Rick Tillotson, a former elementary school principal in the Vicksburg Warren School District, has been named education outreach coordinator for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

At ERDC, Tillotson will work to establish a relationship with area schools with the goal of generating interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Tillotson has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Delta State University and a master’s in education from Mississippi College. He has been an educator for 30 years, with 26 spent in the VWSD as principal of Jett, Bowmar Avenue and Sherman Avenue elementary schools.