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• Megan Eidt selected as 2025 ICC's Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award nominee

  Megan Lewis Eidt of Tupelo has been selected as Itawamba Community College’s Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award nominee for 2025.                 Eidt will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.                 Since 2004, she has taught history at ICC, where her activities have included former two-term president of the Tupelo Campus Faculty Association and former adviser to the ICC Political Science and Humanities Clubs. Her professional memberships include ICC Faculty Association, National Council on Public History, Atlanta History Center and American Historical Association.                 Eidt earned the bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi; master’s degree from Mississippi College; and additional coursework from the Center of Bi-Lingual and Multi-Cultural Studies in Cuernavaca, Mexico.                 Her other activities include member of the Tupelo First United Methodist Church and supporter of both the Tupelo Community Theatre and the Lee County Humane Society.                 Eidt’s honors and awards include recognition as an ...
• ICC's Griffith to present "Music: A Uniquely Human Experience," Feb. 6

              Christy Colburn Griffith of Amory, recipient of Itawamba Community College’s Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award for 2024, will present “Music: A Uniquely Human Experience,” Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium at the Fulton Campus.             “Music does more than just make sounds,” Griffith said. “It changes the way people think and behave. The skills learned in music will help students be successful on the stage, in the classroom and for the rest of their lives. Music is a human experience, and it plays an important role in educating the entire person.”             Griffith will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony in March at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The evening pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.             In her 25th year as a music educator, Griffith serves as associate band director at ICC.             A graduate of Aberdeen High School, Grifith earned the associate’s degree from ICC and both the bachelor’s and master’s ...
• ICC Humanities to present "Professional Wrestling in the South," Feb. 18

  “Professional Wrestling in the South” will be the subject of a Humanities presentation at 6 p.m., Feb. 18, at the Itawamba Community College Fulton Campus in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium.             The public is invited to attend the event, which will feature a panel discussion by Dr. Chris Stacey, professor of history at Louisiana State University – Alexandria; Jeffrey Martin, manager of the Itawamba County Pratt Memorial Library; Dr. Chuck Westmoreland Jr., interim chair for the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and associate professor of history at Delta State University; and Dr. Toby Bates, associate professor of history at Mississippi State University – Meridian.             Stacey, whose research interests include the history of professional wrestling and 1980s cultural history, is the author of “Populism and Professional Wrestling in the Sunbelt South: From Rasslin’ to Sports Entertainment.”             Martin is a lifelong Mississippian and a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. His first book, Professional Wrestling in Mississippi: A History,” was released by The History Press on June 5, 2023. It revisits everything from the carnival ...
• ICC's Morris schedules humanities presentation for Mar. 28

              Keith Morris of Tupelo, recipient of Itawamba Community College’s Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award for 2022, will present “Little Boxes: The Importance of Purpose” at 6 p.m., Mar. 28, at the Health Science Education Center at the Tupelo Campus.             “I’ve come to think of my writing as little boxes, idea containers,” Morris said. “My purpose for writing has changed since I first started. As my purpose has changed, so has the care with which I build and fill the little boxes.”             Morris earned the bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi and master’s degree from Mississippi State University. Since 2008, he has served as an English instructor at ICC, where he has co-created World Literature I and Drama Production IV and created Writing for Publication. He is poetry editor for “The Calliope” and sponsor for both Sigma Kappa Delta and Film Club. Morris has served as a poetry judge for SKD’s Hedera Helix literary journal for the last two years and ICC’s entries for the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association. His honors also ...
• ICC's CenterStage to present free concert, "Time Capsule," Nov. 14

  Itawamba Community College’s CenterStage, contemporary music group, has scheduled a Nov. 14 concert at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium on the Fulton Campus.             “Time Capsule,” which will begin at 7 p.m., will feature selections that are associated with the theme, including “Hazy Shade of Winter,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Summer of ’69;” “Time After Time;” “Sign of the Times;” “Time in a Bottle;” “Back in Time;” and “Too Much Time on My Hands.”             The cast includes Marly Kesler of Abbeville; Lillyan Madrid of Amory; Cody McGary of Eupora; Leslie Fleming of French Camp; Maggie Smith of Hamilton, Ala.; Cassidy Edwards of Marietta; Joshua Coker, Carter McNeil, both of Pontotoc; Emma Worsham of Saltillo; Sarah Brown of Tremont; Jayden Gray, Rodney Simpson, Crissen McCoy, all of Tupelo; and Cole Freeman of Union.             Members of the band are Elyss Dawson of Fulton; Joey Alexander Cassler of Marietta; Noah Wade of Meridian; Emanuel Quiroz of Mooreville; Jesse Pettigrew of Philadelphia; Joan Ramirez, Mikey Franklin, both of Pontotoc; Connor Joseph of Saltillo; and Triceon Rainey, Aubrey Meredith, both of Tupelo.             The ...
• Local musician to kick off ICC's Senior College, Feb. 6

  Dale Rushing of Tupelo will kick off Itawamba Community College’s Senior College, Feb. 6, with a presentation on the influence of Mississippi musicians on the music industry.             Rushing is a member of the Rust Bucket Roadies of Mooreville and a self-described late bloomer in the music world. The group is “a lively band that will get your feet moving with their rowdy throwback backbeat of years gone by,” according to their social media account. “They are a true Mississippi gem playing some of the best rocking blues you will ever hear. They have the sound that made Sam Phillips famous influenced by the Hill country blues of North Mississippi, true Americana music that will rock everyone of every age.”             In addition to Rushing’s presentation, there will be bingo and door prizes.             The Senior College meets once per month, except for February, from 9-11 a.m. at the ICC Belden Center.             The next session will be Feb. 20, when Tupelo’s Jack Reed, Jr. will share excerpts from his book, “A Time to Listen.”             The first session is free, but a $30 ...