Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College was named to the 2015 Stem Jobs Approved College list by Victory Media. Gulf Coast is the only Mississippi community college on the list and one of only two higher education institutions in the state selected. The inaugural list is the first of its kind to rate universities, colleges,...
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Thirty-four students successfully completed the year-long program, which includes visits to Keesler Air Force Base, tours of various businesses and industry, meal-etiquette lessons and STEM projects. “It has been an honor and a pleasure directing these students this past year,” Mollie Barger, MGCCC’s coordinator of Recruitment and Student Engagement, said. “While the purpose of...
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Join us for the 2014 MGCCC Homecoming to be held October 16-18. Highlights of this year’s festivities include: Recognition of Alumni and Athletic Hall of Fame, Sam Owen Award, Spirit of Gulf Coast and Bulldog Hall of Honor honorees at a dinner and awards ceremony on October 16 at 7 p.m. at the Golden...
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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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Wireless upgrades have reached completion in residence halls, academic and most staff buildings on the Perkinston Campus. The JD Fine Arts Department invites you to experience the current gallery exhibit, Scenes of a Scene, by Pascagoula artist, Robby Amonette. The exhibit includes several large scale finished paintings, but the show is predominately made up of “action...
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More than 14,000 students leave the K-12 system each year in Mississippi, costing the state economy $458,302,726 in net annual costs. Only about one-third of those dropouts work or seek work, and those who do earn 27 percent less than high school graduates over their lifetime. They are 30 percent more likely to use...
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MGCCC has again been named a top associate degree producer in the nation, with 1,754 students receiving degrees in 2013. This is the 11th year since 2002 that MGCCC has been named in the top 100, and it is the only community college in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee to make the list, a...
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On Wednesday, Nov. 20, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College president Dr. Mary S. Graham, joined by Gov. Phil Bryant and other state and local leaders, announced that the college had approved building a new Nursing and Simulation Complex at the health care zone located on Hwy. 67 at Tradition. This new complex, once completed,...
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The Jefferson Davis Players will present “James and the Giant Peach” in the Fine Arts Auditorium at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus on Dec. 4-8. Performances on Dec. 4-7 will be at 8 p.m. and on Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. On Thursday, Dec. 5, a special dinner theatre combination will...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Funeral Service Technology program will host the annual Service of Remembrance at the Gregory War Memorial Chapel on the Perkinston Campus on Thursday, Dec. 5. Doors will open at noon, and the service will begin at 12:30 p.m. Ron Regan, a Funeral Service Technology student, will speak. Singing will...
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