Jan/Feb 2006

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SPRING 2006 ENROLLMENT REPORT

As of January 12, 2006, the end of late registration for spring semester, there were 7,650 students registered and paid district-wide. This represents a decrease of 1,927 students (20.1%) compared with the end of late registration for spring 2005.
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President to deliver State of the College address in February

President Willis Lott is planning February visits to campuses and centers to discuss the state of the college as it recovers from Hurricane Katrina.  Two sessions will be held at each campus, making it possible for all faculty and staff to attend.
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MGCCC hosts U.S. Senate Committee Hearing

The JD campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College served as a perfect backdrop for the U.S. Senate’s committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Six members of this elite panel were on hand at the Fine Arts Arena Theatre to hear testimony from federal, state, and local officials on the preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina.
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MGCCC remembers victims of deadly car accident

Ask Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College baseball coach Cooper Farris about pitcher Richard O’Barr, and a grin breaks through his grief-stricken face. “You could get after him about something, and he would just smile,” says Farris.
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MGCCC memorial service remembers accident victims

Six burning candles placed on white columns adorned the stage at Malone Hall as Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students remembered Josh Bozeman, Brittany Jordan, Carley Jordan, Candice Newman, Richard O’Barr, and William “Jarrod” Thompson in a memorial service on the Perk Campus.
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College-Wide Headlines

Nominate your difference maker for the 2006 award

Gulf Coast represented by JD student, JC instructor at HEADWAE

Phi Beta Lambda 06 students

MGCCC disability students keep going after Katrina

February 2006 Pocket Calendar (PDF)


MGCCC, WPMP team up for weather updates

Kelner sounds off in “People” magazine

Personnel Update


In The News

Perk Players conjure up “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

MGCCC makes strong run at 2006 Bellwether Award

Specialized job training offers link to construction industry boom

Meridian C.C. outwits competition at scholars bowl

Wal-Mart donates literacy grant to MGCCC


Sports

MGCCC Spring Sports Update

Farris moves on despite personal tragedies

Fred Lewis taking giant steps toward majors

National Championship QB has MGCCC ties