Page 58 - Alcorn Magazine - Spring, 2019

ALCORNITES
ALUMNUS RONALD TURNER STARTS NEW BUSINESS, TURNER SECURITY, LLC
Alcorn State University alumnus, Ron-
ald Turner ‘14, plans to offer protective
services with his new business. Turner
Security, LLC opened Thursday, March
1 in Meridian, Mississippi. The business
is a full service security rm that pro-
vides security for places of worship, re-
tail stores, shopping centers, construction sites, hotels and motels, neighborhood and personal security.
ALUMNUS TERRY RUSS GRADUATES FROM ARMY LO- GISTICS UNIVERSITY
Terry Russ ‘11, completed the Army combined logistics captains career course at Army Logistics University Friday, Feb. 2 in Fort Lee, Virginia. By completing the course, Russ is now a demonstrated senior logistician. Russ
has been in the military for 12 years, eight of which he has served on active duty.
BRANDI PIKES WINS LEADERS OF TOMORROW AWARD DURING WOMEN’S JUSTICE AWARDS IN MISSOURI
Missouri Lawyers Media presented Brandi Pikes ‘10 with the Leaders of Tomorrow Award Friday, May 4 during its 20th annual Women’s Justice Award at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.
CANDACE MORGAN BOLTON NAMED BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT’S TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Candace Morgan Bolton, a fourth- grade teacher at Goren o Elementary, was named the school’s Teacher of the Year Thursday, May 10. Bolton, who earned a bachelor’s degree in elemen- tary education in 2011, appreciates the school district for recognizing her ded- ication to her students’ learning.
DR. FELECIA MCINNIS NAVE SELECTED AS NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY’S PROVOST, VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Dr. Felecia McInnis Nave ‘97, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chem- istry from Alcorn, was appointed North Caroline Central University’s new pro- vost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STARTED IN REMEM- BRANCE OF ALCORN ALUMNA
The mother of a fallen Alcorn
State University alumna is car-
rying on her daughter’s legacy
with a foundation that sup-
ports others. Caletha McCord,
whose daughter Courtney Mc-
Cord died in 2015, founded
The Courtney E. McCord Foun-
dation in Grayson, Georgia. Court-
ney, a Stone Mountain, Georgia native,
earned a bachelor’s degree in political science/pre-law in 2011. While a student, she was a Dean’s Scholar, Ronald E. McNair Scholarship and ASU Foundation, Inc. Scholarship recipient, and a member of Phi Gamma Mu Honors Society.
NFL 1ST
3 ROUND PICKS
*
56 #GOBRAVES