by Cathy Hayden | Mar 25, 2013 | News
The Alpha Omicron Omega chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on the ºÚÁϹÙÍø Rankin Campus in Pearl inducted new members for the spring 2013 term on Feb. 15. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for community and junior college students. Membership...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 22, 2013 | Jackson Campus, News
Brenda Tyler of Jackson worked at Delphi Packard in Clinton for 21 years when the plant closed and she lost her job. At the age of 45, she realized a high school diploma wasn’t enough to land a new living- wage job. So she enrolled in the Business Office Technology...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 21, 2013 | News
Registration for summer and fall classes is just around the corner at ºÚÁϹÙÍø. Key dates: Registration for MS Virtual Community College classes (online) for both new and current students begins April 2. Summer and fall registration begins for current...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 20, 2013 | News
Not many college students are chosen for employment by a Fortune 500 company that requires security clearance, finger prints and background checks before completing college, but ºÚÁϹÙÍø Utica Campus student Daffany Collins was. She credits her business...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 8, 2013 | Arts, Dance, Music, News
ºÚÁϹÙÍø will host the 31st annual Mississippi and the Arts Week from March 25-28. This year’s Arts Week includes appearances by Louisiana writer Tim Gautreaux, Mississippi College professor David Miller and cartoonist and writer Marshall Ramsey and...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 4, 2013 | News
Students can now register for a variety of online and traditional courses offered in the second term of eight-week classes at ºÚÁϹÙÍø. Online classes begin March 11 and traditional classes begin March 18. Second term eight-week courses are offered on...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 1, 2013 | News
Dozens of Mississippi community college students flooded the Capitol in Jackson Thursday (Feb. 28) to ask their legislators to continue their financial support of the 15 colleges. At a morning news conference, state Sen. Terry Burton of Newton told community college...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 1, 2013 | News
The ºÚÁϹÙÍø Raymond Campus Mathematics Department hosted the district seventh and eighth grade mathematics competition, sponsored by the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics, on March 1. Each year the middle schools and junior high schools in...
by Cathy Hayden | Feb 27, 2013 | News
With 68 percent of all freshmen as their students, Mississippi’s 15 community colleges play a key role in our state’s higher education system that leads to a more educated populace and a trained workforce. Community college faculty and students from across the state...
by Cathy Hayden | Feb 25, 2013 | News
The ºÚÁϹÙÍø Raymond Campus recently collected goods for the storm damaged communities of Hattiesburg and the University of Southern Mississippi. The drive, held Feb. 18-21, was sponsored by Associated Student Government, Residence Hall Association,...