Members of East Central Community College’s Healthcare Advisory Committee met recently on the Decatur campus. The group includes members of the College’s healthcare faculty as well as area healthcare professionals. Associate Degree Nursing instructor Lori Luke, who serves as committee chairperson, said, The advisory committee meets bi-annually to allow the faculty to update the healthcare community about the progress within our programs and more importantly allows our guests to provide insight and input into how we can develop our programs to meet the ever-changing needs of healthcare in our communities. We value the insight from our community professionals, which helps us provide our students a quality education. Participants included (front row, from left) Shea Bishop, Director of Nursing, Pioneer Hospital of Newton; Maudean Sanders, ECCC Dean of Institutional Effectiveness; Jessica Williamson of Louisville, ECCC Surgical Technology Student; and Margie Majure, Director of Nursing, Scott Regional Hospital; and (back row, from left) Susan Fox-Smith, ECCC psychology instructor; Matt Edwards, Nurse Manager, Telemetry Unit-Anderson Regional Medical Center; JoAnn Tinsley-Rounsaville, president, Quality Hospice Care; Barry Harrison, Paramedic, Choctaw Health Center; Millie Smith, Coordinating Nurse for Neshoba/Newton County Health Department, Mississippi Department of Health; and Lynn Benson, Director of Education Department-Riley Hospital. For more information on the College’s Healthcare programs, contact Dr. Betsy Mann, Dean, at 601-635-6294. The e-mail address is bmann@eccc.edu.