Daily news from the Mississippi College http://www.mc.edu/rss 2009-01-05T22:02:23+08:00 http://www.mc.edu /images/mississippicollege.gif text/html 2008-12-22T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=949 Mike Jones Court is the new name of the basketball floor at Mississippi College's A.E. Wood Coliseum with former players, coaches and friends joining dedication ceremonies January 10 to spotlight the successful MC coach and athletic director. The tribute to Jones begins with a 1:00 p.m. reception for former players and their families at the Moody Adams Field House followed by the court dedicat text/html 2008-12-16T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=948 Mississippi College Singers are bound for New York City again &mdash; this time for an appearance at historic Lincoln Center in 2010. The 55-member MC group will perform Rene Clausen's "Memorial" on Jan. 17, 2010. Music professor James Meaders will direct the MC Singers that will team up with outstanding choruses from around the world on the New York stage. "The Mississippi College Singers text/html 2008-12-12T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=946 Snow, freezing rain and chilly temperatures didn't stop the Mississippi College Board of Trustees from taking care of important business. Gathering for the last meeting of the year at the MC School of Law, the board named businessman Wayne Parker to serve as chairman for the next 12 months. The University of Mississippi graduate and Ridgeland resident is chairman and CEO of the LifeShare Found text/html 2008-12-12T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=947 Mississippi College is offering review classes for students taking the ACT as the Feb. 7, 2009 exam date approaches. The registration to sign up for the classes to prepare for the American College Test is January 9. The MC Office of Continuing Education is sponsoring the sessions. Four review sessions are offered on the Clinton campus beginning Jan. 17 when test mechanics will be given fro text/html 2008-12-09T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=943 Bible Across America visited Mississippi College to collect hand-written verses as part of a promotional tour spanning 44 states. Joining the national campaign, hundreds of MC students teamed up with faculty and staff to pen some of their favorite biblical passages Monday. With stops at colleges, churches, retail establishments and American landmarks, the project marks the 30th anniversary of text/html 2008-12-09T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=944 Returning to her alma mater, Mississippi artist Tracy H. Sugg will be showcased at an exhibit at the Samuel Marshall Gore Art Galleries and sign copies of her new book. The public gets the chance to meet the Mississippi College art graduate at an open reception and book signing Thursday Dec. 11 starting at 6 p.m. Sugg's book is titled The Pursuit of the Artists' Arcanum. It contains image text/html 2008-12-09T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=945 Santa Claus, dozens of adorable bears and servings of pecan chocolate pie are part of the festivities as Mississippi College hosts homeless families for a Christmas dinner. Forty-two family members, including 19 children, from the Wingard Home in Jackson are arriving on the Clinton campus for the holiday event Wednesday evening. The Wingard Home near the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center has text/html 2008-12-05T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=942 America is stung by a recession with a barrage of layoffs and many workers fearing they could be next on the jobless list. "It is pretty much a tough job market," Trustmark Bank executive Wayne "Art" Stevens Jr. told a luncheon honoring dozens of Mississippi College students. He served as guest speaker at the event Thursday honoring 70 MC students inducted into the "Who's Who Among Students In text/html 2008-12-04T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=940 About 1,900 students from churches all over the Magnolia State are headed to Mississippi College for the Youth Evangelism Challenge in late December. Worship, music, speakers and an art demonstration called the Splat Experience led by artist Marc Eckel are all part of the program at the A.E. Wood Coliseum on the Clinton campus Dec. 29-30. Conference speakers include Robbie Robinson, a you text/html 2008-12-03T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=938 Congressman-elect Gregg Harper instantly won over Mississippi College crowds during a Christmas reception at his alma mater. There was no chatter Tuesday about America's economic meltdown, global energy concerns or party politics. Instead, Harper and his wife, Sidney, both MC grads, received warm holiday greetings from admirers in the MC family. With the MC vocal group Mixed Company supply text/html 2008-12-03T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=939 Mississippi College School of Law professor Mark C. Modak-Truran will be the keynote speaker at MC graduation ceremonies on the Clinton campus Dec. 19. More than 300 students will receive degrees during the commencement at the A.E. Wood Coliseum. The program begins at 7 p.m. Modak-Truran has served as the J. Will Young Professor at the MC School of Law in Jackson since Fall 2005. MC law co text/html 2008-12-01T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=937 Christmas gifts for needy