "Number One in the State?" The seven programs were Forestry, Cosmetology, Communication Electronic Repair, Horticulture, Meat Processing, Automotive Machinist and Watch/Jewelry Repair.
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Sincerely,
Amie McQueen
JCJC Alumni Coordinator |
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