Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Marbury Earns Clerk Certification

Pat Marbury, deputy circuit clerk for Nevada County, was recently certified through the Arkansas Clerks of Court Certification program. This program is offered by Southern Arkansas University Tech at Camden in conjunction with the Center for Government Training.

Marbury was the only deputy circuit clerk to receive the certification at a statewide workshop held at the Holiday Inn in Conway on March 19 and 20.

The program provides officials and their deputies with training opportunities and challenges while remaining current with the latest developments affecting the circuit clerk's office through workshops and seminars offered by the Center for Government Training.

The general requirements for update and certification renewal is the completion of 18 continuing education units after the 30-hour certificate is completed.

Gary Oden, vice chancellor, says the program has proven to be very successful. "This now brings the total to over 900 county officials and deputies who have certified through the college's extended education program.

"One thousand three hundred twenty-five county officials and deputies have received certificate updates which has proven to strengthen this on-going learning program. Three thousand eight hundred seventy-eight county officials and deputies have attended workshops over the past 15 years representing all 75 Arkansas counties."

It is the goal of SAU Tech and the Center of Government Training that outstanding services be pro-vided to Arkansas citizens by well-informed elected officials and deputies.