youngsters are starting to pile up at Mississippi College. There are two opportunities for faculty, staff and students to give at the MC cafeteria as the holiday season approaches. The "Angel Tree" project allows members of the MC family to sponsor a child for up to $50 each. MC has "adopted" 130 children through the program sponsored by the Salvation Army. The "T text/html 2008-11-24T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=936 Mississippi College graduate Myra Kinchen is a superb teacher at Clinton Park Elementary. Her hard work with first graders and dedication in the classroom is getting noticed across Mississippi. National recognition may come next. Kinchen is a state finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. A 17-year teaching veteran in the Clinton district, Ki text/html 2008-11-21T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=935 Mississippi College's School of Business has enjoyed strong support for generations from members of the Hawk family. In late November, MC leaders showed their appreciation with dedication ceremonies to unveil the Hawk Family Executive Conference Room in Self Hall. Thomas Hawk, who rose up the ladder with a successful career for three decades with United Parcel Service, is a graduate of the text/html 2008-11-20T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=933 Dozens of debaters from around the South will verbally spar in fall competition at Mississippi College. A panel of judges will decide who’s best among some of the region’s top collegians entering the Deep South Debate Tournament Dec. 5-6. MC’s Debate Team and the Communication Department will sponsor the competition in Aven, Self, MCC and Hederman halls. The Baptist-affiliated university i text/html 2008-11-20T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=934 America's bleak economy is shaking up Wall Street and Main Street with massive layoffs hitting businesses and government agencies nationwide. Many people are retooling their career plans or postponing retirement. For Mississippi College alumni seeking work or graduating seniors trying to land their first job, MC's Office of Career Services is offering valuable assistance. Such help during text/html 2008-11-18T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=932 Mississippi College School of Business graduate Eddie Kinchen has generously given back to his alma mater for years. As Thanksgiving approaches, MC leaders are saying thanks for the Mississippian’s bountiful support with a Self Hall classroom and financial services lab named in Kinchen’s honor. President Lee Royce, Roy Ward, chairman of the Board of Trustees, School of Business Dean Marcel text/html 2008-11-14T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=930 America's economic news remains gloomy and the needs of United Way agencies nationwide are greater than ever. Helping serve the needy during tough times, Mississippi College faculty and staff recently donated $13,867 to the United Way campaign. It represents an increase of 15 percent over last year. &quot;Thank you for helping the growing number of needy persons in our community through th text/html 2008-11-14T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=931 Mississippi College students will soon find a new way to receive school refunds. The MC Debit Card makes its debut early in the new year thanks to the Christian university's partnership with Higher One, Inc., a financial services company focused on higher education. Mississippi College is the second institution in the Magnolia State to use the new debit card. Hinds Community College was text/html 2008-11-12T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=928 Mississippi College will host a three-day higher education housing conference on the Clinton campus beginning Wednesday. Housing leaders with many of Mississippi's public universities, private institutions and two-year colleges will be represented during the blitz of meetings at the B.C. Rogers Student Center. Kimberly Thornbury, an administrator at Union University, is the keynote speaker text/html 2008-11-12T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=929 Hattiesburg businessman Bobby Chain treasures his long friendship with the late William F. “Pete” Evans. He provided the financial support to create a lasting scholarship in his honor that will help MC students for generations to come. Chain and Evans were roommates at MC in the late 1940s on the fourth floor at Chrestman Hall and began a deep friendship that spanned decades. Evans, who served text/html 2008-11-11T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=927 Mississippi College debaters excelled in the Lumberjack Showdown Debate Tournament in Texas. MC senior Chase Porter of Picayune stayed on top of his game as one of the South's premier debaters. He won the varsity division of the tournament held Nov. 8-9 at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. &quot;Chase's accomplishments in this tournament are truly outstanding,&quot; said M text/html 2008-11-10T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=925 Hundreds of junior and senior high students are coming to Mississippi College for a series of programs on the Clinton campus to enhance their leadership skills. Dolphus Weary, president of the Jackson-based Mission Mississippi, is the keynote speaker for the junior high leaders Wednesday Nov. 12. The group promotes racial reconciliation