Tina McDyess of Newton is a recent addition to the associate degree nursing faculty at East Central Community College in Decatur, announced ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin.

Prior to joining the ECCC staff, McDyess served the College as an adjunct clinical instructor. She has also several years of nursing and travel nursing experience at various hospitals, including Baptist Medical Center; Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, AZ: Newton Region Hospital; and H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital in Quitman.

Her community activities include serving as youth minister of The Spiritual True Holiness Church of God in Shubuta.

She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing and National League for Nursing societies.

A graduate of Quitman High School, McDyess holds bachelor and master’s degrees in nursing from the University Medical Center in Jackson. She was presented the Christine Oglevee Most Outstanding Nursing Student in 2004. She also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi, where she was graduated magna cum laude in 2000.

She is the daughter of John and Pearline McDyess of Newton.