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Paul
Holt honored at SCC Foundation 30th Anniversary Dinner
WHITTIER
- During its 30th anniversary appreciation dinner, held last week
at The Oaks in Whittier, the Southwestern Community College Foundation
honored Paul Holt, Jr. for his dedication and commitment to the
college and community.
 Holt,
a Sylva-based attorney, was the founding chairman of the SCC Foundation
and has served on the board for the past thirty years. In addition,
Holt has also served for 34 years on SCC's board of trustees,
20 years as the secretary of Jackson Savings Bank, 34 years as
attorney for Harris Regional Hospital, 19 years as the attorney
for Jackson and 35 years as the Jackson County School Board attorney.
He has also held positions with Citizens Bank, Wachovia and at
Sylva's First Presbyterian Church.
"It
was not easy to create a biography on Paul," said Cecil Groves,
president of SCC, as he addressed foundation board members, past
and present. "He is not one to gloat or keep a resume of
his community involvement up-to-date. But one thing is for certain--Paul
sets the mark high for his peers to give back to the community
in which they live."
Also
at the ceremony, Bruce Jones, a recent graduate of SCC's cyber
crime technology program and recipient of a Foundation scholarship,
addressed the crowd on the profound impact the scholarship had
on his life.
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Cecil
Groves, president of SCC, presented Paul Holt a plaque in
honor of Holt's dedication and commitment to education at
the SCC Foundation's 30th anniversary appreciation dinner
last week. Holt was the founding chairman of the SCC Foundation
and has served on the board for the past thirty years.
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"I
can say now that because of the Foundation scholarship I was awarded,
I have even higher goals and aspirations in my life," said
Jones. "I am now in school again, working towards my bachelor's
degree in Criminal Justice. I want to return to SCC as an instructor
in the Cyber Crime Technology Program, so I can help others the
way that so many have helped me at SCC."
The
Foundation was established to support, strengthen and further
the mission of SCC through support of college programs and by
allowing the college to expand educational opportunities for students.
For
additional information, contact Becky Medford, SCC Foundation
executive director, at 586-4091 or (800) 447-4091, Ext. 218.
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