and unity in the body of Christ across denominational line text/html 2008-11-10T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=926 Mississippi College's Table Tennis Team knocked off the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg Saturday to win the Dixie Division tournament that began at MC on Oct. 25. MC must win again at the spring Dixie Division tournament at the Baptist Healthplex Feb. 21 to guarantee a return trip to the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association’s championships in Minnesota in April 2009. L text/html 2008-11-07T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=923 The dedication of the Ed Trehern Management Education Center at Mississippi College happened largely because of the inspiration of Trehern’s devoted parents. “This is an honor, but certainly something driven by my parents—they were not college educated,” Ed Trehern said after school leaders and students joined the successful businessman at Thursday’s dedication on the Clinton campus. A Pasca text/html 2008-11-07T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=924 Trustmark Bank executive Art Stevens will return to his alma mater as the guest speaker at a Thursday, December 4 luncheon to honor outstanding Mississippi College students. President of the South Mississippi Region for Trustmark National Bank, Stevens will address the annual program to salute 70 MC students inducted into the “Who’s Who Among Students” at America's colleges and universities. St text/html 2008-11-05T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=922 Mississippi College graduate Gregg Harper goes to Washington as a new congressman taking on America’s weak economy, energy concerns and the war on terrorism. Affordable healthcare to education, the list of challenges facing the new president and Congress is huge. As gas prices dipped to $1.99 per gallon, the room’s energy was robust at Harper’s crowded victory party at the Hilton Hotel Tuesday text/html 2008-11-04T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=919 Students at Madison Station Elementary School will get the rare chance to touch a real human brain and heart when they meet with Dr. Stan Baldwin, dean of Mississippi College's School of Science and Mathematics. Baldwin will visit teacher Edye Coleman's fifth grade class on Thursday November 6 to continue what he's been doing in Jackson metro schools for several years. He also serves as chai text/html 2008-11-04T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=921 Cindy Hampton, a longtime staff member with the Mississippi College Department of Computer Services, is the new president of the Mississippi Banner Users Group. MC joins 13 other schools in-state that use the Sungard Higher Education Banner software. Others include: Delta State University, Mississippi University for Women, Jackson State University, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, A text/html 2008-11-04T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=920 James B. Potts III, a Mississippi College English professor and prolific writer, will deliver the 2008 Distinguished Lecture for the Mississippi Humanities Council. His humanities address is set for Monday Nov. 24 in the Jean Pittman Williams Recital Hall of the Aven Fine Arts Building on the Clinton campus. The program begins at 7 p.m. The public is invited. Potts was destined for the acade text/html 2008-11-03T06:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=918 The Office of Continuing Education at Mississippi College is offering a course to assist individuals who are preparing to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The course offers 12 instructional hours of review and is scheduled to begin Dec. 2 and conclude Dec. 4, 2008. The review cost is $249. The course schedule is as follows: Tues., Dec. 2, 6-10 p.m.; Wed., Dec. 3, 6-10 p.m.; Thurs. text/html 2008-10-31T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=917 Mississippi State head football coach Sylvester Croom will be the keynote speaker at the annual Wild Game Dinner Tuesday, Dec. 9 to raise funds for Mississippi College athletic programs. MC Athletic Director Mike Jones said the event should raise about $100,000. &quot;Our athletic department at Mississippi College owes much of our success directly to the Wild Game Dinner.&quot; In just six y text/html 2008-10-30T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=916 Mississippi College's Junior/Senior Boot Camp didn't come with a tough Army sergeant screaming in the faces of young recruits. Instead, the three-hour sessions sponsored by MC's Career Services Office gave MC students Wednesday a crash course on job search strategies, interview training, protocol at a business luncheon and resume tips. The 35 MC juniors, seniors and a graduate students getti text/html 2008-10-29T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=912 Mississippi College audiences at the Aven Little Theater will have their funny bones tickled when they see the student production of “Blithe Spirit.” The British farce written by Noel Coward will debut Thursday Oct. 30 and its run on the Clinton campus ends Nov. 8. It tells the tale of a man, his second wife and his first wife's ghost. The story line is fitting with Halloween just around the co text/html 2008-10-29T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=914 Voices of 41 talented Korean youngsters blended in songs of praise