STUDENT NEWS
HAIL TO THE QUEEN! Miss ECSU crowned the 2013 Food Lion Miss CIAA
H
ail to the Queen! Food Lion crowned the 2013 Food Lion Miss CIAA, Brittany Whidbee, Miss Elizabeth City State University 2012-2013, on March 2 at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Whidbee earned the title during the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C. ECSU has won the Food Lion Miss CIAA title for three consecutive years. In 2012, Heather Smith, Miss ECSU 2011-2012, won the title and in 2011, Alana Reneé Simmons, Miss ECSU 2010-2011, captured the title for the first time in ECSU history. Food Lion has sponsored the tournament for nearly 20 years and hosted several family and friendly events at the 2013 tournament. Rick LaCroix, division vice president for Food Lion’s Southern Division, said Food Lion was honored to be a part of the CIAA’s 2013 tournament as a way to show its continued support to the communities surrounding the 12 CIAA schools. “Our 19-year partnership with the CIAA is a strategic alliance that supports our commitment to education, men’s and women’s athletics, and diversity and inclusion. Food Lion will offer a number of events focused on education, and health and wellness programs to attendees during CIAA week. We look forward to an exciting tournament this year.”
Brittany Whidbee
Alana Renee Simmons
Miss CIAA 2011
Heather Smith
Miss CIAA 2012
About Food Lion Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., is a company of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brussels-based Delhaize Group and operates more than 1,100 supermarkets. e company employs approximately 58,000 associates delivering quality products, low prices and service to customers in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com.
International Honor Society Inducts Students Nine individuals at Elizabeth City State University were inducted into Psi Chi, an international honor society in psychology, during a ceremony held Dec. 7, 2012, in conjunction with the ECSU Psychology Club.To be eligible for membership, students must be psychology majors with at least a 3.0 GPA and ranking in the upper 35 percent of their class.
e inductees are Dr. Michelle Wiggins, Dr. Jill Haasch, William Sharpe, Byron Sweet, Ricardo Harvey and Semal Wallace, all of Elizabeth City; Paris T. Williams of Edenton; Andreka Wrighton of Hertford; and Niquillia Vinson of Ahoskie. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 to encourage, stimulate and maintain excellence in scholarship and to advance the science of psychology. e organization has chapters on more than 1,100 college and university campuses across the globe.
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