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Agriculture student work-ready after help from caring staff

Agriculture student work-ready after help from caring staff

RAYMOND – Elizabeth Taylor, 28, of Raymond, admits she was without direction after high school and a short-lived semester at ̨ʹٷվ Community College. “Due to a lack of direction, my grades suffered and I ended up no longer being eligible for financial aid funding,”...
Lanzarote a hit on the diamond, classroom

Lanzarote a hit on the diamond, classroom

RAYMOND – In baseball, waiting for the best pitch to hit is the key to a successful at-bat. Pablo Lanzarote, a native of Venezuela, is mastering that strategy nicely for the ̨ʹٷվ Eagle baseball team, but has also applied it to the classroom and in life. “I’ve played...
Employment opportunities abound at job fair

Employment opportunities abound at job fair

RAYMOND — Charles Granberry, of Terry, knows what he wants out of his career path and is already making contacts. “I’m in computer science and looking eventually toward working in cybersecurity,” Granberry said as he joined about 250 fellow students visiting...
̨ʹٷվ presents 37 departmental student awards

̨ʹٷվ presents 37 departmental student awards

RAYMOND – Departmental awards at ̨ʹٷվ Community College were given to 37 students and others in academic, technical and career programs present for a ceremony April 23 at Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus. Recipients present at the event were photographed with...
New terminal building opens at airport

New terminal building opens at airport

̨ʹٷվ’ John Bell Williams Airport has opened a new terminal building to accommodate pilots and passengers to the facility off Clinton-Raymond Road. The new $1.45 million terminal was built with multimodal grant funds from the Mississippi Department of Transportation...
Phi Theta Kappa chapters, members honored at international convention

Phi Theta Kappa chapters, members honored at international convention

RAYMOND – Four Phi Theta Kappa chapters at ̨ʹٷվ Community College have earned Five-Star Chapter distinctions. Honored with that distinction at PTK Catalyst, the organization’s international convention held online earlier this month, were: Gamma Lambda chapter, at the...
Legislative tour touts HBCU roots of ̨ʹٷվ CC Utica Campus

Legislative tour touts HBCU roots of ̨ʹٷվ CC Utica Campus

UTICA – Eleven members of the Legislative Black Caucus toured ̨ʹٷվ Community College’s Utica Campus in March to get a better sense of the strengths and challenges of ̨ʹٷվ’ HBCU campus. “We came down for the February Black History program, and we were so impressed...
Honors Institute awards 23 scholars

Honors Institute awards 23 scholars

̨ʹٷվ Community College’s Honors Institute presented 23 students with awards of excellence for the 2020-21 academic term. Each named a faculty mentor, who received a certificate as an Honored Faculty Member during a ceremony April 21. Honors Scholars carry 12 or more...
Rives named new ̨ʹٷվ CC baseball coach

Rives named new ̨ʹٷվ CC baseball coach

Dan Rives will become the new ̨ʹٷվ Eagles baseball coach for the 2021 – 2022 baseball season after the completion of the current season. Rives has served as athletic director and sports information director at Mississippi Delta Community College since July 2020 after...