19 August ICC Foundation Board adds three new members August 19, 2024 By Thomas, Donna S. General 0 Three new members have been elected to the board of directors of the Itawamba Community College Foundation, Inc. They include Brad Stevens of Smithville; Lee Tucker of Tupelo; and Liz Weseli of Amory. Stevens serves as Regional Executive Officer/Business Development for Community Bank of Mississippi and current director for its board of directors. His previous positions include division president, executive vice president and senior vice president, all with Community Bank of North Mississippi; and vice president, assistant vice president/loan officer and internal auditor, Security Bank of Amory. Stevens, an honor graduate of Smithville High School, earned the associate’s degree from ICC where he was a member of the Hall of Fame and Student Body president; and the bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University. He is also a graduate of both the Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University Schools of Banking. Among Stevens’ current board membership and community involvement are board of directors and finance committee member for ACCESS Family Health Services; board member of the North Mississippi Medical Center Health Care Foundation and Investment Committee; Mississippi Economic Council Leadership Mississippi program graduate; Mississippi Department of Education’s Educational Accreditation Commission; state and revolving loan committee board member for Three Rivers Planning and Economic Development District; board of directors and fifth term as chairman of the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District; Mississippi representative of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority; board member of the annual Monroe County Ag Night Foundation; executive committee member of the Amory Long-Term Recovery; active member of Smithville Baptist Church and Men’s Ministry and Disaster Relief Team. He and his wife, Angie, have three children, Maghan Otey (Stephen), Beau and Abigail. Tucker retired as division manager of the Carpenter Company in 2022, culminating a career which began in 1985. He earned the bachelor’s degree in information systems and quantitative analysis from Mississippi State University in 1984. Among his honors include Jack Reed Sr. Advocate for Education award. Tucker is a former member of the Tupelo Public Schools Board of Trustees. His additional community involvement includes member of the boards for CREATE Foundation, Pine Vale Children’s Home and Easter Seals of North Mississippi and elder for the North Green Street Church of Christ. He and his wife, Chelle, have two children, Adam and Erin. Weseli, who retired from the Office of the Governor Mississippi Division of Medicaid, is the owner of Liz Tidwell Clinical Reimbursement Consulting. During her career, she managed $80 million in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for a privately held skilled nursing facility company as well as facilitated statewide trainings for the Division of Medicaid in Mississippi for more than 200 skilled nursing facilities. She is a charter member of the Mississippi Nursing Coalition through Mississippi Health Care and served on the board and as president for many years. Her educational background includes the A.A.S. degree in nursing from Itawamba Community College (May 1983), where she was president of the Student Nurses Association, and the B.S.N degree in nursing from the University of North Alabama (1995). Weseli is a member of the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce and past board member and past president and current member of the Fidelia Club of Amory and a member of the Amory First Baptist Church. She married Scott Weseli on June 15. She has two children, Jonathan Holloway and Michael Holloway; and five grandchildren, Emma (12), Sadie and Ella (10), Bennett (7) and John Michael (1). The ICC Foundation, Inc. was chartered in 1975 to receive and invest funds to provide Mississippi residents with funds to pursue their collegiate training at Itawamba Community College, to provide ICC with funds to acquire real or personal property, to pay for services for instruction and to provide necessary monies to carry out services provided by ICC. Related Articles ICC Foundation board members begin 2024 term Officers of Itawamba Community College’s Foundation Board of Directors have begun their 2024 term. They include Ronnie Boozer of Aberdeen; Julie Randle, Jerry Reese, both of Amory; Tommy Chamblee, Dr. Jason Digby, both of Fulton; vice chair Rayburn Parks of Houston; Beth Cleveland of Kingwood, Tex.; chair Buddy Montgomery, immediate past chair Jerry Robbins, Chuck Howell, all of Pontotoc; Teresa Hooker of Thaxton; secretary Mark Burleson, Juanita Floyd, Rubye Del Harden, Ernest Joyner, Buzzy Mize and Dr. Dick White, all of Tupelo. College representatives are Dr. Jay Allen, President, and Sandi South, vice president of Business Services, both of Fulton; Jim Ingram of Tupelo, director of the ICC Foundation, Inc.; and Michael Upton of Mooreville, director of Advancement. The Itawamba Community College Foundation, Inc. works to secure vital support for ongoing college programs and activities. Private financial support will enable ICC to keep pace with the everchanging world of education and technology and maintain its position as the premier community college. For more information, contact Michael Upton, director of Advancement, at (662) 862-8035 or email maupton@iccms.edu. ICC's AD Nursing honor society adds provisional members Itawamba Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing honor society, Alpha Delta Nu, has added provisional members for 2023-24 to be formally inducted in the spring. They include Tiree Jones, Jodi Minor, both of Aberdeen; Katie Archie, Emery Browning, both of Amory; Meranda Magee of Columbus; Shelby Linley of Houlka; Rachel Devaughn, Abby Boutwell, both of Mantachie; Sianna Downs of Mooreville; Faith Drain, Casey Picinich, both of New Albany; Kayla Arman of Oxford, Sherman Ross, Tucker Cowsert (vice president), Landyn Tutor, Sara Kitchens (president), all of Pontotoc; Evette Mayse of Potts Camp; Mckenna Chisholm of Randolph; Alexis