MGCCC finished 6th in the NJCAA D-II Men’s Golf Championship at the 7165-yard Goose Pond Colony Golf Course in Scottsboro, AL. Freshman Jake Pritchard made the All-Tournament Team and was named 2nd Team All-American. “We played well, finishing just five shots out of 3rd place,” said Coach Tommy Snell. “With four freshmen on the team, that is...
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Two key players from the 2012-13 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College men’s basketball squad are moving on to the next level. Sophomore JaMichael Hawkins signed with Southeastern Louisiana while fellow sophomore Angel Matias will play at Georgia Southern next year. Hawkins, a 6-foot-3 guard from Jackson, averaged 17.7 points per game in 2012-13 and...
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Pascagoula native Josh Wells is this year’s Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College inductee into the MACJC Sports Hall of Fame. Wells was inducted along with 14 others this week at the annual award’s ceremony in Pearl. Wells didn’t start playing football until his junior year at Carver High School. Despite his lack of experience...
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Caitlin Rodriguez, a 2013 graduate of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Radiological Technology program, is the winner of the Mississippi Radiological Society’s Outstanding Student Scholarship. She plans to attend a university in the fall to begin studies for her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. She hopes to specialize in computed tomography (CT) scan or ultrasound....
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This cookbook includes over 200 recipes and cooking tips from some of the best cooks throughout the LLI organization. Proceeds from the sale of this cookbook support the Lifelong Learning Institute Scholarship Fund which is available to MGCCC students from the four county college district, including Harrison, Hancock, Jackson and George Counties. Order your...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the percentage of adults over age 55 in the workforce will grow to 25 percent in 2020, up from 13 percent in 2000. Many in that segment, called baby boomers because they were born between 1946 and 1964, will have to update their skills and earn new degrees...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and the Stone County Arts Council hosted a Plein Air Workshop for almost 25 participants on May 23-24. Well-known pastel artist Alan Flattmann, from Covington, La., completed demonstrations before students worked onsite under his direct supervision. More than $1,000 was raised to help the Yellow Brick Project/Dairy Barn Renovation...
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Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society chapters at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s campuses were named Five Star Chapters by the society during the annual convention held in May in San Jose, California. The Omicron Alpha Chapter at the Jefferson Davis Campus; the Gamma Nu Chapter, at the Perkinston Campus; and the Pi Epsilon...
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Students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will not see a tuition increase during the 2013-2014 school year. This is the second year in a row that the MGCCC Board of Trustees has chosen not to increase tuition, despite a challenging economic climate. Consequently, the costs for full-time and part-time tuition in the upcoming...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held the annual Commencement Ceremony on May 9 at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, with almost 900 students participating and 1,939 degrees conferred. Ed Day, former president and CEO of Mississippi Power, gave the commencement address. John and Kasi McDaniel, husband and wife from Ocean Springs, were thrilled about...
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