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Category: Awards

  • 5/18/23

    MGCCC’s Marc Poole wins national Marine Corps art award

    Marc Poole, Fine Arts instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus, was awarded The Colonel John W. Thomason Jr. Award for 2023 on April 29 at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s Annual Awards Ceremony at the National …

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  • 5/10/23

    Two MGCCC students are only students in state named Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholars

    Two Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students have been named Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholars, a highly competitive national scholarship.  Ridge Mathews of Gautier and Anna Valenzuela of Ocean Springs were chosen as part of this year’s cohort of scholars.  …

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  • 4/24/23

    MGCCC recognizes 2023 Instructors of the Year and L.N. Dantzler Difference Makers

    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College recognized the 2023 Instructors of the Year and Difference Makers at the annual Spring Reception held April 11 at the Perkinston Campus. Since 1971, the Instructor of the Year Award has recognized excellence in teaching, …

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  • 4/18/23

    Nine MGCCC students selected for the All-Mississippi Academic Team

    Nine Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students were recently selected to the All-Mississippi Academic Team. In all, 48 Mississippi community and junior college students have been named to the All-Mississippi Academic Team.   MGCCC students are Abigail Eubanks and Allison …

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  • 4/18/23

    MGCCC Perkette Jaycie Tungett will compete for Miss Mississippi title this summer

    Jaycie Tungett is a very busy person.  A Leakesville native, she stays on the road between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus, her hometown, and the town of Fairpark, which she will represent in the Miss Mississippi competition. “My family …

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  • 4/6/23

    Three MGCCC students named 2023 Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholars

    Three Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College students were selected as 2023 Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholars.  Rachel Vivian from the Harrison County Campus and Anna Valenzuela from the Jackson County Campus were named Gold Scholars.  Anna Taylor from the Harrison County Campus …

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  • 3/17/23

    MGCCC student Timothy Miller recognized as 2023 New Century Transfer Scholar

    Timothy Miller, a student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus, has been named a 2023 New Century Transfer Scholar and will receive a $2,250 scholarship. He is the only student to be selected from Mississippi. Miller from …

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  • 3/14/23

    MGCCC instructor Jason Shows named Humanities Teacher of the Year

    Jason Shows, history instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus, has been named a 2023 MGCCC Humanities Teacher of the Year.  Shows will receive his award, along with 32 other instructors from across the state, at the Public …

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  • 3/10/23

    MGCCC named Military Friendly School for 13th year, listed in Top 10

    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has again been named to the Military Friendly® Schools list.  This is the 13th year the college has been selected and the fourth time the college has been listed on the Top 10 List.  Since …

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  • 2/24/23

    MGCCC’s Dr. Ladd Taylor named 2023 PTK Distinguished College Administrator

    Dr. Ladd Taylor, vice president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus and George County Center, was chosen for the 2023 Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished College Administrator award.  He was nominated by his Phi Theta Kappa chapters for the …

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Top Posts in Awards

  • 5/22/26

    MGCCC student Katie Carter named 2026 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholar

  • 5/16/22

    MGCCC police officer Kyle Craig awarded Golden Deeds Award by Gulfport Exchange Club

  • 1/21/26

    Fall 2025 President’s and Vice Presidents’ Lists

  • 9/18/26

    MGCCC earns 2026 Great Colleges to Work For Honor Roll recognition

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