Archive for September, 2014

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September 5, 2014
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Wireless upgrades have reached completion in residence halls, academic and most staff buildings on the Perkinston Campus. The JD Fine Arts Department invites you to experience the current gallery exhibit, Scenes of a Scene, by Pascagoula artist, Robby Amonette.  The exhibit includes several large scale finished paintings, but the show is predominately made up of “action...
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New Transitions Academy blends GED prep with college-level courses

September 5, 2014
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New Transitions Academy blends GED prep with college-level courses

More than 14,000 students leave the K-12 system each year in Mississippi, costing the state economy $458,302,726 in net annual costs.  Only about one-third of those dropouts work or seek work, and those who do earn 27 percent less than high school graduates over their lifetime.  They are 30 percent more likely to use...
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MGCCC ranked nationally in top associate degree producers for eleventh year

September 5, 2014
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MGCCC ranked nationally in top associate degree producers for eleventh year

MGCCC has again been named a top associate degree producer in the nation, with 1,754 students receiving degrees in 2013.  This is the 11th year since 2002 that MGCCC has been named in the top 100, and it is the only community college in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee to make the list, a...
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