by Associated Press Published: September 21,2012
Tags: appropriation, budget, community college, education, fund, funding, higher education, junior college, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, money, state budget, train, trainer, training, two-year college
JACKSON — Mississippi’s 15 community and junior colleges are seeking an additional $101.7 million in the 2014 budget year, again arguing that they’ve been particularly ill-treated in recent state spending plans. Eric Clark, executive director of the Community College Board, told lawmakers yesterday money would go to expand worker training, buy new equipment to train [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 21,2012
Tags: acquire, acquisition, bid, college, commercial, community college, country club, education, Golf, higher education, land, property, purchase, real estate
COLUMBUS — East Mississippi Community College is the sole bidder for the bankrupt Columbus Country Club. Deadline for bids was Sept. 14. The auction is scheduled for Oct. 5. Jason Browne, a spokesman for EMCC, tells the Commercial Dispatch the school’s administrators are not ready to comment on the bid. EMCC board members discussed purchasing [...] [...]
RAYMOND ‑ When news hit earlier this month that an American drone had killed at least 10 al-Qaida militants, instructors some 8,000 miles away at Hinds Community College were working on Mississippi’s first program to train drone pilots. Currently the market on unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, also known as drones, is almost completely military. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 27,2012
Tags: adult learning, associate's degree, college, community college, education, financial aid, financial assistance, higher education, junior college, tuition
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is offering financial assistance for associate degree completion through the Mississippi Adult Degree Completion Program. A maximum of $2,000 is available for individuals who would like to complete their associate degree and have not been enrolled in college for at least one semester, have 0-15 credit hours left [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 27,2012
Tags: campus, college, community college, construction, dormitory, education, higher education, junior college, residence hall, S. Gale Denley Student Media Center
RAYMOND — Hinds Community College will open two new residence halls Monday that can accommodate 352 on its campus in Raymond. The school says in a news release that these are the first new dormitories built on the campus in about 30 years. The 54,000-square-foot men’s residence hall, Riggs-Virden Hall, has 196 beds. The 46,250-square-foot [...] [...]
Ask any manufacturer or business leader in Mississippi what the number one challenge is, and they will most likely answer “workforce training.” The importance of training the state’s workers is often stressed. The state’s community colleges serve as the primary workforce training provider with short-term, non-credit and longer-term for-credit career and technical education. Dr. Eric [...] [...]
RAYMOND — Hinds Community College says in August it will begin training students interested in piloting unmanned aerial vehicles. The two-year school said in a news release that it is offering the courses because there’s an expected increase in demand in the civilian market for the aircraft. UAVs have more often been associated with the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 6,2012
Tags: agreement, associate degree, bachelor degree, college, community college, education, higher education, junior college, partnership, post-secondary education, private college, university
HATTIESBURG and MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — William Carey University and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College have signed an agreement that allows students to easily transfer credits. The partnership will affect students majoring in nursing and criminal justice at MGCCC. For criminal justice students, once they receive their associate’s degree at Gulf Coast and they decide [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 3,2012
Tags: associate degree, college degree, community college, degree, education, higher education, junior college, media, publication, rank, ranking
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has once again been named one of the top associate-degree producers in the nation, with more than 2,000 students receiving degrees in 2011. Community College Week ranked the college at No. 59 in the nation overall. MGCCC has been named in the top 100 nine times since 2002. It [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 19,2012
Tags: colleges, community college, education, fund, funding, higher education, junior college, skills, training, workforce training
BAY SPRINGS — Jasper County and Jones County Junior College have received $1.7 million to help construction a workforce training the center. The funds were announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Jones County Junior College Workforce Training Center would be located in Bay Springs. The 30,000-square-foot facility will be operated by the junior [...] [...]
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