New EMCC-CAFB director

Sonya Bridges has been named director at East Mississippi Community College’s Columbus (Miss.) Air Force Base Extension. She assumed duty on July 9. The Laurel native and Columbus resident taught English at EMCC for four years. The first two was spent teaching full time at the EMCC-CAFB. Since then, she’s maintained an office at the college’s Golden Triangle campus, where she also teaches. In addition to her new duties, Bridges will continue in also be teaching an eight-week English Comp I course at CAFB beginning in August. She earned a master’s degree from William Carey University and an Education Specialist Degree from Mississippi College in Educational Leadership. She also has completed studies at Mississippi College for a doctorate in Educational Leadership and is working on her doctoral dissertation. The CAFB Extension opened in 1972 and serves about 200 students per semester. (Source: East Mississippi CC 07/24/19)