| Daily Mississippian
- Thursday, April 26, 2001 |
Awards
to be given Friday
Deana Johnson
DM Staff Writer
April 26, 2001
The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity will host the Leadership
Celebration Awards ceremony on Friday.
The awards recognize important leadership of students, faculty,
staff, organizations and administration.
“The idea for the award originated because there’s not an
award on campus that comes from students, that allows students
to recognize other students,” said Phi Beta Sigma president,
Markeeva Morgan. “And we couldn’t think of a better weekend
to do it on than during Celebration Weekend.”
The student body founded the leadership award and students will
conduct the entire process of selecting nomination, winners and
presenting the awards. So far there has not been an award on
campus that is completely given by the students.
“This award only originated from Phi Beta Sigma,” Morgan
said. “This is not our award, we are only giving it on Friday,
but we did not do the choosing. There was one tie in one of the
categories, and we did break the tie. Our chapter voted on it.
That was the only part of the choosing process we were involved
in.”
A committee was formed with representatives from each category
and points were assigned. The selection of winners was made from
an informal poll that was conducted in which all 20
representatives go out and ask 20 more people for nominations
for each award. Four hundred names were chosen for each of the
six categories.
The winners were chosen by person who received the most frequent
nominees.
This is the only year that the choosing process will be private.
Beginning next year, the award will be public. Next years
nominees will be announced in early January.
The selection committee will be chosen in random by e-mail that
will provide a larger pool.
The awards are The Leadership Celebration Staff Member of the
Year Award, which is awarded to a staff member who has shown
leadership skills at the university.
Nominees for the award are Janey Ginn, Jennifer Jones, Johnny
Moore and Virginia “Ginger” Thurlow.
The second award to be presented is The Student-Leader of the Year Award, given to a non-athlete student who has shown
leadership abilities while attending Ole Miss, and they believe
will continue to show leadership.
The nominees are Pamela Hamilton, Nic Lott, Jessica Mitchell,
and Clarence Webster.
The third award is the Robert C. Khayat Administrator of the
Year Award given to an administrator who has shown the best
leadership skills.
Nominees are Don Fruge, Gloria Kellum, Robert Khayat and Thomas
Wallace.
The award will honor an organization which has demonstrated
community service through the year. Nominees for the Helping
Hands Organizational Leadership Award are the Baptist Student
Union, Habitat for Humanity, LEAP Frog and The Malaysian Student
Organization.
The next will be presented to a student-athlete who has
displayed qualities of leadership as Ole Miss athlete.
The nominees for the Future Athletic Leadership Award are
Jennifer Soileau of Ole Miss soccer, Rahim Lockhart of Ole Miss
men’s basketball and Deuce McAllister and Romario Miller, both
of the Ole Miss football team.
Another award will be given to a professor who has demonstrated
a strong leadership role.
The four nominees for the Education Leader of the Year Award are
Billy Barrios, Susan Glisson, Vaughn Grisham and James Payne.
There will also be one special award, The James Meredith Special
Courage Award, will be given to an organization, or distinctive
person, who heads an issue which concerns the people of
Mississippi or has dedicated their life to leading one of those
causes.
The winners of the award are Rod Barnes, head coach of the
men’s basketball team; David Cutcliffe, head coach of the
football team and Joe Walker, head coach of the track team.
The coaches were chosen for the award because they came out to public ally
support a proposed flag design in February.
“They were not chosen for their side of the issue, but for
going before the press concerning their issue,” Morgan said.
The awards are triangular shaped, and have a star on top.
“They are beautiful, I think,” Morgan said.
Morgan said he wanted the award to be one that was honored by
the students.
“We really want this to be an honor and the students have
recognized them,” Morgan said. “That the students value
their leadership and we honor them for it. We want an award that
in a year or two, when someone sees that award on their mantle
or somewhere displayed, they will know that it is a leadership
award.” |
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