Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College won first place in the 2013 People’s Choice Award for Career Technical Education and Training on the Mississippi Gulf Coast during The Sun Herald’s annual contest. The award was presented to MGCCC president Dr. Mary S. Graham on August 5 in Gulfport. “We are pleased to receive this award....
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held its Summer Recognition Ceremony for nursing and allied health graduates on August 1 in the Jefferson Davis Campus Fine Arts Auditorium. Dr. Susan Scaggs, vice president of the Jefferson Davis Campus, spoke to nearly 50 summer graduates of the Emergency Medical Services, Paramedics, Funeral Services Technology, Medical Laboratory...
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Kaitlyn Abney, a recent graduate of the Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus, was elected the Region 3 representative at the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) national convention held July 30–August 3 in Houston, Texas. “It was such an inspiring and eye-opening experience to...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus Fine Arts Gallery is hosting “12 Bar Bridge: Rhythm in Portrait,” an art exhibition by Chad Anderson, August 29 – October 3. An opening reception was held in the gallery at 1 p.m. on August 29. For many years, exploring the modes through which music and...
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Ten Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students won 16 awards at national competitions this summer. Five of those wins were at SkillsUSA competitions held June 24-28 in Kansas City, while 11 wins were at national Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) competitions June 22-25 in Anaheim, California. Sadie Hebert, PBL co-adviser and Web Design Technology instructor...
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Community College Week ranks college in leading associate degree producers in U.S. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has again been named among the top associate degree producers in the nation, with more than 1,795 students receiving degrees in 2012. This is the 10th year since 2002 that MGCCC has been named in the top...
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Dr. Mary S. Graham of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has been elected to the Board of Directors for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), a national organization representing the nation’s almost 1,200 two-year colleges and their more than 13 million students. The new board members were certified during AACC’s recent annual meeting...
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Michelle Sekul has been named interim vice president of Institutional Advancement and Student Services at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Formerly dean of Student Services at the Perkinston Campus, her new role at the college encompasses Alumni, Foundation, Institutional Relations and Student Services. “We are excited to have Michelle spearheading efforts in this vital...
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Anna Faye Kelley-Winders retires after 44 years Anna Faye Kelley-Winders, former vice president of Community Campus, retired from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on June 30, after 44 years. Kelley-Winders was honored at the 2013 commencement ceremony, held on May 9 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, as the longest-serving employee of the college, and...
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The Early Childhood Education Technology program’s child care facilities at the Jackson County, Jefferson Davis and Perkinston campuses have achieved a Level 5 rating from the Mississippi Child Care Quality Step System. A Level 5 rating is the highest a program can achieve in the Quality Step System, which is monitored by the Mississippi...
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