Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 11:16 am

The Messenger 03.04.09

Spencer Minyard of Rives was named to the honor roll for the fall semester at Dyersburg State Community College.
To be included on DSCC’s honor roll, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours of college-level courses during the semester and earn a grade point average between 3.0-3.49 during the semester.
The college inadvertently omitted his name from the list recently provided to The Messenger.

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Dr. Kevin H. Smith, Thomas B. Preston Professor of Law at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis, has been named dean of the school.
He succeeds Dean Emeritus James Smoot.
Smith joined the U of M law school faculty in 1993. He has served as interim dean since October 2007.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Drake University and a master’s degree, doctor of philosophy degree and a juris doctorate, all from the University of Iowa.
Smith has practiced law in Towson, Md., and he taught as a visiting professor at Notre Dame Law School, at Chicago-Kent College of Law and in the Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University.
He has been published in numerous law journals.