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WCU Alumnus Named New Teacher of the Year
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 4:33pm

Hattiesburg, Miss., May 23, 2013 - Albert Galeas, a 2012 graduate of William Carey University and current Spanish teacher at N.R. Burger Middle School, was recently named District New Teacher of the Year for the Hattiesburg Public School District. Galeas, who teaches 7th and 8th grade students, began teaching at N.R. Burger in August. The award was presented by Hattiesburg Public School District Superintendent James Q. Bacchus during a ceremony at Hattiesburg High School of May 1.

Galeas completed his Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with a minor in Spanish in May 2012, and is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Teaching in secondary education at WCU. The son of Armando Galeas and Endina Bailey, Galeas is originally from Honduras and moved to the U.S. at age 11. His family moved to Biloxi five years later, and he attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in 2009 upon graduation from high school. After one year at MGCCC, Galeas transferred to Carey where he was an active member of Phi Delta Kappa (PDK).  He recently served as keynote speaker for Carey’s 2013 PDK initiation.
 

WCU Offers Sports Management Master’s Degree
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 10:05am

Hattiesburg, Miss., May 23, 2013 - William Carey University’s School of Education, Health, and Physical Education will offer an Interscholastic Athletic Administration (IAA) degree beginning in Summer 2013. This is a Master of Education degree designed to meet the career aspirations of individuals desiring to pursue careers as athletic directors or in the business side of private sector sports organizations.

To apply for the program, go to www.wmcarey.edu/admissions-graduate. The deadline to apply is May 28. A mandatory orientation meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 5, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Room 120 of Lorena Roseberry Smith Hall.

Summer Courses will be held Monday-Friday, June 17-July 19, with no classes during the 4th of July week.
The executive program will be completed in cohort program style over a period of 15 months including two summers of intensive class work on the Hattiesburg campus. Students will complete 12 hours each summer and 6 hours of approved electives during the Fall, Winter, or Spring trimesters, as well as a field work project. They will also participate in a mid-year interim session the first week of January, touring the New Orleans Super Dome and attending a job fair offering possible job opportunities in sports management.
 

For more information, contact Dr. Walter Cooper at wcooper@wmcarey.edu or (601) 318-6764.
 

Sen. Chris McDaniel to Speak at WCU Graduation
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:01pm

Hattiesburg, Miss., May 10, 2013 - Sen. Chris McDaniel will speak at one of William Carey University’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m. in Smith Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus. Nearly 800 students will graduate from WCU in four ceremonies. This ceremony will honor graduates receiving degrees from the school of business, school of education, school of missions and Biblical studies, and the school of music.

Sen. McDaniel, a partner in the law firm of Hortman, Harlow, Bassi, Robinson & McDaniel, PLLC in Laurel, is a two-term state senator who has authored numerous pieces of legislation, including Nathan’s Law and the Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and Mississippi and has represented some of the largest corporations in the country. In 2010, he was named one of the Top-50 leading lawyers in Mississippi.

Sen. McDaniel was also named one of the top young attorneys in the Southeastern United States and named a Mid-Southeastern United States and a Mid-South Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He has received numerous honors and awards in the community including 2010 Laurel Leader Call Citizen of the Year, Who’s Who in American Politics, and Pine Belt Counselors Association Meritorious Service Award. Sen. McDaniel is a member of West Ellisville Baptist Church, the Rotary Club, and many other organizations. From 2004-2007, he was the radio host for Right Side Radio, a pro-Christian organization dedicated to the advocacy of conservative philosophy and ideals, and currently guest hosts radio talk shows in the SuperTalk network.

In 1992, Sen. McDaniel graduated from Jones County Junior College after playing basketball for two years. He then completed his bachelor’s degree at William Carey College before earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi. He and his wife Jill have two children: Cambridge and Chamberlain.
 

WCU Student Named Outstanding Intern
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 4:25pm

Hattiesburg, Miss., May 9, 2013 - Hanna Moore of Richton, a senior elementary education major at William Carey University, was recently named a 2013 Outstanding Teacher Intern by the Mississippi Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (MACTE). During a ceremony at the Mississippi Department of Education building in Jackson, she was honored alongside other outstanding teacher interns and met Interim State Superintendent of Education Dr. Lynn House.

Moore is currently student teaching at Runnelstown Elementary School in Petal. She has also worked as a substitute teacher in the Richton school district, and as a student worker in the WCU admissions office. Since her freshman year at WCU, Moore has maintained a 4.0 GPA and been named to the President’s List for four consecutive years. She is also a member of Alpha Chi National Honor Society and a Carey Scholar. Carey Scholars are select students chosen to be part of the Presidential Honors Program based on academic excellence.

Affiliated with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, MACTE is vitally interested in the support and enhancement of all aspects of education in Mississippi. Its members work cooperatively within the organization, as well as with the Mississippi Department of Education and other state-wide education groups.
 

WCU Hosts Eighth Annual Young Authors Celebration
Monday, March 4, 2013 - 3:34pm

Hattiesburg, Miss., March 4, 2013 - William Carey University’s School of Education hosted the eighth annual Young Authors Celebration (YAC) on Friday, March 1. First to eighth graders from area schools were invited with their teachers and parents to attend this program. Special guest speaker this year was Robert St. John, owner of the Purple Parrot Café and Crescent City Grill, and writes a weekly column and several cookbooks.

Almost 300 students from 7 schools participated in YAC. Participants included Columbia Academy, J.E. Johnson Elementary of Bassfield, New Hope Elementary of Collins, North Jones Elementary of Laurel, Oak Grove Primary of Hattiesburg, Purvis Upper Elementary, and The Dynamic Dyslexia Design School (The 3-D School) in Petal. The featured authors and illustrators were: Mr. Rick Anderson, Fleur Bradley, Kym Garraway, Dr. Ben Hornsby, Jenny Kemp, Jean Sauls, Barbara Tillery, and Diane Williams.

Educators who sign up to be a YAC teacher hold a writer’s workshop in their classrooms, where their students learn about the drafting, editing, and publishing stages of writing and illustrating through hands-on experience. The students bring their books to the YAC event at WCU to share their work. All children who wish to participate are accepted.

The YAC event gives students the opportunity to meet regional authors and illustrators, tour WCU’s campus, have lunch, participate in a book fair, attend workshops on writing and illustrating, meet WCU student teachers and share their books with other students.