Thirty-eight students in the Honors College at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County and Jefferson Davis campuses made presentations at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) conference in Hattiesburg February 21-22. Student research ranged from increasing germination in seeds and cancer-distress screening to developing health-related and marine education resource guides. In addition to...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus will host the Larry Bustin art exhibit through April 15 in the campus Fine Arts Gallery. A reception was held on March 14. In this show, Bustin says he used different types of mediums and materials to get different textures. “I have used a variety of...
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Dozens of Mississippi community college students flooded the Capitol in Jackson on February 28 to ask their legislators to continue their financial support of the 15 colleges. At a morning news conference, state Senator Terry Burton of Newton told community college supporters that lawmakers appreciate the job the colleges do. “It’s important for us...
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Dr. Alessandra Feris, piano instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus, performed a solo recital at the campus Fine Arts Auditorium on March 14. It was the fourth recital on her 2013 tour schedule that includes solo recitals and master classes in various places around the United States and in Greece,...
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Dr. Susan L. Scaggs, vice president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus, has been selected to receive Phi Theta Kappa’s prestigious Distinguished College Administrator Award. Only 25 college administrators who are nominated by their PTK chapters are selected for this international distinction, which is based on outstanding support provided to PTK...
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Brian Carriere, social studies and political science instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus, was elected to serve as vice president of the Mississippi Faculty Association for Community and Junior Colleges (MFACJC). The term for vice president will begin immediately due to an existing vacancy and will expire in April 2015....
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Artist Matthew Patterson presents his “Mementos” exhibit at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus through April 18. The exhibition is in the campus Fine Arts Gallery. An opening reception was held on March 14. Patterson, an assistant professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of South Alabama, draws parallels...
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March 2013 New Employees: Jewel Bishop, Secretary II Counseling Center, Jackson County Campus, effective March 1, 2013 Lillian York, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Jefferson Davis Campus, effective March 25, 2013 Matthew Malley, Computer Repair Technician, District Office, effective March 1, 2013 Kreshell Nicholson, Financial Aid Secretary, Jefferson Davis Campus, effective March 5, 2013 Steven Sison,...
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