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March/2020

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Important Dates!

Guest speaker - Helena

After discussing the topic of diversity in her Basic Writing I & II classes, Vivi-an Hoskins invited Kyunta McCoy to share a presentation on Diversity and Inclusion. Afterward, the students were required to write an essay about what they found most interesting and what they learned about diversity.

P-T House luncheon March 5

Black history-Helena March 6

Spring Break March 23-27

FFA Competition - DeWitt

DeWitt FFA advisor Jamie Branson took students to Sub Area FFA Competition, where five students placed. Sam Boyd placed 1st in job interview; Sydney Lindley placed 2nd in prepared speech; Melissa Deleo placed 2nd in extempo-raneous speech; Ethan Holzhauer placed 1st in discussion; and Luke Wright placed 3rd in extemporaneous speech.

Reading activity - Helena

Kyunta McCoy served as a special black male reader in observance of Black History Month at J.F. Wahl.

Always, Patsy Cline - Helena

“Always…Patsy Cline” will be pre-sented March 12-14 in Lily Peter Auditorium. For tickets, call ext. 1373.

STEAM night - Helena

Lots of fun activities/info during STEAM night at Barton School, and PCCUA was proud to take part. Ac-tivities included making elephant toothpaste, growing plants, and dissection of a fish.

Black history - Stuttgart

Stuttgart hosted a lunch & learn and

other activities. Students, faculty and

staff attended an interactive program

by Bronwyn Criner taking an in-depth

look at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Health Fair - Helena

The ADN freshman students held a Health Education Fair in the Bonner Room.

Spotlight - PCCUA

PCCUA and Dr. Keith Pinchback captured February's member spotlight in the Nation-al Institute for Staff and Organizational De-velopment.

Speaker - DeWitt

UAPB’s Dr. Marilyn Bailey spoke to Jamie Branson’s AG class.

March Birthdays!

Basketball team - Helena

The PCCUA-Helena team will trav-el to ASU Monday to defend our championship title! PCCUA is cur-rently in 1st place!

Reappointment - Stuttgart

Dr. Deborah King and Robin Bryant have been reappointed to serve on the Higher Learning Commission Peer Corps.

Black History program - Helena

Join us for this exciting program!

Valentine treats - Helena

Students/staff celebrated Valentine’s Day with sweet treats and BINGO.

Criminal justice class - Stuttgart

The Criminal Justice Advanced Law Enforcement class went to Pine Bluff to see the "Just Mercy" movie.

Transfer fair - Stuttgart

Over 20 recruiters visited with stu-dents during the annual transfer fair.

Training - Stuttgart

Faculty and staff received defibrilla-tor training. The Stuttgart Hospital Foundation donated defibrillators for the main campus and the Grand Prairie Center.

Black history - Stuttgart

The Student Services Office decorated their door for Black History Month. Pic-tured with the door designed by Valerie Colvin is algebra instructor Andy Tubb.

Bake sale - Stuttgart

Stuttgart sponsored a bake sale and drawing to fund entry fees for stu-dents to participate in Endure the Dirt!

3 Barbara Mitchell

4 Sammie Henry

8 Jeanne McCullars

11 John Thompson

12 Gail Correro

14 Annie House

15 Barbra Stevenson

16 Timmy Campbell

21 Michelle Waites

22 Adline Chandler

23 Naomi Owen

24 Jackie McMinn

25 Ruthie Pride

28 Stephanie Dunigan

30 Robin Bryant

Chamber awards - Stuttgart

Congrats to Lee Ann Hoskyn - Ambassa-dor of the Year award and Ricky Fletcher - Member Employee of the Year at the Stuttgart Chamber annual meeting. Pre-senting awards was Chamber President Kim Kirby.

Sydney Oberle - Special Events Manager - Helena

Sydney joined PCCUA in 1998 and currently works as the Special Events Man-ager on the Helena campus. Prior to joining PCCUA, she was employed by Mer-chants & Farmers Bank. She has been married to Bud Oberle for 40 years, and they have one son, Derek Oberle, a Senior Adjustor for Farm Bureau in Maumelle, and two granddaughters, Charlee and Camryn. Sydney holds an As-sociate of Applied Science Degree from PCCUA. Among her favorite hobbies are playing with her grandchildren and cooking.

Barbra Stevenson - Financial Aid Director - Helena

Barbra joined PCCUA in 1975, a month after she got married and moved here from Arkadelphia. She began as a secretary in the Learning Lab and worked for three years before leaving to help support and start up her family’s other busi-nesses. She returned to PCCUA in 1982, working in the personnel office with Dr. Steven Jones, before being hired as Director of Financial Aid in 1987. Before joining Phillips, she worked at Ouachita Baptist University as a secretary in the ATAC Center. She and her family also owned and operated Stevenson’s Food Mart, a laundromat, car wash and a club with her in-laws and other family. Bar-bra has three children (Angela, Steven, Ashley), three grandchildren (Stephanie, Steven, and Alexander), a great son-in-law, Renaldo Works, her “significant other,” Lovell Lovelace, and their rescue dog, Bubba. Angela, of Plano, TX, attended PCCUA and graduated from UAPB with a degree in Busi-ness Finance. Ashley, of Houston, has an A.A. from PCCUA, a B.S. in marketing/management from UA/Fayetteville, and a B.S.N. and M.S.N. from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and is a Family Nurse Practition-er. Barbra’s son, Steven, has worked in construction and as a concrete finisher with his dad in Kentucky, but is now enrolled in our Welding Program for addi-tional training and educational skills. Her granddaughter, Stephanie, of Dallas/Fort Worth, also attended PCCUA and graduated with a B.H.S degree from Tex-as Tech University in Lubbock. Barbra holds an A.A. from PCCUA, and a B.S.E. and M.Ed. from UA/Fayetteville. In her spare time, she loves traveling, spend-ing time with family, playing cards, games, and working crossword puzzles.

Sydney Oberle

Barbra Stevenson

Jamie Milliken

Jamie Milliken - Library technician - Stuttgart

Jamie joined PCCUA in the fall of 2012 as a library technician. Prior to joining PCCUA, she worked as an insurance agent. Jamie is married to Don Milliken and has 3 daughters: Abbie, 16; Kylee, 20; and Katie, 26. Katie and her husband, Adam, just blessed their family with the first grandchild! Bethany Anne arrived last September. Jamie and Don share their home with their fur baby, a 4-year-old Sheltie named Toby. Jamie graduated from PCCUA as an honor student and proud member of Phi Theta Kappa. She loves working in the library and seeing our students grow from nervous, first timers to confident graduates. Among her favorite pastimes is spending time with her family. “It doesn’t matter whether we are going somewhere or binge watching movies at home, my fami-ly is my heart and soul!” Jamie loves to be outdoors, and they began raising beef cattle about four years ago. She also enjoys reading and serves as the sec-retary for the Arkansas County branch of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.