Miles, Rule honored during HEADWAE luncheon

Holmes Community College student Jonathan Miles and instructor David Rule were honored on Thursday, Feb. 3, during the 24th annual Higher Education Appreciation Day-Working for Academic Excellence program in Jackson.
The event is hosted by the Mississippi Legislature and is the Legislature’s way of saying “thank you” to these students and faculty for their commitment to the future of Mississippi.
Each year HEADWAE honors an outstanding faculty member and an outstanding student from each participating member institution of the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities who have made outstanding contributions in promoting academic excellence. The honorees toured the Capitol and attended a luncheon at the Jackson Convention Center.
HEADWAE is supported by the corporate community and is coordinated by the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities. Lt Gov. Phil Bryant serves as chair of HEADWAE.
Jonathan Miles
Jonathan Miles, a 2009 graduate of Kosciusko High School, is the Holmes Community College 2010 HEADWAE student. Miles graduated second in his class. He was a member of the football team, the Big Red Band, the Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and played a lead role in the Junior/Senior play his senior year.
At Holmes Community College’s Goodman Campus, Miles is the president of the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and a member of the Student Government Association. He is one of the members of the All-Academic Team for Holmes’ Goodman Campus, and he will be recognized for this in March.
During his freshman year he was a member of “The Growl” staff, Holmes’ student newspaper. Miles is an English education major. His hobbies are playing the guitar, singing, writing songs and stories, and playing and watching various sports.
David Rule
David Rule, a native of Kosciusko, and a mathematics instructor on the Goodman Campus of Holmes Community College, is the 2010 Higher Educational Appreciation Day (HEADWAE) instructor for the 2010-11 school year.
Rule is a 1974 Holmes Jr. College graduate with an associate of arts degree in mathematics. He holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in mathematics education and curriculum from Mississippi State University. He has also completed coursework in Master Level Statistics at MSU.
He began his teaching career in Natchez in 1976, where he was a math instructor and a coach at Johnson Jr. High School and South Natchez High School.
In 1977, Rule returned to MSU to pursue his master’s degree. While pursuing a higher degree, he worked as a graduate teaching assistant with the math department. He was also a survey crew member, a construction crew member, a member of the athletics grounds crew, and a landscaping equipment operator.
After having completed his education, he taught at Kosciusko Jr. High School and Kosciusko High School until 1984, when he came to Holmes to teach math.
In addition to teaching his math classes, Rule serves as an advisor to engineering majors, a Holmes Plus advisor, and a mathematics advisor. He is the District Coordinator for the Mississippi Collegiate Mathematics Association (MCTM) Junior High Math Contest and assists with the statistics for IE/Strategic Planning Goals.
Rule was chosen to be a Holmes Lamplighter in 1994. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society for Education. He has served on numerous committees for the development of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), assisting in addressing SACS Recommendations for the QEP. He was also a Holmes Faculty Association President and Legislative Liaison in 1986, and 1988-2000.
He is a member of Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association (MCMA) and has served as Vice-President and President. Rule is also a member of (MADE) Mississippi Association of Developmental Education and (NADE) National Association of Developmental Education, serving as a Presenter at several conferences.
David Rule is also a member of the American Mathematical Association for Two Year Colleges (AMATYC) and Louisiana and Mississippi Association for Two Year colleges (LMATYC), serving the AMATYC as an Executive Board member for two years.
He has been a member of the HCC Faculty Association and Mississippi Faculty Association for Community and Junior Colleges (MFACJC), serving as a Representative to the Legislative Committee and also an Executive Board member.
To date David Rule is the Department Chair for the Holmes Community College Mathematics Department. In February 2010 he was named an honorary member of the Goodman Campus Kappa Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Society.