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

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

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

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

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

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

February 6, 2015
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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...
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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 has enrollment increase for spring 2015

January 9, 2015
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Registration continues for Flex Start classes through mid-April Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College began the spring 2015 semester on Thursday, January 8, with a 5.7 percent increase in enrollment as students continue to register for online, late-start and second-term/short-term classes. Flex Start classes are geared toward students who have obligations that may hinder them...
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Community Arts Center opens at Perkinston Campus

January 8, 2015
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Community Arts Center opens at Perkinston Campus

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on November 19 for the Community Arts Center at MGCCC’s Perkinston Campus. Renovation was completed during the fall. The center is part of a larger community-arts project and will be utilized to promote a creative economy through community arts-based projects and programming. It will provide a place for students...
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MSU College of Engineering Information Session attracts large crowd

January 8, 2015
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MSU College of Engineering Information Session attracts large crowd

Representatives from Mississippi State University’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering held an Information Session at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus on Thursday, Nov. 6. More than 150 students and community members attended the event to find out more about the engineering degrees that will be offered at the campus, beginning...
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