New Employees: Jamie Olson, Interpreter Training Instructor, Jefferson Davis Campus, Effective September 1, 2013 Terry Newkirk, Banquet & Catering Food Service Instructor, Jefferson Davis Campus, Effective September 1, 2013 Christina Tillman, Surgical Technology Instructor, Jefferson Davis Campus, Effective September 1, 2013 Scott Strickland, EMS-Paramedic Instructor, Jefferson Davis Campus, Effective September 1, 2013 Tiffany Smith,...
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The Perkinston Players presented “Getting Sara Married,” a romantic comedy by Sam Brobrick, Oct. 29-31, in Malone Hall Auditorium at the Perkinston Campus. The cast for the play included Sarahbeth Rogers as Sara Hastings, Rick Lo Piccolo as Brandon Cates, Daniel Vernon as Noogie, Lauren Roosa-Wise as Aunt Martha, Hope Jacquet as Heather Boyd and...
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The Jefferson Davis Players presented “A Voice of My Own,” a play by Elinor Jones, Oct. 24-27, at the Arena Theatre at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus. The cast included Shannon Wooten, Stephanie Grammar, Hadley Hill, Zada McClendon and Summerlin LaCour. Ryan Pierini was the director, and crew members included Ariel...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College inducted the 2013 Homecoming honorees during a special ceremony held on Oct. 17 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. The induction included honorees for the Alumni Hall of Fame, Athletic Hall of Fame, Sam Owen Award, Bulldog Hall of Honor and Spirit of Gulf Coast. The...
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Fourteen Homecoming maids and three queens represented the three campuses of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Homecoming Day, Oct. 19, at the Perkinston Campus. The maids, elected by their fellow students, were presented during a pep rally and during halftime of the college’s Homecoming football game. Each campus queen was crowned during halftime....
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Eighteen cadets graduated today from the Harrison County Law Enforcement Academy’s Basic Class 2013-3 on Oct. 18. The ceremony, held in the Hospitality and Resort Management Center at the Jefferson Davis Campus, included a commencement address by Gov. Phil Bryant, a former law-enforcement officer. Other special guests included Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara; Chaplain...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Oct. 11, for the Healthcare Simulation Center at its Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center in Gulfport. More than 100 community partners, students, faculty and staff attended the event. The new center will be the only simulation center with public access on the Mississippi...
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Cost-efficient paths to degrees key to increasing college attendance and graduation rates JACKSON – Leaders of Mississippi’s 15 public community colleges have a four-point strategy to increase the college-going and degree-achieving rates of the state’s citizens. On Sept. 17, they asked the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to provide the resources to help make it...
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Victory Media has named Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College a Military Friendly School for 2014. Out of more than 12,000 colleges, universities and trade schools competing for the designation, MGCCC ranked in the top 15 percent, achieving the benchmark required for selection. “We have had a strong relationship with the military for many years...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s George County Center hosted a Back to School/SkillsUSA cookout on Sept. 9, in the center’s courtyard. Andy Sims, Mississippi director of SkillsUSA, and Elizabeth Broderick, 11-place winner at nationals/first-place winner at state in 2013 SkillsUSA competitions, spoke to the 33 students attending the event. Sims told the cosmetology and...
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