Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College celebrated Veterans Day with a variety of activities on its campuses and centers. On Monday, Nov. 11, the George County Center held a special ceremony honoring veterans and presented student and employees who are veterans with certificates of appreciation. The celebration included a balloon release, cake and other refreshments....
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The Perkinston Campus held its annual Fine Arts Gala on Nov. 12. The event included a student art show; dance Perkette Dance Team members; and music by the college’s Jazz Band, the Perkinston Choir and Mississippi Sound.
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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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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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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will host the Mississippi Scenes exhibit on Nov. 4-Dec. 5 at the Jefferson Davis Campus Art Gallery. An opening reception will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the gallery. The event is free and open to the public. Mississippi Scenes is an exhibit that includes nostalgic...
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The Perkinston Players presented “Getting Sara Married,” a romantic comedy by Sam Brobrick, Oct. 29-31, in Malone Hall Auditorium at the Perkinston Campus. The cast for the play included Sarahbeth Rogers as Sara Hastings, Rick Lo Piccolo as Brandon Cates, Daniel Vernon as Noogie, Lauren Roosa-Wise as Aunt Martha, Hope Jacquet as Heather Boyd and...
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The Jefferson Davis Players presented “A Voice of My Own,” a play by Elinor Jones, Oct. 24-27, at the Arena Theatre at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jefferson Davis Campus. The cast included Shannon Wooten, Stephanie Grammar, Hadley Hill, Zada McClendon and Summerlin LaCour. Ryan Pierini was the director, and crew members included Ariel...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College inducted the 2013 Homecoming honorees during a special ceremony held on Oct. 17 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. The induction included honorees for the Alumni Hall of Fame, Athletic Hall of Fame, Sam Owen Award, Bulldog Hall of Honor and Spirit of Gulf Coast. The...
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Fourteen Homecoming maids and three queens represented the three campuses of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Homecoming Day, Oct. 19, at the Perkinston Campus. The maids, elected by their fellow students, were presented during a pep rally and during halftime of the college’s Homecoming football game. Each campus queen was crowned during halftime....
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