ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ instructor Joy Rhoads of Pearl, chair of Social Sciences and coordinator for the Rankin Campus Honors program, and a faculty adviser for the Alpha Omicron Omega chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, has been selected as ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’ recipient for the Mississippi Humanities Council 2016 Humanities Teacher Award.
As a recipient, Rhoads will offer a lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the George Wynne Building on the Rankin Campus. Her lecture is titled “Legislated Landscape: Historical Political Influence on Mississippi Communities.â€
A reception will follow in the building’s first floor lobby.
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Joy Rhoads will present a lecture Nov. 3 as ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Humanities Teacher of the Year.