and worship and won over Mississippi College audiences Tuesday. The Korea Children's Choir performed during chapel services at First Baptist Church in Clinton, later sang at tables in the MC cafeteria, and toured the Clinton campus. Their stops Wednesday include Clinton Christian Academy and Belhaven College in Jackson. On Frida text/html 2008-10-29T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=915 Mississippi College's Ed Trehern Management Education Center is named for a former MC football captain who's a proven team leader in the business world. The center is designed to assist with the education of students in the MC School of Business. It is named for Trehern, a Pascagoula native and 1969 MC business graduate who's been an executive with Delta Health Group since 1993. President Le text/html 2008-10-28T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=905 Mississippi College music professor James S. Sclater has another national award to his growing collection of honors. The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, the nation's first and leading U.S. performing rights organization, has honored the MC professor with an award in its concert music division. It keeps his streak alive - of winning similar awards from the group since 1991. text/html 2008-10-28T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=911 Mississippi College leaders are increasing the goal of the university's "Growing the Vision" campaign, and now plan to raise $80 million. President Lee Royce discussed the new goal for the campaign - previously $65 million - during a meeting Tuesday with MC alumni attending the annual meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention in Jackson. Launched in the fall 2006, the campaign will boost text/html 2008-10-24T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=901 Mississippi College alumni don't come close to matching the skills of golf stars like Tiger Woods or legends on the green like Jack Nicklaus. Neither do the professors, administrators and students who teamed with alums at an MC Homecoming tournament Friday at the Live Oaks Golf Club. But for 18 holes on a sunny fall afternoon it really didn't matter how the MC players performed on the Jacks text/html 2008-10-24T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=900 Mississippi College President Lee Royce will be among the parade of speakers at the Mississippi Baptist Convention that gathers for its annual meeting in Jackson Tuesday and Wednesday. Royce will give thousands of Baptists from around the state an update on developments at the Christian university as MC embarks upon its 183rd academic year. He's led the Baptist-affiliated college in Clinton sin text/html 2008-10-23T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=894 Mississippi artist Tracy H. Sugg's bust of Gen. Tadeusz Kosciuszko recently found a spot in the permanent collection of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Her art shows in Washington, D.C. and shower of media attention are all indications that Sugg is a growing force in the world of art. Mississippi College's Gore Galleries on Dec. 11 will host a reception for Suggs, who will also text/html 2008-10-23T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=898 <script type="text/javascript">window.location = 'http://calendar.mc.edu/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6p%2bMLOVdV5vnDNlzMJlVRreQAtw%2b6rdKDo%3d'; </script> text/html 2008-10-21T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=892 Billboard magazine rates Third Day “not only one of the best Christian bands of the '90s, but one of the best rock bands, period.” With that kind of reputation, the multi-platinum-selling band is sure to draw a huge crowd for a Nov. 23 concert at Mississippi College's A.E. Wood Coliseum. The visit to MC is part of the group's LIVE Fall Tour with special guests Needtobreathe and Revive. Winne text/html 2008-10-17T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=891 Mississippi College's "Jennings Girls" lived four to a room during the post World War II days at MC's oldest dormitory. They built friendships lasting a lifetime. "This is Heaven. Which angel do you want?," is the way some of the Jennings Girls answered the telephone when World War II vets and other MC men worked up the nerve to dial the dorm. Clintonian Betty Renshaw Barber, a 1948 MC gradu text/html 2008-10-13T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=879 Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO John Brock spoke of the nation's economic plight, new Coke products, and what it takes to be a leader. His speech to hundreds of Mississippi College School of Business students gave them insights they cannot gain from today's textbooks. A Moss Point native whose parents are Mississippi College graduates, Brock “is one of the most accomplished executives in the Unite text/html 2008-10-10T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=878 Mississippi College's table tennis team will defend its Dixie Division crown in a five-state tournament that brings some of the best ping pong players in the South to the Clinton campus Oct. 25. Ranked No. 14 in the nation, MC's team faces stiff competition from such schools as Mississippi State University, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of New Orleans, West Florida, Rho text/html 2008-10-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=873 A U.S. Senate