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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College announced that it has received $1,067,990 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. ARRA funds are part of an unprecedented economic stimulus package enacted by Congress to help stabilize state budgets and create jobs. Governor Haley Barbour provided funding to Mississippi’s community and junior colleges from discretionary funds included under the State Fiscal Stabilization Act. The anticipation of these funds at MGCCC helped to offset the need to further raise tuition and fees for in-state students in 2009-2010. The funds will be used to assist in meeting the cost of utilities at the college’s eight campuses and centers throughout the four-county district.
Dr. Willis H. Lott, president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, said: “Due to unprecedented economic challenges, the college was forced to raise tuition from $790 to $900 per semester for 2009-2010. It is anticipated that without the ARRA funding, the college would have been forced to raise tuition an additional $60 per full-time student, or an additional 7.6 percent, for the 2009-2010 fiscal year to retain the ability to pay utility costs at the college’s facilities. The college is appreciative of the stimulus funding received from the Governor’s office through ARRA and is committed to creating transparency and accountability for expenditures of these funds.”
The ARRA contact persons at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are Dr. Billy W. Stewart, Vice President for Administration and Finance, or Ms. Debbie Borgman, Comptroller. They can be reached at arrainfo@mgccc.edu or at (601) 928-6210. To find out more about Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s ARRA grants, please visit www.mgccc.edu/The_College/ARRA.php.
