NEMCC Students Compete at State Leadership Conference

Congratulations to NEMCC Collegiate DECA for representing Northeast at the Mississippi Collegiate DECA State Leadership Conference in Tupelo on Monday March 4, 2013. The Northeast Chapter took 1st place for the Spirit Award.

Yolanda Carodine, 1st place, Outstanding Chapter Member; Mae Barber, 1st place, Travel & Tourism; Julia Jones, 1st place, Business Ethics (team event); Alee Nichols, 1st place, Business Ethics; William (Bill) Carroll, 1st place, Human Resource Management; Karly Clayton, 1st place, Professional Sales; Jessica Blalock, 1st place, Business Research; Jessica Blalock, 2nd place, Retail Management; Yolanda Carodine and Aneysa Matthews, 2nd place, Business Ethics; Chelsea Browning, 2nd place, Marketing Management; Logan Parks, 2nd place, Sales Management Meeting; Yolanda Carodine and Chelsea Browning, 2nd place, Entrepreneurship ; Karly Clayton, 3rd place, Fashion Merchandising and Marketing; Jennifer Belue and Gil Hedges, 3rd place, Sports and Entertainment Marketing; William (Bill) Carroll and Gil Hedges, 3rd place, Website Design.

Julia Jones received the Mississippi DECA Alumni Scholarship while Alee Nichols and Julia Jones were elected as new state officers.

Tim Gilmore to be honored at National DECA Conference in Anaheim

Tim passed away on January 25, 2013. Tim had served Collegiate DECA and PS MAME for thirty+ years. Tim held the honor of being an Honorary Life Member in High School DECA, Collegiate DECA as well as Alumni DECA. He will be awarded an Honorary Life Membership (posthumously) by National DECA at this year's annual conference in Anaheim, CA. This is the highest award DECA presents.

Tim served as President of the PS MAME Board as well as on the MS ACTE Board. Tim served as the MS ACTE Awards Chair many different times and also lived more in his few years as many do in a long lifetime. Tim taught Hospitality and ran the Tiger Bed and Breakfast. Tim was an inspiration to us all.