Community College Week ranks college in leading associate degree producers in U.S. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has again been named among the top associate degree producers in the nation, with more than 1,795 students receiving degrees in 2012. This is the 10th year since 2002 that MGCCC has been named in the top...
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Dr. Mary S. Graham of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has been elected to the Board of Directors for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), a national organization representing the nation’s almost 1,200 two-year colleges and their more than 13 million students. The new board members were certified during AACC’s recent annual meeting...
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Michelle Sekul has been named interim vice president of Institutional Advancement and Student Services at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Formerly dean of Student Services at the Perkinston Campus, her new role at the college encompasses Alumni, Foundation, Institutional Relations and Student Services. “We are excited to have Michelle spearheading efforts in this vital...
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Anna Faye Kelley-Winders retires after 44 years Anna Faye Kelley-Winders, former vice president of Community Campus, retired from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on June 30, after 44 years. Kelley-Winders was honored at the 2013 commencement ceremony, held on May 9 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, as the longest-serving employee of the college, and...
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The Early Childhood Education Technology program’s child care facilities at the Jackson County, Jefferson Davis and Perkinston campuses have achieved a Level 5 rating from the Mississippi Child Care Quality Step System. A Level 5 rating is the highest a program can achieve in the Quality Step System, which is monitored by the Mississippi...
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In the early days, one field was more than enough to accommodate the crowd at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Offensive/Defensive Lineman Camp. This year, MGCCC head football coach Steve Campbell used three fields to handle the more than 530 high school students from all over the state and region. “It’s easily the largest...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College athletics had another banner season on the field in 2012-13. Off the field, numerous Bulldog student athletes also turned in exemplary performances worthy of praise from the NJCAA. Five Bulldog teams garnered NJCAA All-Academic Team honors while 18 Gulf Coast athletes are 2012-13 Athletes of Distinction. NJCAA All-Academic Teams...
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Two Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College freshmen are part of the 2013 MACJC All-State team. Gulf Coast third baseman Kyle Clement and pitcher Cam Cochran made the squad as the Bulldogs reached the post-season for the third straight year. Clement, a freshman from New Iberia, LA, batted .353 with 7 homeruns and 39 RBI...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College tennis head coach Gary Bourgeois was hoping his men’s squad could pull off a top 10 finish at last week’s NJCAA Tournament in Plano, TX. After the first day of competition, the Bulldogs were tied for second. “The second day we put ourselves in position to win four matches...
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A key member of the 2013 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College softball team has been recognized at the National level. Lady Bulldog sophomore Reina Baluja is a 2013 NJCAA Second Team All-American after helping lead Gulf Coast to its second MACJC South Division title in the last three years. Baluja, a Tampa, FL native,...
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