My Monticello News: UAM to Honor Maten

MONTICELLO, Ala. – A college administrator, a public school superintendent, a businessman, and an insurance executive have been selected to receive the 2013 Alumni Awards for Achievement and Merit presented annually by the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Lionel Maten, assistant vice president for enrollment management and housing at the University of Mississippi; Dr. Tony Thurman, superintendent of the Cabot School District; Bobby Jelks, president of Franks Management Company LLC, of Shreveport, La., and Martha Carlson of Alma, a regional executive with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, will receive the awards during a banquet as part of UAM’s homecoming celebration October 25. Read the story.