debate at the Mississippi College School of Law reached thousands of Mississippi television viewers and a national audience. But it also brought positive media exposure to the 545-student law school in downtown Jackson. WLBT-TV 3 in Jackson provided statewide coverage of the debate live to its five affiliate stations. C-Span broadcast the program to its audience in all 50 states a text/html 2008-10-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=874 Mississippi College's Equestrian Team shined at Sewanee, TN. in early October to continue their winning ways in their second season. MC placed third in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's team competition hosted by the University of the South Oct. 4-5. The MC riders finished behind powerhouses Murray State University of Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee State University. Other teams co text/html 2008-10-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=875 Mississippi College leaders will welcome hundreds of prospective MC students to its Fall Preview Day on Saturday, Nov. 8. It's an opportunity for high school students and college transfers, their families and friends to learn about what life is like at the 183-year-old college in Clinton. The informal sessions are also geared to provide information on scholarships. After an 8 a.m. breakfast text/html 2008-10-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=876 Mississippi College professors scooped up chocolate, vanilla and assorted flavors of ice cream to dozens of parents Saturday. Part of MC's Family Weekend, the friendly gathering at the B.C. Rogers Student Center coincided with the first anniversary of the MC Parents Club. Known as MCPC, the organization is growing as a new academic year begins. MC parents are forming chapters around the stat text/html 2008-10-06T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=870 Mississippi College's School of Business will welcome Coca-Cola Enterprises Chairman and CEO John Brock, who will speak on the Clinton campus Thursday Oct. 9. A Moss Point native and son of two MC graduates, Brock is the leader of the Atlanta-based company that is the world's largest marketer, producer and distributor of Coca-Cola products. His address at Self Hall to MC business students is text/html 2008-10-01T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=869 Presidential politics will be the topic when former Washington Post columnist Bob Levey speaks to Mississippi College students and faculty on the Clinton campus Monday Oct. 6. The event is also open to the public. A New York City native, Levey is presently a journalism professor at the University of Memphis. He said he also plans to talk about the future of the newspaper and media business and text/html 2008-09-30T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=865 Funeral services will be Tuesday (Sept. 30) for the late Dr. Landrum Leavell II, president emeritus of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a Mississippi College trustee. Leavell, 81, died Friday in his hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas. He served as president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary from 1975 until Dec. 31, 1994 and for another year as interim president. “By a text/html 2008-09-30T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=866 Mississippi College President Lee Royce goes on the road in October to meet with MC alumni leaders at informal gatherings in Northwest Florida and Starkville. The first event is set for Thursday Oct. 16 with a dinner at the First Baptist Church in Niceville, Fla. It is the first alumni gathering in Northwest Florida in several years. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Vice President for Advancement text/html 2008-09-29T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=863 Karl Rove, former senior advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, will headline Mississippi College's annual scholarship banquet next spring. Last spring, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole dwelled on politics and patriotism at the initial scholarship dinner, which raised $218,000. A former presidential candidate and longtime advocate for military veterans, Dole a text/html 2008-09-29T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=864 Biloxi native Justin Garcia recently returned to his home state to serve as assistant webmaster at Mississippi College. “It is a blessing to be on staff at an institution where one can be regularly encouraged in their work, in their faith and in their daily life,” Garcia said Monday. For the past two and one-half years, Garcia was based in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta where he worked in text/html 2008-09-26T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=860 Edward McMillan bid farewell to most of his buddies at Kosciusko High when he arrived as a Mississippi College student in the late 1940s. A few hometown friends joined him at MC, but he soon discovered many of his new classmates were World War II veterans. MC's Alumnus of the Year for 2008 for his notable contributions to his alma mater, McMillan will be part of a parade of 21 honorees spotligh text/html 2008-09-26T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=862 Mississippi College’s 2008 Homecoming weekend Oct. 24-25 spotlights a new theme – “Generation Choctaw”- to spotlight the school's heritage and the