Earline (Croncich) Sawyer, a Gulf Coast native and MGCCC alumna, is the newest member appointed to the Foundation Board of Trustees. Sawyer, who graduated from the Jefferson Davis Campus inaugural class of 1965-66, is a longtime advocate of the community college system in Mississippi and of MGCCC in particular. A native of “The Point”...
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Lavell Bond, a resident of the Big Level community, has been appointed to serve on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Board of Trustees, representing Stone County. He replaces retired Board member L.D. Stringfellow. Bond, an MGCCC alumnus, retired from the college in 2011 after almost six years of overseeing construction projects at MGCCC...
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A new exhibition on loan from the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson is now open at the Jackson County Campus Fine Art Gallery. The exhibit, which will run through February 22, surveys photographs, drawings and paintings created by more than a dozen Mississippi artists over the past 40 years. Artists featured in the exhibition...
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On November 2, MGCCC’s first staff convocation was held at the Jefferson Davis Campus. The event was intended to share important information about Strategic Plan 2020 and other important college initiatives. Breakout sessions included training on AED and fire safety, leadership, customer-service training, personal safety, and benefits. Information about the tobacco-free and litter-free campus...
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PERKINSTON—With a 24-17 halftime lead, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College decided to do what it does best in the second half…run the football. The Bulldogs used two soul-draining touchdown drives in the third quarter paced by the rushing game that led to 19 unanswered points and a 43-17 win over No. 9 Northwest in...
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Four Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College players scored in double figures as the Lady Bulldogs open 2012-13 with a 68-=61 win at Faulkner State Nov. 1. Shameika Hart led the way with 18 points while Markia Nix had 16, Samara Dingisway had 12, and Yasmine Nelson added 11 . Gulf Coast will have its...
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Daphne Flowers is a ten-year employee of MGCCC, currently serving as the Administrative Assistant in the Career & Technical Administration office at the Jefferson Davis campus. Flowers received an Associate Degree of Arts from Pearl River Community College. Her MGCCC career began as Administrative Assistant in the Dean of Instruction office, a position she...
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Brenda Davis, the coordinator of Institutional Relations, has been named the 2012 MGCCC AEOP Administrator of the Year. Davis, who has worked in her current position for three years, was previously the coordinator of Workforce Development and Continuing Education and the Athletic advisor for students. She held those positions for five years. Davis graduated...
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The Reflections Team from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus held their annual food drive during October, setting a new record by collecting 2,185 food items. The previous record was 2,063 food items, which was collected last year. All items are donated to Our Daily Bread food pantry in Wiggins. This is the...
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Kathryn Lewis, former theatre instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, has been named a recipient of the 2013 Governor’s Arts Award. The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) will honor Lewis, who won the award for Arts in Education, and the four other recipients (Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Beth Henley, bluesman Bobby Rush, Motown artist...
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