Sixteen students were awarded vocational certificates from East Mississippi Community College’s Cosmetology program June 20 at the Golden Triangle campus. They are now qualified to take the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology certification exam. Pictured, front row from left: Taylor Rivera (Columbus), Jordan Sellers (Louisville), Angela Shelton (Crawford), Madeline Meek (Eupora) and Savannah Shinn (Cedar Bluff). Behind and to the right of Shinn is EMCC Career Technical Office Manager Cynthia Logan. Second row from left: Emily Teague (Columbu), Oklyn Newell (Starkville), Valencia Buckingham (Prairie), Anna McCollum (Caledonia), Mary Gammill (Ackerman) and Kaitlyn Oswalt (Columbus). Third row from left, Quahsima Brooks (Columbus), Shateasha Lee (West Point), Tangela Williams (West Point), Emily Landry (Starkville) and EMCC Associate Dean of Instruction Michael Busby. In back is EMCC Cosmetology Instructor David Long. Not pictured, cosmetology graduate Alexis Doss (Houston).
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