MC of the early 21st Century. In 1922, a student named Montie Davis suggested changing the name of MC's athletic teams from the “Collegians” to the “Choctaws.” At the time, he noted the Indian tribe in Mississippi was “noted for their bravery and fai text/html 2008-09-25T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=858 A 5K race named for Mississippi College Hall of Fame Coach Hap Hudson is set for Homecoming Weekend on Saturday Oct. 25. The route begins at Cockroft Hall, winds through historic downtown Clinton, continues through city neighborhoods and finishes at the Robinson-Hale Stadium track on the MC campus. MC's Department of Kinesiology is sponsoring the race that begins at 8 a.m. Naming the race text/html 2008-09-25T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=861 Presidential politics suddenly became the focus in professor Cliff Fortenberry's class Thursday afternoon at Mississippi College. Fortenberry, chairman of the MC Department of Communication, switched gears when WAPT reporter and anchor Desare Frazier visited his class at Aven Hall. Frazier and cameraman James Foster of the ABC affiliate in Jackson quizzed the MC students about Friday's presi text/html 2008-09-22T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=855 Water volleyball, a student talent show, football, tailgating and a couple of lectures are all part of Mississippi College's Family Weekend in early October. Thousands of parents and students are invited to the Clinton campus for a blitz of activities from Oct. 3-5. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children (ages 6-12). Kids who are five-years-old and younger will be admitted free. Th text/html 2008-09-22T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=856 Mississippi College communication professor Merle Ziegler is confident of another successful year for MC's debate team. There's reason for Ziegler, the team's new coach, to be optimistic when the season opens in early October in Arkansas. MC senior Chase Porter, 21, is back after being named the top public debate speaker at a January 2008 tournament at Louisiana State University. A Christia text/html 2008-09-18T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=853 Mississippi College employees belted out rock 'n roll oldies and feasted from a menu of burgers, beans and brownies. In-between bites, they got a short course on MC history. Drawing more than 100 employees, the picnic outside the Jazzman's coffee house Wednesday afternoon marked the first meeting of the MC Staff Club for the new academic year. With continuing education director Ken Gilliam c text/html 2008-09-16T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=851 A debate at the Mississippi College School of Law on Friday Oct. 3 will bring U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and his Democratic rival Ronnie Musgrove to the downtown Jackson campus. WLBT-TV 3 news anchor Maggie Wade will serve as the debate moderator, said Jim Rosenblatt, the MC law dean. The 60-minute debate will begin at 7 p.m. Audience members will be split among Wicker and Musgrove sup text/html 2008-09-16T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=852 A distinguished professor of ethics will be the guest speaker at the Mississippi College School of Law at a forum on politics and religion. “The Religious Use of Politics: Temptation, Tool or Task,” is the title of the colloquium on Monday September 29. The event begins at 11 a.m. at the MCSOL Auditorium. The public is invited. The speaker is Robin W. Lovin, the Cary Maguire University Profe text/html 2008-09-12T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=850 For the Mississippi College Band, bigger means better as a new school year begins. MC trotted out its biggest band in the last five years at the Backyard Brawl in Jackson to kick off the 2008 football season. There are 33 members in the MC football band today, including 28 Mississippians. The others are five students from: Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota, and Louisiana and as far away as Chin text/html 2008-09-11T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=848 Mississippi College leaders say enrollment set a new record this fall with 4,847 students signed up for classes. That's up from the 4,592 MC students a year ago, which was the previous record, school officials said Wednesday. New academic programs, stronger recruitment efforts and a quality education at the Baptist-affiliated school helped spark the increase. "Parents and students have t text/html 2008-09-11T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=847 Mississippi College students got caught up in the holiday season spirit at the Aven Little Theater in early September as they read scripts for an upcoming Christmas production. The MC students were practicing their lines for Barbara Robinson's "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." The show portrays six of the world's meanest kids as they confront the Christmas story. It runs from Dec. 1-3 on the C text/html 2008-09-10T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=844 Niveditha Kadiyala, who's the latest Mississippi College international student to enter a doctoral program, is bound for New York Friday to start work on her new degree. But before the native of India slips away from the Clinton campus, staff members and friends at MC's International Center showered her with cake and words of