25 February Stanford, Dean elected Mr. and Miss ICC for 2021-22 February 25, 2022 By Thomas, Donna S. General 0 John Bryant Stanford and Haley Dean, both of Saltillo, have been elected Mr. and Miss Itawamba Community College for 2021-22. Stanford’s activities and honors at ICC include cheerleading captain, student activities, Fashion Tribe, Orientation Leader and Indian Delegation. He is also a member of Belden Baptist Church. His parents are Jim and Evanglina Stanford. At ICC, Dean is Phi Theta Kappa (Upsilon Sigma) vice president of scholarships, Fulton Campus Student Government Association president, founding member of ICC’s Food Pantry, Honors College participant, Supplemental Instructor, TIS student worker, member of the Indian Delegation and Baptist Student Union and former Orientation Leader. Dean is the recipient of the Linda Kay Gilreath Scholarship, Salutatorian Scholarship, Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship and NASA Space Grant Scholarship. Her honors include Mississippi All-Academic Team, STEM Summer Institute with Brown University, Hall of Fame and President’s List. Dean and her team were also selected as a finalist in the Community College Innovation Challenge sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and the National Science Foundation. She attends Harrisburg Baptist Church, tutors in STEM subjects and previously helped coach Saltillo High School’s Swim Team. She is the daughter of Gary and Leslie Dean. Stanford and Dean will be featured in the 2022 ICC yearbook, the Mirror. Related Articles ICC selected among winners of Mississippi Business Journal's 2023 Best Places to Work in Mississippi Itawamba Community College has been selected among the winners of the Mississippi Business Journal’s 2023 Best Places to Work in Mississippi. ICC was a finalist in the large category, which includes businesses with 150 or more employees. “On behalf of our Itawamba Community College family, we appreciate this significant honor from the Mississippi Business Journal, which is a testament to how our employees see us,” said President Dr. Jay Allen. “At ICC, we are more than administrators, faculty and staff members. We are friends, and most importantly, we are family.” According to Mississippi Business Journal Publisher Tami Jones, “We are so pleased to have such great companies that set the example of a great place to work. It is even more exciting that this award comes from how the employees view their employers. What better way to gauge and interact with your employees and the success of your company?” ICC opened its doors, Sept. 1, 1948, and is celebrating its diamond anniversary. It is situated on what was once a cotton and corn field on a 100-acre parcel of ... ICC's Gray, Stevenson selected for Mississippi Community College Policy Fellows Program Holly Gray of Fulton, Library director, and Chris Stevenson of Fulton, dean of Academic Instruction, have been selected to represent Itawamba Community College as participants in the Mississippi Community College Policy Fellows Program. Gray earned the associate’s degree from ICC, the bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Mississippi, the master’s degree in instructional technology from Mississippi State University, and the master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Alabama. She began her career at ICC in 2016 as librarian and currently serves as library director. Her honors include the ICC Leadership Development Institute, the Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy and service on the MAGNOLIA Advisory Board. Gray is a member of Fulton United Methodist Church and serves on the ICC Wesley Foundation Board. She and her husband, Jim, reside in Fulton and are the parents of two children. Stevenson, who began his career at ICC in 2010, previously served as history instructor and chair of the Social Science Division before being named dean of academic instruction. He earned the associate’s degree from ICC, the bachelor’s degree ... ICC's Dean, Ward selected as prestigious Coca-Cola 2022 Academic Team Scholars Haley Dean of Saltillo has been selected as a Gold Scholar on Coca-Cola’s 2022 Academic Team, and Ely Ward of Mooreville, Silver Scholar. The last time that ICC had Gold and Silver Scholars was in 2016, according to Robin Lowe, Phi Theta Kappa contact adviser. “We are excited to have, once again, two Coca-Cola Scholars this year. These students remind us that the power of resiliency overcomes the toughest obstacles, and they are leaving a lasting legacy to inspire future ICC students.” Dean is majoring in mechanical engineering at ICC, where she is the vice president of scholarship for the Phi Theta Kappa Upsilon Sigma Chapter; member of the Honors College, Baptist Student Union, Science Club and Indian Delegation; president of the Student Government Association and a previous Orientation Leader. Dean is also a Supplemental Instructor and a student worker in the Telecommunications and Information Services Department. Along with her team, she was named a finalist in the Community College Innovation Challenge sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and National Science ... Steele, Kinard selected for Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy Itawamba Community College’s Rachel Steele of Fulton and Dr. Ira Lindsay Kinard of Houston have been selected as participants in the 2025-26 Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy. Steele, who has been a member of the ICC family since 2019, serves as the director of Admissions and registrar. Her previous roles at ICC include instructional support services coordinator and academic mentor. Steele earned the Master of Science degree in College Student Personnel from Arkansas Tech University in 2013 and the Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Studies from Central Baptist College in 2011. Her honors include ICC Leadership Development Institute (2024-25). She and her husband, Jake, have two children and are active members of Grace Bible Church of Fulton. Dr. Kinard, a mathematics instructor at ICC, began her tenure at the College in 2008. Her previous service includes advisor for the Beta Tau Sigma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. She earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Mississippi State University in 2018, the Master of Education degree from the University of Mississippi in 2008, the Bachelor of Arts in Education ... 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 ... Dempsey selected as Mississippi delegate Dr. Kristi Dempsey of Spruce Pine, Ala., associate dean/director for the Associate Degree and Practical Nursing programs at Itawamba Community College, has been selected as one of two Mississippi delegates to attend the American Nurses Association 2017 membership assembly in Washington, D.C. The ANA Membership Assembly is the governing and official voting body of the American Nurses Association. It identifies and discusses issues of concern to members and provides direction to the ANA board of directors. Dempsey earned the associate’s degree from Northwest Shoals Community College, the bachelor’s degree from the University of North Alabama and both the master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from the University of Alabama. Her career includes five years at ICC and a nurse for 19 years. Her memberships have included the Alabama Board of Nurses, Mississippi Board of Nursing, Mississippi Organization for Associate Degree Nurses Association, National Organization for Associate Degree Nurses, University of Alabama Alumni Association, National League for Nursing, Mississippi Council of Deans and Directors and Mississippi Council Associate Degree Nursing Programs and a past member of Sigma Theta Tau. Comments are closed.