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�²��� Utica Campus STEM-UP Academy paves way for college success

by Cathy Hayden | Jul 26, 2017 | News

�²���’s Utica Campus hosted their annual STEM-UP Academy June 11-23. The academy, also known as College Success Camp, gave incoming 2017-18 freshmen a firsthand look at college life, including living on campus, social engagement and academic success...

�²��� CC announces speaker for summer graduation ceremony

by | Jul 17, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – Summer graduation ceremonies are set for July 28 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus as students earn associate’s degrees from �²���. The college will confer 532 credentials to 464 students in two ceremonies. All nursing and allied...

Stewpot director uses �²��� CC experience to put faith into action

by | Jul 10, 2017 | Alumni, News, People Profiles

Note: The following story appears in the summer issue of �²���ight alumni magazine. For more information about the �²��� Alumni Association, see the website. JACKSON – The faces of poverty, homelessness, addiction and despair walk the same hallways Rev. Jill Barnes...

Working through school kept �²��� CC alum, top school chief honest

by | Jul 10, 2017 | Alumni, News, People Profiles

Note: The following story appears in the summer issue of �²���ight alumni magazine. For more information about the �²��� Alumni Association, see the website. PEARL – Dr. Ray Morgigno felt the importance of an education not with the sound of paper and pencil, but with...

Former beauty queen Lucas still smiling thanks to �²��� CC

by | Jul 10, 2017 | Alumni, News, People Profiles

Note: The following story appears in the summer issue of �²���ight alumni magazine. For more information about the �²��� Alumni Association, see the website. MAGEE – After graduating from Mendenhall High School, Gloria Patrick Lucas felt as many young people do when...

Great-grandmother among 45 at High School Equivalency ceremony at �²��� CC

by | Jul 6, 2017 | News

Ruby Hardy RAYMOND – Ruby Hardy came home to Jackson last year the way countless people make their way back home – to take care of family. “I came back to take care my mother,” Hardy said. “It prompted me to go into the job center, but I didn’t qualify much since I...

�²��� CC Vicksburg-Warren Campus continues advanced river barge training course

by | Jun 28, 2017 | News

VICKSBURG – A career-building program on the Mississippi River has moved onto �²���’ Vicksburg-Warren Campus to stay. Specialized training to be tankermen on push boats that help move products up and down the river is filling a big need for skilled labor on the water....

Teamwork, self-motivation front and center at M2M summit at �²��� CC

by | Jun 9, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – A person’s inner dialogue can be helpful or hurtful, depending on what that little voice inside says. It was a strong enough message to lead off this summer’s leadership summit for students involved in the Minority Male Leadership Initiative at �²���...

Diplomas earned by 18 in Gateway to College program at �²��� CC Rankin Campus

by | Jun 8, 2017 | News

PEARL – For Laura Marie Barrett, being on a stage she once thought herself unworthy of her presence meant thanking a few people first. “I just want to say thank you so much to three wonderful women,” Barrett said, referring to the trio who have coordinated the Gateway...

Early Childhood Academy opening at �²��� CC

by Cathy Hayden | Jun 7, 2017 | News

�²��� is becoming the home to one of 10 Early Childhood Academies being housed at community colleges throughout the state. An open house to spotlight the new program, which officially opens on July 1, is planned for 2 p.m. June 15 at the academy’s...