praise. "Thanks for all your help," International Programs Office text/html 2008-09-09T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=843 Tossing drink cans, dirty diapers, motor oil, glass and gum in Mississippi rivers is a terrible idea. Hundreds of fifth graders at Clinton's Eastside Elementary got that message as they enjoyed a musical puppet show at Mississippi College Tuesday. Puppets like Bobby Bass and his River Town friends were the stars in the musical puppet play titled "Watershed Harmony." The play put on by Bayou text/html 2008-09-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=840 Choctaw Indian Princess Tia Faye Anderson feels blessed to be a member of a new family, the Mississippi College Choctaws. As an MC freshman this fall, Anderson, 18, is proud of her Choctaw heritage and enjoys telling her classmates and professors about the strengths of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Based near Philadelphia, the tribe has about 10,000 members in Mississippi and around text/html 2008-09-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=841 Backyard Brawl fans donated cash to a no-kill animal shelter that's struggling to keep its doors open. But much more help is needed following Saturday's football game between rivals Mississippi College and Millsaps. "It will help pay the bills, but won't solve our long term problems," said Jerri Bennett, executive director of the Community Animal Rescue and Adoption shelter, of donations from f text/html 2008-09-08T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=842 The Leland Speed Library at Mississippi College will hold its first annual book bazaar on Sept. 26-27. The library has collected over 10,000 books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records which will be sold at bargain prices. Most items are available from 50 cents to $2. These gently used items will be available in MC's Alumni Hall gym, located on the corner of Monroe and College streets from text/html 2008-09-04T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=839 Mississippi College will offer a one-day GMAT review course Sat., October 4, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The course will offer a comprehensive review which also includes printed materials and useful advice. Cost is $175 and registration deadline is Septeber 24. To register and for additional information, please call the MC Office of Continuing Education at 601-925-3265. text/html 2008-09-03T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=834 Serving meals to Louisiana evacuees and assisting with overnight security at Red Cross shelters, dozens of Mississippi College students are pitching in as storm volunteers. Their work isn't finished with Mississippi hosting thousands of Hurricane Gustav volunteers for a couple more days until power is restored in their Louisiana communities and roads were cleared of debris. About 25 MC stude text/html 2008-09-03T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=837 Mississippi College's part-time job fair Wednesday put state and federal agencies and private employers in touch with dozens of job-seeking students. “It was helpful - very beneficial,” said MC sophomore Tyler Griffin after visiting recruiters at the B.C. Rogers Student Center on the Clinton campus. The Hudspeth Regional Center in Rankin County was the first stop for the 19-year-old biology text/html 2008-09-02T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=832 Mississippi College is hosting a blood drive on the Clinton campus Wednesday and Thursday at a time when the need for blood is urgent following Hurricane Gustav. The Mississippi Blood Services drive will be held from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. both days in the Alumni Hall lobby. Students, faculty and staff are invited to give blood. MBS spokesman Tony Bahou says the need for blood has increased no text/html 2008-08-27T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=831 Hurricane Katrina's destructive path through South Mississippi is captured in an exceptional series of photographs to be exhibited this fall at Mississippi College. The pictures of award-winning photographer Melody Golding will focus on the storm's impact on Mississippi women after it slammed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast, neighboring Louisiana and other regions. MC's Gore Galleries will h text/html 2008-08-26T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=828 Feeling the pain of Mississippi College parents, Christian humorist Dennis Swanberg offered the remedy Saturday - a speech filled with belly laughs and words of wisdom. Known as “America's Minister of Encouragement,” Swanberg spoke from the heart as a Baptist preacher with a gift for one-liners at a convocation at First Baptist Church in Clinton. The event was really geared to hundreds of new M text/html 2008-08-26T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu http://www.mc.edu/newsevents/prnews/user/story.php?id=829 The Mississippi College Office of Continuing Education is pleased to offer review courses for the ACT Assessment. Four review sessions are offered in preparation for the Oct. 25 test date. Each session costs $15 and will be held on the Mississippi College campus and is independent of the others, allowing the student to choose the necessary review/reviews. Dates and times for the reviews are text/html 2008-08-26T05:00:00+08:00 http://www.mc.edu