by Cathy Hayden | Apr 15, 2013 | News
̨ʹٷվ Community College is offering a new creative writing class as an elective on the Raymond Campus. The course will cover non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama. Students will be expected to write and submit their original words and to revise based on classroom...
by Cathy Hayden | Apr 15, 2013 | News
̨ʹٷվ Community College inducted the inaugural class of the new Omega chapter of Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society of Nursing on April 4 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus. Twenty-seven students in the Associate Degree Nursing program at either Rankin Campus or...
by Cathy Hayden | Apr 15, 2013 | News
As part of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, ̨ʹٷվ Community College will host a prestigious national traveling exhibit from Aug. 12 through Sept. 20 at the McLendon Library on the Raymond Campus. Along with the 1,000-foot exhibit, “Lincoln: The...
by Cathy Hayden | Apr 2, 2013 | News
In 2012, Vicksburg businessman Ray Neilsen, the Co-Trustee of The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, wanted to help change lives. He came up with the idea for the Education Pays program, giving those that were unable to finish high school or obtain a GED (General Education...
by Cathy Hayden | Apr 2, 2013 | Alumni, News
A new scholarship to benefit respiratory therapy students at ̨ʹٷվ Community College has been established as a memorial to two pulmonary physicians who made exceptional contributions to the success of ̨ʹٷվ’ graduates: Dr. Wallace Conerly and Dr. William “Chappie”...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 27, 2013 | Jackson Campus, News
For Stuart Johnsey, opening his own bakery and café would be the achievement of a dream. The Clinton High School graduate starting taking culinary classes in high school and he’s now a freshman in the culinary arts program at ̨ʹٷվ Community College’s Jackson...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 26, 2013 | Jackson Campus, News
̨ʹٷվ Community College’s Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center competed in the state DECA collegiate competition, winning several awards. They are as follows: Culinary Competition – Second place winners, Jamesha Dennis of Pickens, Matt Adams of Brandon, Stuart...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 26, 2013 | Arts, Music, News
This year’s annual Mississippi and the Arts scholarships at ̨ʹٷվ Community College were renamed for the late Peggy Brent, the program’s founder who died in January. Brent, the longtime chair and curriculum coordinator of the English and Modern Foreign Language...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 25, 2013 | News
“Spring into Health” with ̨ʹٷվ Community College students at a health fair co-sponsored by the City of Jackson, WJTV, LaNoticia and Metrocenter mall. ̨ʹٷվ Community College students will provide a number of health screenings and services at the health fair, 10 a.m....
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 25, 2013 | News
The current officers of the Alpha Omicron Omega chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on the Rankin Campus of ̨ʹٷվ Community College include, left to right, Chad Daniel of Richland, president; Lamar McPhail of Pearl, vice president of administration; Jennifer Powell of Brandon,...
