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MGCCC instructor helps develop new child psychology textbook

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

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

February 6, 2015
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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...
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MGCCC president Dr. Mary S. Graham selected for state business award

January 8, 2015
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MGCCC president Dr. Mary S. Graham selected for state business award

Dr. Mary S. Graham, president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, was selected as one of the 50 Leading Business Women in Mississippi by the Mississippi Business Journal.  Those selected are considered the most powerful, influential business leaders in Mississippi who are making a significant impact on the economy. “It has been a wonderful opportunity to...
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Kudos!

October 5, 2014
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Kudos!

  Teresa Wells, Language Arts instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus, has been selected as a Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar.  Faculty Scholars serve as seminar leaders at Phi Theta Kappa’s Annual Honors Institute that will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque during June 2015. Faculty...
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MGCCC instructors chosen 2014 Humanities Teachers of the Year

October 4, 2014
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Three MGCCC instructors have been chosen 2014 Humanities Teachers of the Year.  Each honoree will receive a cash prize from the Mississippi Humanities Council and will be honored at a banquet in their honor on Feb. 13, 2015,  in Jackson. During the months of October and November, each instructor made presentations as part of their award...
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MGCCC instructors selected for state Humanities Teachers of the Year awards

November 22, 2013
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MGCCC instructors selected for state Humanities Teachers of the Year awards

Three Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College instructors have been chosen to receive the 2013 Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) Humanities Teacher Awards. Javier G. Gomez, Jackson County Campus; Susan Bosarge, Jefferson Davis Campus; and Jason Shows, Perkinston Campus, will each receive a cash prize for the honor. Honorees were required to give presentations of their...
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Perkinston Campus music instructors perform around the state

November 11, 2013
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Perkinston Campus music instructors perform around the state

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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Woodward, Alexander chosen AEOP professionals of the year

November 11, 2013
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Woodward, Alexander chosen AEOP professionals of the year

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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Perkinston Campus child care center maintains five-star rating

November 11, 2013
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Perkinston Campus child care center maintains five-star rating

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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