Koonce of Saltillo; Holly Carrington (secretary) of Southaven; Brian Frith, Leah Crosby, Bridget Tonos, all of Tupelo and Karley Matthews of Walnut. This is the first time that ICC has offered an honors organization for nursing. Among the advantages for membership include encouraging the pursuit of advanced degrees in the profession of nursing as well as continuing education as a lifelong professional responsibility. Students are eligible to enter a provisional membership after completion of their first semester of nursing school and have met the ... Three ICC students named prestigious Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars Three Itawamba Community College students are among 207 Phi Theta Kappa members named 2022 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars. Lexi Tabbs of Red Bay, Ala.; Emory Reinhard of Mantachie and Lori Leachman of Bruce will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. At ICC, Tabbs is a supplemental instructor, Phi Theta Kappa Upsilon Sigma chapter president, Indian Delegation secretary, Fashion Tribe social media executive and a member of the Honors College, Wesley Foundation Lead Team, Food Pantry committee and the All-American Band Indianettes dance team. A nutrition/dietetics major, she has been named to the President’s List for multiple semesters. Tabbs attends Red Bay Freewill Baptist Church where she is involved with the college age group and the choir. Her parents are Brandie and James Miller and Eric Tabbs. Reinhard is majoring in English education at ICC where she is Phi Theta Kappa vice president of service and MS/LA regional reporter, Student Government Association president, English supplemental instruction leader, Fashion Tribe backstage executive and a member of the Indian Delegation and Honors College. Her other activities include member of Bethel Baptist Church in Dorsey ... ICC's Allen named to prestigious AACC Board Itawamba Community College President Dr. Jay Allen has been named to the American Association of Community College Board of Directors for a three-year term. He is one of two Mississippi community college presidents serving on the prestigious board, which acts on behalf of the institutional members to create and maintain a vision for AACC, provide a national voice and advocacy for the community college mission and to determine and ensure that the organization adheres to appropriate standards of performance. A total of 32 presidents serve on the Board. Allen is an affiliate council representative and board member for the Community Colleges of Appalachia, which serves the common interests of colleges and their communities through programs and services responsive to the unique cultural, geographic and economic development challenges facing the region. Dr. Mary Graham of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is serving on the AACC Board as well. The AACC represents nearly 1,200 two-year, associate degree-granting institutions and more than 12 million students. Allen became the seventh president of ICC on July 1, 2017 after serving as president and ... ICC Foundation awards 2023-24 scholarships Several area students are the recipients of Foundation scholarships at Itawamba Community College for 2023-24. They include Abbeville – Armani T. Wilson, AT&T Endowed Scholarship; Aberdeen – Madison Huppert, Mounce Family Excellence in Healthcare Endowed Scholarship; Chadsity T. Spratt, Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship; Micah Clay Terry, John and Beth Cleveland Endowed Scholarship; Allison B. Underwood, Donald A. Baker Endowed Scholarship; Kimberly Walker-Burroughs, Christine McCoy Surgical Technology Memorial Annual Scholarship; Amory – Gloria Beasley, Chris Hayden Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Jolie A. Bishop, Troy York Crubaugh Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Ella K. Browning, A.J. Pitts Endowed Memorial Scholarship; Emery B. Browning, Gilmore Foundation Healthcare Endowed Scholarship; Jayden W. Green, Dorothy D. and George H. Ruff Foundation Career Education Endowed Scholarship, ICC Alumni Association Career Education Endowed Scholarship; Dorien Griffin, Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship; Mackenzie K. Nevins, PryorMorrow Endowed Scholarship; Brooklyn Owen, Emily W. Horne Annual Scholarship; Emily Payne, Dixie Medlin Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Bailee D. Phillips, Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship; Tyler Sledge, Thomas Griffith Memorial Annual Scholarship; Whitt Willis, The Rev. Dr. Roy H. and Doris Finney Ryan Endowed Scholarship; Baldwyn – Caden J. ... ICC Foundation awards scholarships Several area students are the recipients of Foundation scholarships at Itawamba Community College for 2024-25. They include Aberdeen – Nevaeh Morris, ICC Tuition Toss Annual Scholarship; Dawsen Grimes, R. T. “Mickey” West Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Edgar Irwin Moore and Ruth Moore Endowed Forestry Scholarship; Sierra Lochala, The Rev. Dr. Roy H. and Doris Finney Ryan Endowed Scholarship; Amory – Megan Thomas, Dr. Joseph F. Dzikielewski Memorial Nursing Scholarship; Kylie Harbin, Gilmore Foundation Healthcare Endowed Scholarship; Destaniee Watson, Jennie Witt Mounce Adult Learner Endowed Scholarship; Peairr Pack, Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship; Isabelle Pennell, Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship; Isabella Oliver, STEM Scholarship; Tyler Sledge, Thomas Griffith Memorial Annual Scholarship; Jolie Bishop, Troy York Crubaugh Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Baldwyn – Andrea Yielding, Kermit and Mary Anna McFerrin Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Tanner Palmer, Walmart Endowed Scholarship; Belden – Brooklynn Ivy, Ernest and Jamie Joyner Adult Learner Annual Scholarship; Timothy Haithcock, Philip Sheffield Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Abbygail Pham, STEM Scholarship; Blue Mountain – Jazmine Moreno, Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship; Blue Springs – Caiden Wilburn, Dan Dixon Memorial Diesel Technology Annual Scholarship; Lexie Walker, Linda Kay Gilreath ... Comments are closed.