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• Work of area students to be featured in ICC's Calliope

  The work of several area students will be featured in The Calliope during the 2025 spring semester at Itawamba Community College.                 The poets and their work include Holly Edge of Mantachie, “Lingering Tune;” Sharlee Shumpert of Mooreville, “I Am Ambitious;” Abigael Cowsert of Myrtle, “Crickets Never Sleep;” Tytianna Brooks of Nettleton, “Solaced Thinking;” Va’Shawna Fleming of New Albany, “To Love Like Jesus; Sara Davis of Smithville, “Preacher Man;” Michaela Georges, “The World Is Ablaze;” Vidhi Patel, “The Perfect Gift;” James Ross, “Pieces of You;” and Teneshia Shells, “Wisdom,” all of Tupelo.                 The Calliope is ICC’s literary magazine. Editors are ICC art instructor Shawn Whittington of Saltillo, art, and English instructor Keith Morris of Tupelo, poetry.
• ICC's 2024 Calliope to feature work of area students

  The work of several area students will be featured in The Calliope during the 2024 spring semester at Itawamba Community College.                The poets and their work include Lillyan Madrid of Amory, “Untitled;” Carmen Birmingham of Mooreville, “The love I bestow and share;” Tytianna Brooks of Okolona, “Pain;” Anna Thomas of Pontotoc, “D.N.H.”; Lillie Palmer of Saltillo, “I am fire;” Sara Davis of Smithville, “Exalted in the Highest;” Nailah Slatter, “Memories;” Crissen McCoy, “On My Own;” James Ross, “Spring Festival,” all of Tupelo; and Kent Humphries of Vina, Ala., “Just Pretend,”                The Calliope is ICC’s literary magazine. Editors are ICC art instructor Shawn Whittington of Saltillo, art, and English instructor Keith Morris of Tupelo, poetry.
• ICC's Calliope to feature work by area students

              The work of several area students will be featured in The Calliope during the 2019 spring semester at Itawamba Community College.             The poets and their work include Dylan Barnett (“RYL”) of Aberdeen, Tierra Hood (“A Small Country Church”) of Fulton, Dylan McCalla (“I AM”) of Guntown, Becky Blanton (“Letters to a Lark”) of Hamilton, Isabella McCarley (“X.I.T.”) of Mantachie, Brynmarie Cowart (“Cirque du Chagrin”) of Marietta, Chelsea Randle (“Forgetting Pain”) of Prairie, Mary Elizabeth Moore (“A Cat Sits On My Lap”) of Red Bay, Ala., Leia Kosteck (“Remember the way he held you”) of Saltillo and Madison Stanford (“Eleanor”) of Tupelo.             The Calliope is ICC’s literary magazine. Keith Morris of the Communications Division is the sponsor.
• Student work selected for ICC's Calliope

              The work of several area students will be featured in The Calliope, which is scheduled for publication during the 2021 spring semester at Itawamba Community College.             The poets and their work include Anna Austin of New Albany, “Are You Like Me?;” Eden Cooper of Russellville, Ala., “For Any Pronoun;” Le-Ann Cummings of Guntown, “Power of Love;” Pamela Dankins of Amory, “Oh, How You Loved the Rain;” Tandraniqua Galloway of Jackson, “Untitled;” Riley Hall of Pontotoc, “HOPE;” Ashlyn Holcomb of Fulton, “How Could I Have Known?;” Faith Knox of Houlka, “Fall of Life;” Ta’Niya Patterson of Tupelo, “French Toast;” Kylie Seymore of Smithville, “Am I Really Fine…;” J’mya Sims of Holly Springs, “Untitled;” and Whitney Williams of Fulton, “Candle in the Window.”             The Calliope is a journal of art and poetry. Shawn Whittington of the art faculty is the editor, and Keith Morris of the communications faculty, poetry editor.            
• ICC schedules 2023 spring semester open registration

  Itawamba Community College has scheduled open registration for the 2023 spring semester.             Options include Jan. 5 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on the Fulton Campus and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on the Tupelo Campus; and Jan. 6 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses. Locations are the Academic and Student Center on the Tupelo Campus and the David C. Cole Student Services Building on the Fulton Campus.             Traditional full-term day and night and first eight-week classes begin Jan. 9; and eLearning full-term and first eight-week classes, Jan. 17.             Recent high school graduates are invited to participate in the Jan. 5 orientation session by registering at iccms.edu/orientation.             Financial aid is available, as well as adult learner scholarships.             Academic, career education, eLearning (online) and workforce opportunities are available in an extensive schedule, which includes both day and evening classes at Fulton, Tupelo and Belden. Instructional options include both face-to-face and online. Students may attend classes on a four-day instructional schedule to provide an opportunity for a three-day weekend.             For more information, call (662) 862-8000 or email eadviser@iccms.edu. ICC’s offices ...
• Area high school students win awards during ICC's National Day on Writing

             Several area high school students are among the winners in Itawamba Community College’s annual National Day on Writing celebration.             They include             Amory High School – Gloria Grace Beasley, third, painting, “Dance with Me;” Jacob Kyle, honorable mention, poetry, “Phrases;” Li’Metrius Vasser, honorable mention, poetry, “Momma I Finally Made It;” Madeline Martin, honorable mention, poetry, “Fake Poems;”                 Pontotoc High School – Alexia Hunter, honorable mention, drawing, “No Escape: Aiden’s Story;” Andy Jones, honorable mention, essay, “The Day the World Burned;” Bailey Jones, third, poetry, “Mother Nature;” Brittany Stephens, honorable mention, short story, “Life Lesson;” Chloe Mabus, honorable mention, poetry, “When It Comes;” Cole Norris, first, short story, “The Mysterious Stranger;” Danielle Carter, third, short story, “One Step Behind;” Jaleesha Dandridge, second, short story, “Going Up Head First;” Jaslyn Hopkins, second, essay, “Precious Child;” Jayde Richardson, third, poetry, “Black and Blue;” Jenelle Hankins, second, drawing, “The Charge of Chargers;” Jeridiane Ray, honorable mention, painting, “Nature’s Paradox;” Lauren Trimble, first, essay,  “A Heartbreak in Flames;” Madeline Pounders, third, essay, “Tupelo Twister;” Makayla Boyd, honorable mention, drawing, “Ardent ...