Ten Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College football players have earned state and regional accolades for their work on the gridiron in 2013. Bulldog wide receiver Dhaquille Williams, offensive lineman Craig Frigo, and running back Antwon Wells made the 2013 All-Region 23 and All-MACJC First Team squads, while linebacker Cavellis Luckett and defensive back Josh Keys are All-Region...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College came back from a 14-point halftime deficit to surge past Bishop State 64-60 on Nov. 11 at the Weathers/Wentzell Center in Perkinston. The Bulldogs (3-1) clawed back to tie the game twice in less than 10 minutes to go in the second half. Gulf Coast eased ahead of Wildcats...
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Daniel Vernon and Dr. Joanna Burnside, music faculty at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus, will be giving a vocal and piano recital at the Perkinston Campus on Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in Malone Auditorium. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. Vernon and Burnside performed in the New Faculty...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus will host “The Practice of Daydreaming,” an art exhibit by alumna Kelsy Wishik, from Nov. 14-Dec. 19 at the campus Fine Arts Gallery. A reception was held on Nov. 14. The show features Wishik’s 3-D work, which grows out of an almost childlike imagination. “Much of...
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Dr. Jonathan Woodward, dean of Instruction at the Jackson County Campus, and Lisa Alexander, secretary for Institutional Relations at District Office, were chosen as 2013 AEOP professionals of the year in October. Woodward was chosen Administrator of the Year, and Alexander was chosen Office Professional of the Year. Woodward and Alexander were selected because...
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The Mississippi Bowl has always featured the NJCAA’s top teams. However, in 2013 the sixth annual event will host No. 1 Georgia Military and No. 2 East Mississippi in a duel for the national Championship. “The committee is excited about the opportunity to host the 2013 NJCAA football national championship,” said Ladd Taylor, Mississippi...
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The Perkinston Campus Early Childhood Education center received all five-star ratings Nov. 7 during a QRS evaluation. The staff, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the center and with the college in January 2014, received an initial Level 5 rating in January 2013. The individuals who conducted the onsite visits based the Level...
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The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College tennis teams continue to take advantage of the fall season to improve and prepare for 2014. On Nov. 6 the men’s team fell 7-2 to Faulkner, with the doubles team of Bobby Vo and Tyler Youngblood winning 8-3, and Josh Johnson teaming with DeAngelo Vaxter taking their doubles...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Ingalls Shipbuilding held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy located on Jerry St. Pé Ave. in Pascagoula on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The 75,000-square-foot facility will be operated as a partnership between Ingalls and MGCCC for apprenticeship training. Gov. Phil Bryant, speaking about the...
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November has ushered in basketball season at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College The men’s team is off to a 2-1 start despite returning one starter from last year’s squad. The Bulldogs opened play Nov. 1-2 at the Pensacola State Tipoff Classic and defeated Pensacola State 64-60 and then fell 77-74 to Gulf Coast State...
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