Jones College offering free CEU’s for educators
ELLISVILLE – Jones College is offering free courses for educators to earn required, Continuing Education Units. Any Mississippi K-12 grade employee needing CEU’s to renew their K-12 Educator’s License, or earn additional endorsements, are eligible for one, free Jones College course. The eight-week courses are offered March 13, through May 5, 2023, at Jones College include the following:
BAD 2523 Personal Financial Management 4.5 CEU’s
BIO 2924 Microbiology 7.5 CEU’s
BOT 1623 Medical Terminology II 4.5 CEU’s
FCS 1113 Social and Professional Development 4.5 CEU’s
HPR 1213 Personal and Community Health 4.5 CEU’s
HPR 1313 Introduction to Kinesiology/Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 4.5 CEU’s
HPR 1593 Health Concepts of Physical Activity, Wellness and Nutrition 4.5 CEU’s
MUS 1113 Music Appreciation 4.5 CEU’s
PSY 1513 General Psychology 4.5 CEU’s
SWK 1113 Social Work: A Helping Profession 4.5 CEU’s
To be eligible for the no-cost CEU’s, all participants must complete a Jones College admission application at
www.jcjc.edu/apply Transcripts will be required and must be submitted to the Office of Admission prior to the start of the class. Click on the website Free CEU Courses (jcjc.edu) for more information.
Eight Jones College FBLA students head to national competition
ELLISVILLE- Eight of the thirteen Jones College students that competed in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State competition in Columbus, Mississippi over the weekend, came home as winners. The eight JC students placed first, second, or third in their competitive events, to qualify for national competition in June, in Atlanta, Georgia. During the three-day conference, each student competed in two business-related events. The events ranged from Fundamentals of Accounting and Macroeconomics to Programming Concepts and Public Speaking.
“Eight of the students will be going to the four-day national conference and competition in Atlanta,” said Jones College’s FBLA Advisor, David Ray. “After taking a two-year club hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are excited to be back competing on the state and national level again!”
Carter Bales of Stringer landed in first place in the Client Service category. Taylorsville’s Destiny Brown earned first place in Foundations of Accounting and first place in Business Presentation. Elizabeth Blair of Waynesboro, along with Blane Graham of Stringer, and James “Austin” Stringer of Taylorsville, placed first in the Website Design team event. Graham also took home first place in Programming Concepts. Laurel’s Alondra Abad received second place in Organizational Behavior & Leadership and second place in Sales Presentation. Hattiesburg’s Robert “Mikey” Bryant placed second in Impromptu Speaking. Earning third place were Ni’riyah Bell of Laurel-Sales Presentation; Picayune native, Deshodrick Jefferson-Human Resource Management; Ethan Hammons of Raleigh-Computer Concepts; Logan Ingram of Morton-Help Desk and Jackson Jenkins of Stringer-Job Interview.
Photo Cutline: Jones College’s FBLA club members are headed to the national competition after winning nine categories in the state competition. Pictured in the front row, left to right are Robert Bryant of Hattiesburg, Alondra Abad of Laurel, Ni’riyah Bell of Laurel and Blane Graham of Stringer. Pictured in the second row, left to right is Carter Bales of Stringer, Ethan Hammons of Raleigh, Faith Collins of Heidelberg, Logan Ingram of Morton, James Stringer of Taylorsville, Elizabeth Blair of Waynesboro, Destiny Brown of Taylorsville, Deshodrick Jefferson of Picayune, and Jackson Jenkins of Stringer.
JC hosts MCTM Jr. H.S. Math Competition
ELLISVILLE – Jones College’s Math department along with the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics recently sponsored the district level MCTM Math Contest for Jr. High School students. Twenty-eight students from seven Pine Belt area schools spent the morning working out various math problems to earn a spot at the state competition. This is the first time regional competition was held since March 2020, due to the Covid-19 restrictions.
South Jones seventh grader, Kassidy Stewart took first place with Leakesville’s Piper James earning second-place honors. Eighth-grader, Collin Windham from Northeast Jones won first place and Jeb Barnes from South Jones achieved second place. These students will continue competing on the state level on April 1, 2023 at the Mississippi School for Math and Science.
Picture Cutline winners left to right: Jones College recently sponsored the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics district Jr. High School Math contest. Winners pictured left to right are 7th grader, Kassidy Stewart-South Jones earning 1st place. Second place honors were awarded to 7th grader, Piper James of Leakesville. First place honors amongst 8th grade competitors was Collin Windham of Northeast Jones and 8th grader, Jeb Banes of South Jones earned 2nd place.
Replenish Blood Drive for Rick Bedwell, Jones College retired business instructor
ELLISVILLE – Jones College’s community-wide spring blood drive will be held on Monday through Wednesday, February 27 to March 1, with two important goals. There is an increased demand for donors for various reasons, to not only replenish the local blood supply, but Jones will also be hosting a Replenishment Blood Drive honoring Rick Bedwell, a retired Jones College business instructor with leukemia.
“This blood drive is vital. Overall, nationwide we are currently experiencing an ‘emergency situation’ or blood shortage and need all types of blood,” said Michelle Anderson-Jones, Vitalant Donor Recruitment-Account Manager. “Donating locally is especially important to keep our supply levels up and before there is an emergency need.”
On Monday, February 27, the Blood Mobile will be parked at the Industrial Services Center from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. For the following two days, all blood donations will be received in the Student Union, behind the A.B. Howard/Bobcat Gym on Tuesday, February 28, and on Wednesday, March 1, from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
The overall goal for the three-days is 86 units of blood stated Benji Sessums, Jones College Blood Drive Coordinator and EMT instructor. To encourage donations, T-shirts will be given to all donors and Door Prizes will be available all three days for donors during random drawings.
Vitalant strongly encourages blood donors to make and keep appointments to give blood but walk ins are welcome. Scheduling appointments can be made through the website, www.donors.vitalant.org with JC1 being the Blood Drive Code.
Mississippi Humanities Council honors Jones College’s Tim Morris as Teacher of the Year
ELLISVILLE – Mississippi Humanities Council Assistant Director, Carol Andersen presented Jones College English instructor, Tim Morris with a check for being selected as the Jones College 2022-2023 Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year. He will be honored by the Mississippi Humanities Council in Jackson, on March 24, 2023.
“I am very honored to be selected as Humanities Teacher of the Year for Jones, and I enjoyed sharing my passion for The Epic of Gilgamesh, to the Jones College community and family recently,” said Morris, a JC English and World Literature instructor. “The plot intrigues me because as the term ‘epic’ suggests, it is a huge story filled with exciting adventures, but at its core is a man who learns to appreciate his own humanity.”
After his presentation, Morris was presented with an acrylic award to commemorate the honor by Jones College’s Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Tessa Flowers and Jones College President, Dr. Jesse Smith.
