Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center 40th Anniversary Celebration

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Wendy Benscoter at podium with left arm raised

Former CAAD Dean Jim West, standing, introduces a panel of former faculty and administrators of the university’s Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center.

Former CAAD Dean Jim West, standing, introduces a panel of former faculty and administrators of the university’s Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center. Panelists (seated, l-r) include John McRae, John Poros, Kimberly Brown, Shannon Criss, Nils Gore, and Michael Buono.

Former CAAD Dean Jim West, standing, introduces a panel of former faculty and administrators of the university’s Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center. Panelists (seated, l-r) include John McRae, John Poros, Kimberly Brown, Shannon Criss, Nils Gore, and Michael Buono.

Panelists (seated, l-r) include John McRae, John Poros, Kimberly Brown, Shannon Criss, Nils Gore, and Michael Buono.

Panelists (seated, l-r) include John McRae, John Poros, Kimberly Brown, Shannon Criss, Nils Gore, and Michael Buono.

Leah Kemp at podium

Jim West talks

Panelists (seated, l-r) include John McRae, John Poros, Kimberly Brown, Shannon Criss, Nils Gore, and Michael Buono.

Kimberly Brown, seated, left and Shannon Criss, right.

John McRae holds microphone

seated in audience: Leland Speed, former executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority and Dean Angi Bourgeois, right

John McRae holds microphone

Michael Buono points

seated: left to right: Shannon Criss and Nils Gore

seated: left to right: Shannon Criss and Nils Gore

seated: left to right: Shannon Criss and Nils Gore

seated: left to right: Nils Gore and Michael Buono

seated: left to right: John Poros and Kimberly Brown

seated: left to right: John McRae and John Poros

Panelists (seated, l-r) include John McRae, John Poros, Kimberly Brown, Shannon Criss, Nils Gore, and Michael Buono.

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