Archive for February, 2015

MGCCC instructor helps develop new child psychology textbook

February 6, 2015
By
MGCCC instructor helps develop new child psychology textbook

Janette Kopp, social studies instructor at MGCCC’s Jefferson Davis Campus, helped develop lecture powerpoints as an instructor resource in a new college-level textbook “Development of Children and Adolescents.”  The book, written by by Penny Hauser-Cram, J. Kevin Nugent, Kathleen Thies, and John F. Travers, may be adopted for Child Psychology classes at MGCCC this fall. Kopp,...
Read more »

Posted in Employee Encounters | Comments Off on MGCCC instructor helps develop new child psychology textbook

MGCCC’s Jonathan Kilgore named Choral Association president

February 6, 2015
By
MGCCC’s Jonathan Kilgore named Choral Association president

Dr. Jonathan Kilgore, director of Choral Activities and the Fine Arts Department chair at MGCCC’s Jackson County Campus, has been named president of the Mississippi American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).  He has been a member of ACDA for 15 years and has served in a leadership capacity on the Mississippi ACDA Board of Directors...
Read more »

Posted in Employee Encounters | Comments Off on MGCCC’s Jonathan Kilgore named Choral Association president

Perk Players to present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

February 6, 2015
By
Perk Players to present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perk Players will perform William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on February 11-13.  The production will begin at 6:30 each evening in the Black Box Theatre at Malone Hall on the Perkinston Campus. Shakespeare warns us, “Lord what fools these mortals be!” and there it all begins.  Throw in...
Read more »

Posted in News You Can Use | Comments Off on Perk Players to present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Ribbon cutting scheduled for MGCCC’s City Line Café

February 6, 2015
By
Ribbon cutting scheduled for MGCCC’s City Line Café

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will hold a ribbon cutting for the City Line Café on Thursday, February 12 at 10 a.m. The café, located in the Hospitality and Resort Management Center on the Jefferson Davis Campus, has been open for the since mid-January. It features food prepared by Chef Danie Rodgriguez, a local...
Read more »

Posted in News You Can Use | Comments Off on Ribbon cutting scheduled for MGCCC’s City Line Café

Visit Freedom Summer, 1964 at MGCCC’s Perkinston Campus

February 6, 2015
By
Visit Freedom Summer, 1964 at MGCCC’s Perkinston Campus

Exhibition showcases works of Civil Rights photographer Herbert Randall Jr. It was 1964.  The Beatles and other British rock groups were taking America and the rest of the world by storm. Cassius Clay won the Boxing World Heavyweight Championship.  The Vietnam War was made official and very real for U.S. soldiers. Race riots were...
Read more »

Posted in News You Can Use | Comments Off on Visit Freedom Summer, 1964 at MGCCC’s Perkinston Campus

MGCCC hosts governor, legislators for town hall meeting on Health Initiative

February 6, 2015
By
MGCCC hosts governor, legislators for town hall meeting on Health Initiative

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College hosted a Community Town Hall Meeting with Governor Phil Bryant at its Jackson County Campus on Monday, February 2, in support of the Mississippi Girls Health Initiative and Healthy Teens for a Better Mississippi.  The college has partnered with the state to promote the initiative’s goal to reduce unplanned pregnancies...
Read more »

Posted in News You Can Use | Comments Off on MGCCC hosts governor, legislators for town hall meeting on Health Initiative

American Heart Association names MGCCC a Fit-Friendly Worksite

February 6, 2015
By
American Heart Association names MGCCC a Fit-Friendly Worksite

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has been named a 2015 Gold-level, Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association.  This designation was awarded to MGCCC because the institution has fulfilled key criteria and demonstrated a strong commitment to providing a healthy workplace for employees. “In Strategic Plan 2020, we made an institutional commitment to provide...
Read more »

Posted in News You Can Use | Comments Off on American Heart Association names MGCCC a Fit-Friendly Worksite

Jim McIngvale named to MGCCC Board of Trustees

February 6, 2015
By
Jim McIngvale named to MGCCC Board of Trustees

James W. “Jim” McIngvale of Pascagoula has been named to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Board of Trustees.  McIngvale takes the place of retired Board member Jim Epting and will represent Jackson County. Currently the director of Government and Community Affairs at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, McIngvale has worked with the shipbuilder for...
Read more »

Posted in News You Can Use | Comments Off on Jim McIngvale named to MGCCC Board of Trustees

MGCCC three-dimensional art instructors exhibit work

February 6, 2015
By
MGCCC three-dimensional art instructors exhibit work

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus is hosting the exhibit  “A Survey of Current Ceramic Works by the Three-Dimensional Art Instructors of MGCCC” through March 2.  The exhibit is in the Jefferson Davis Campus Fine Art Gallery and is available for viewing Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. There...
Read more »

Posted in Employee Encounters, News You Can Use | Comments Off on MGCCC three-dimensional art instructors exhibit work