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PDCCC 40TH ANNIVERSARY
THE TIDEWATER NEWS / suffolk news-herald
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Newsoms woman first to register at PDCCC in 1971 BY STEPHEN H. COWLES/CONTRIBUTING WRITER playback58@gmail.com
CARRSVILLE—Rebecca “Becky” Worrell, a reading specialist at Carrsville Elementary School, is grateful for Paul D. Camp Community College. “This is where I began my career,” said Worrell. She credited Paul D. Camp, who contributed the land for the Franklin campus. Next, the professors. “Most of all, Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr., who made all this possible,” Worrell said. “He launched the system into the legislature.” She regards the school as “her salvation.” “I could not have touched the people I touch had I not gone to PDCCC,” Worrell said. Before furthering her education, Worrell was married and a nurse at a doctor’s office. In nursing school, CMYK she found she enjoyed working with children.
“I always wanted to be a teacher,” Worrell said. So when PDCCC became a reality, she got off work early and was first in line to register in 1971. “I could not wait,” Worrell said. “My first year was wonderful.” After earning an associate’s degree in pre-teaching, she got a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Old Dominion University, Norfolk. Afterward, Worrell got a master’s degree in educational administration, then a certificate in advance studies. She now serves on the board of directors for PDCCC. “I have been honored to serve on the board for a couple of years. I love to help Paul D. Camp grow,” Worrell said. “Getting an education was forefront in my mind,” she added. “My mother preached education, and now I know why.” Worrell grew up in Grizzard in Sussex County. Her father was a
tenant farmer. “We just marvel at the wisdom of our mother,” Worrell said. “She finished high school, but dad had to quit seventh grade to farm. That was the way of life back then.” Among Worrell’s siblings, one is a registered nurse who teaches nurses’ aides at a community college. Another is an X-ray technician, and the other two are administrative assistants. Except for a year in Richmond, Worrell has lived her entire married life in Newsoms. She and her husband, Sheldon, have a son, Don, who lives in Florida. As a reading specialist, Worrell works with students to determine their reading level for their age. She then works on phonetic awareness, fluency and comprehension. Worrell sees her role as an educator as a person “who causes people to think.” “Everything is very positive. Learning is so much fun.”
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Rebecca Worrell of Newsoms was the first person to register at PDCCC in 1971.
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