MSCC Foundation Seeks to Honor Dr. Fenter with Endowed Scholarship

Mid-South Community College’s Foundation Board of Directors has announced Campaign for Hope, a $250,000 fund-raising effort to honor outgoing president, Dr. Glen Fenter.

The campaign will focus on the creation of a scholarship endowment in Dr. Fenter’s honor that will support deserving students pursuing their dreams at MSCC.

“Glen Fenter is a visionary president whose leadership has had an extraordinary impact on Mid-South Community College and eastern Arkansas,” said Foundation Board Chair Franklin Fogleman. “By endowing this scholarship in Dr. Fenter’s honor, we ensure a tribute in perpetuity to Glen and the success he has been instrumental in achieving for the College.

MSCC Students Earn 15 Medals at SkillsUSA State Championship

Mid-South Community College students won two gold, nine silver, and four bronze medals at the Arkansas SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Championship at Hot Springs on April 14-15.

MSCC has earned 161 medals since joining the SkillsUSA competition in 2007.

Jeremie Paige of MSCC and the Academies of West Memphis and Veronika Pounds of MSCC and Earle High School won state championships and qualified to participate in the 51st annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville City this summer.

Educators’ Forum Draws High School Students to MSCC

Crittenden and Poinsett County high school students gathered recently at Mid-South Community College to hear about opportunities, rewards, and challenges of the teaching profession.
 

The 8th Annual Future Educators’ Forum included three breakout sessions, an MSCC campus tour, a keynote address by Tamika Jordan, Curriculum Technologist from Avondale Elementary School (Marion K-1), door prizes, and event T-shirts

“We had a good turnout again,” said Lori (Payne) Forrester, MSCC faculty member and Lead Instructor in the education program at the college who established the event. “It was fun, and the students really enjoyed it."

MSCC Introduces Sonja Tate as Lady Greyhounds’ Coach

Mid-South Community College formally introduced Sonja Tate as its women’s basketball coach on April 10, and the Crittenden County native had to rein in her emotions while addressing the large crowd.

“Honestly, I did not know this was going to be so enormous,” said Tate, a member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and a former professional player in the U.S., France, Russia, and Spain. “I just thought I was going to slide in here and start coaching. I kind of got emotional back there (during the introduction); I’m going to try not to get emotional here.”

“I appreciate Dr. (Glen) Fenter, Coach (Andy) Stoglin, and Coach (Chris) Parker for believing in me and giving me this opportunity to come back home to be able to give back. You’re going to get my all because that’s all I know how to do. Nothing has ever been given to me; I’ve had to work for everything.”

Sonja Tate Coming Home to Coach Lady Greyhounds

Arkansas Sports Hall of Famer and Crittenden County native Sonja Tate, who has excelled as a player and coach on multiple levels, is returning to her roots to direct the Mid-South Community College Lady Greyhounds.

Tate, who played professionally in the U.S., France, Russia, Spain, succeeds interim coach Andy Stoglin as the leader of MSCC’s women’s basketball program.

“It is not often a college has the opportunity to hire both a homegrown talent and a former professional player, but we have done just that,” said MSCC Athletic Director Chris Parker who coaches the men’s team. “Her experience at the highest levels of women's basketball, both in the WNBA and overseas, has given her exposure to some of the top coaching in the game, and her love for our community has given her the motivation to return home.”