8 January ICC's Celebration of Unity programs set for Feb. 4 at both Fulton and Tupelo January 8, 2020 By Thomas, Donna S. General 0 Itawamba Community College’s Student Government Associations and Student Activities have scheduled Celebration of Unity programs at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses, Feb. 4. The Tupelo Campus program will be at 12:05 p.m. in the student presentation room of the Student Support Center, and the Fulton Campus event will be at 7 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium. Juanita Floyd, vice president of finance and administration for the CREATE Foundation and co-author of “Summer of 1969,” will be the speaker for both programs. She has been employed with the Foundation for almost 35 years. The Foundation established the Bernice Gambrell Endowment Fund in the amount of $10,000 to honor both Floyd on her 20th anniversary as well as her mother. She is active in community affairs, serving on several boards. Floyd was the Tupelo PTO President and was selected “Parent of the Year” in 2008. In August 2019, she was selected as one of Mississippi’s Most Influential African Americans. Her additional honors include Tupelo Trailblazer of the Year, and in 2016, she was the focus of a WTVA Positively Mississippi segment featuring local heroes during Black History Month. Floyd is a graduate of Northeast Mississippi Community College and the University of Mississippi, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. For several years, she has been an inspirational and motivational speaker. In 2017, she was the commencement speaker at ICC and the Black History speaker for Tupelo High School. In 2018, Floyd was the keynote speaker for the opening session of the Mississippi Literacy Association. For more than 10 years as a community columnist for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. She is an active member of the Jesus New Testament Holiness Church located in the Red Hill Community of Union County. Her family includes three children, Tyler (daughter-in-law Jalisa), Taylor and Tyra; grandsons Andrew and Seven; and granddaughters, Legaci and Autumn. Both programs are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jake Hartfield, director of student activities, at (662) 862-8428 or jchartfield@iccms.edu. Related Articles Alum Bishop Alexander to speak at ICC's Unity programs at Fulton, Tupelo Itawamba Community College alumnus Bishop Alexander, who is the director of Alumni Relations at the University of North Alabama, will be the featured speaker for Unity programs in Celebration of Black History Month, Feb. 24, at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses. The Tupelo Campus program is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Dining Hall of the Academic and Student Center, and the Fulton Campus program, 6 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on seating, the general public is invited to participate via ZOOM. The registration links are Tupelo, http://bit.ly/ICCUnityTupelo and Fulton, http://bit.ly/ICCUnityFulton. The passcode is Unity. Registration is required in order to receive ZOOM meeting information. Alexander, who is currently a resident of Florence, Ala. is a native of Iuka. He served as ICC’s Student Government Association president during 2002-03. He earned the bachelor’s degree from UNA and will begin work toward his doctoral degree in higher administration leadership this fall. Bishop is a former Congressional aide for the United States House of Representatives. From 2002-07, ... Price to be featured speaker for ICC's Unity programs, Feb. 16 Dr. Richard Price of Tupelo, senior minister of the North Green Street Church of Christ, will be the featured speaker for Unity programs in Celebration of Black History Month, Feb. 16, at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses of Itawamba Community College. The Tupelo Campus program is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. in the Dining Hall of the Academic and Student Center; and the Fulton Campus program, 6 p.m. in the banquet rooms of the David C. Cole Student Services Building. Price has also served congregations in Philadelphia, Pa. and Harlem, NY. He has taught at the College of New Rochelle Brooklyn and Harlem campuses in areas of social science. He earned the bachelor’s degree from Livingstone, master’s degree from St. John’s University and the M.A.R.L.A. and D. Min. from New York Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in higher education and administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. Price is in his fifth term as chairman of the Mayor’s Outreach Taskforce, an appointed official liaison between citizens, authorized governmental agencies and ... SGAs schedule Celebration of Unity programs Itawamba Community College’s Student Government Associations have scheduled Celebration of Unity programs at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses this month. The Fulton Campus program will be at 7 p.m., Feb. 20, in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium, and the Tupelo Campus event will be at noon, Feb. 22, at the Student Support Center. Amory native Hozay Hausley will be the speaker for the Fulton Campus event and will perform with ICC’s Gospel Sounds. He is president and vice president of Renasant Bank in Aberdeen, where he has been employed for 17 years. He earned the associate’s degree from Itawamba Community College and the bachelor’s degree from Mississippi University for Women and is a graduate of four banking schools. Among his community memberships are the Monroe County Industry Board executive committee, Amory Gilmore Regional Hospital Board, Mcfarland Foundation committee and Monroe County Chamber of Commerce. Hausley has served as a pageant judge for more than 20 years in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. A motivational speaker, he released his new business, Hausley’s Inspirations LLC, in March 2011. He ... Celebration of Unity programs Itawamba Community College’s Student Government Associations have scheduled Black History Month: Celebration of Unity programs at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses. The Tupelo Campus program will be at 12:15 p.m., Feb. 16, in the Student Affairs presentation room of the Student Support Center, and the Fulton Campus event will be at 7 p.m., Feb. 21, at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium. Mack-Arthur Turner, a native of Tupelo and a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law will be the speaker for the Tupelo Campus program. He began his academic career at ICC, where he received his GED certificate. Turner then enrolled as a full-time student and earned his associate’s degree in English with special honors. During his time at ICC, Turner served as president of the Student Government Association and Phi Theta Kappa. He contributed to the Chieftain staff, both as a journalist and a photographer. He also had the honor of speaking at the Mississippi State Capitol on behalf of all 15 community and junior colleges. Following his graduation from ICC, Turner enrolled at ... ICC sets Unity programs, Feb. 19 Itawamba Community College’s Student Government Associations and Student Activities have scheduled Celebration of Unity programs at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses, Feb. 19. The Tupelo Campus program will be noon in the student presentation room of the Student Support Center, and the Fulton Campus event will be at 7 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium. Robert Solomon of Tupelo, ICC’s director of admissions/registrar, will be the speaker for the Tupelo Campus program. He is a native of Savannah, Ga. and a product of the Chatham County School System. After graduating from Savannah High School, he attended Tuskegee University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and later, the master’s degree from Troy State University in human resource management. Currently he is pursuing the doctoral degree in business administration with a concentration in leadership from Walden University. Solomon also attended Greater Mount Calvary Bible College and is an ordained minister. His background also includes service as a commissioned officer in the United States Army and a dean for academic ... ICC's Triplett to be featured speaker for Feb. 12 Unity program Deon Triplett, coordinator for the Minority Achievement Network for Upward Progression (MANUP) at Itawamba Community College, will be the featured speaker for a Unity Program in celebration of Black History Month, at noon, Feb. 12, at the Itawamba Community College Tupelo Campus in the Academic and Student Center, and at 6 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center at the Fulton Campus. Triplett currently resides in Tupelo with his wife, Lealue Kriscia Triplett, and their sons, Kayden, Kayson and Karson. He earned the associate’s degree from Itawamba Community College, the bachelor’s degree from Blue Mountain Christian University and the master’s degree from Walden University. Prior to joining the ICC family, he was a Mental Health Clinician for Lifecore Health Group in Tupelo. Triplett accepted his call into the ministry at the age of 20 and preached his first sermon at Mount Sinai Baptist Church in 2005. From 2014-22, he served as senior pastor at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Hamilton, and he now is Lead Pastor at The Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Aberdeen. He participates in ... Comments are closed.