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Catherine Pierce
Catherine Pierce, of Starkville, has been named Mississippiâs Poet Laureate. Serving as the official state poet for a term of four years, the stateâs Poet Laureate creates and reads appropriate poetry at state occasions, promotes literacy and represents the rich cultural heritage of Mississippi. An English professor at Mississippi State University, Catherine Pierce co-directs MSU s creative writing program and has published four books of poems and a chapbook.
âIt is with great pleasure that the First Lady and I announce Catherine Pierce of Starkville as Mississippiâs Poet Laureate,â said Governor Tate Reeves. âWe are confident Dr. Pierce will continue to foster a love of poetry and literature throughout Mississippi in this role.â
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Itawamba Community Collegeâs Nathan Ward of Mooreville and Jessi Stevenson of Fulton will be among statewide recipients of Mississippi Humanities Teacher Awards, which will be presented virtually, Mar. 26 at 7 p.m.
Ward, who is the 2021 recipient, has been an English instructor at ICC since 2007. Stevenson, the 2020 recipient, has been employed with ICC since 2006 and is currently instructor of Fine Arts.
The awards will be presented virtually and will stream over the Mississippi Humanities Councilâs Facebook and YouTube channels.
The Humanities Teacher Awards pay tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of Mississippiâs institutions of higher learning. Although 2020-21 came with its own new set of challenges, humanities faculty at Mississippiâs colleges and universities continue to engage in significant work in their classrooms (or home offices), nurturing studentsâ capacity to think critically and creatively, to evaluate po