The City of Pearl Board of Aldermen recognized ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College’s Centennial with a resolution on Sept. 19. Pictured are, front from left, ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College Foundation Executive Director Jackie Granberry, Pearl Mayor Jake Windham, ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ President Dr. Clyde Muse, Rankin Campus Vice President Dr. Norman Session; back, Ward 2 alderman Michael Sartor, Ward 6 alderman Gavin Gill, Ward 1 alderman David Lucket, alderman at large Johnny McHenry, Ward 3 alderman Johnny Steverson, Ward 5 alderman James Thompson and Ward 4 alderman Casey Foy.
̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College’s Rankin Campus, located in Pearl, is the second largest of the college’s six locations with more than 3,000 students.
(April Garon/̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College)
̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College District. Today, as Mississippi’s largest community college, ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ Community College is a comprehensive institution with six locations. ̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.̨Íå²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾CC.
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