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has previously served aspresident of Bishop College(Dallas); president ofSchenectady CommunityCollege (New York); vicepresident for finance andadministration at MorganState University (Baltimore);and director ofauxiliary enterprises/businessmanager at TuskegeeUniversity.1977Gayle Gillaspy Carrickof the Darlington CountySchool District in Hartsville,S.C., was among thenearly 7,800 teachers nationallywho achieved NationalBoard Certificationin 2006.Rebecca Smith McCoyof the Jackson CountySchool District in Stevenson,Ala., was among thenearly 7,800 teachers nationallywho achieved NationalBoard Certificationin 2006.1979Carol Champion Lambert,at teacher at Autaugaville(Ala.) ElementarySchool, was amongthe nearly 7,800 teachersnationally who achievedNational Board Certificationin 2006.1980Carol Brelsford Bernichis the exceptional studenteducation staffing specialistat ChoctawhatcheeHigh School in Ft. WaltonBeach, Fla. In this capacity,she oversees placementand transfer paperworkfor ESE students enrolledat the high school. She isalso the district coordinatorof academic teamsand coordinates academictournaments formiddle and high schoolteams. She and her husbandKenneth ‘79 (Education),who is a teacherand coach at Niceville(Fla.) High School, residein Mary Ester, Fla.Pamela Sissi Carroll ofTallassee, Fla., was presentedthe 2006 DistinguishedTeacher Award byFlorida State University,where she is departmentchair of the Departmentof Middle and SecondaryEducation in the Collegeof Education.1981Dr. John William Covington,superintendent ofLowndes County (Ala.)Public Schools since2000, was appointed superintendentof Pueblo(Colo.) School District 60in June 2006. District 60is a nationally recognizedpublic school districtserving nearly 18,000students. He was instrumentalin establishing(along with the college’sTruman Pierce Institute),then serving as chairmanof, the Black Belt Superintendents’Coalition. Hewas also named to the AuburnUniversity Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council. Heand his wife, Wilanie Rivers-Covington,WilanieRivers-Covington, residein Pueblo, Colo.Brenda Roughton ofthe Charleston CountySchool District in Charleston,S.C., was among thenearly 7,800 teachers nationallywho achieved NationalBoard Certificationin 2006.1982Robin Feldman Harwell,a teacher with the FloridaSchool for the Deafand Blind in St. Augustine,Fla., was among thenearly 7,800 teachers nationallywho achieved NationalBoard Certificationin 2006.Kathy Scansocie Hoppeis currently serving as thedirector-at-large for NewYork biology teachers.She has been teachingin western New York forthe past 23 years. Duringthe past 12 years, Hoppehas been involved in theNew York State Biology/Chemistry Mentor Networkand has led local,state and national professionaldevelopment workshops.She is the recipientof the New York BiologyTeacher of the Year AwardA l u m n i N o t e sthrough National Associationof Biology Teachers,and the University ofRochester Teacher of theYear Award.Linda Carol White Kielingwas recently recognizedby the National ArtEducation Associationas the National MiddleLevel Art Educator 2007.She and her husband Ronhave a blended familyof 5 children and residein West Linn, Ore. Shehas taught sixth througheighth graders at RosemontRidge MiddleSchool since 1999. Sheserves as director forNAEA’s Pacific RegionMiddle Level, is a boardmember and representativefor the Oregon ArtEducation Association,and has served as theAlumni SpotlightLassiter ‘75 appointed chancellorOAEA Youth Art Monthchairperson for the pastseven years.1983Dr. J. Terry Jenkins, superintendentof Auburn(Ala.) City Schools, receivedthe 2006 OutstandingAlumnus Awardfrom the Auburn UniversityCollege of Education.He and his wife, Freida,reside in Auburn.Elizabeth A. Ponderjoined the staff of theAuburn University Collegeof Education as adevelopment officer. Shewas previously a plannedgiving officer for AuburnUniversity.Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr.has been appointed chancellorof the seven-collegeDallas County CommunityCollege District. Dr.Lassiter received hisdoctorate in educationaladministration and financefrom Auburn in 1975. Heserves as Dallas County CommunityCollege’s sixth and firstAfrican American chancellor. Serving morethan 64,000 credit and 25,000 continuing education studentseach semester – DCCC is the largest undergraduate institutionin the state of Texas.Lassiter joined the Dallas District as president of EL CentroCollege in 1986. He has also served as president of BishopCollege (Dallas); president of Schenectady County CommunityCollege (New York); vice president for finance and administrationat Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD); and directorof the auxiliary enterprises/business manager at Tuskegee University(Tuskegee, AL).education.auburn.edu Keystone • Volume IV, 2007 53