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High school seniors are invited to attend the Presidential Reception for Emerging Coast Scholars on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the Hospitality Resort Management Center in Biloxi. The event will highlight the new Mississippi Gulf Coast Emerging Scholars Partnership and give students and their parents information about scholarships and honors programs.

The new Mississippi Gulf Coast Emerging Scholars program was unveiled on November 1 during a special event at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Hospitality Resort Management Center in Biloxi. 

U.S. Sen. Roger F. Wicker and Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Michael K. Randolph will be the keynote speakers at Gautier High School’s 20th annual Veterans’ Breakfast.

Shaun Mitchell, a fourth grade teacher at Beach Elementary School in Pascagoula, has been named Beach Elementary Teacher of the Year.

Pass Christian artist John Walrod, known in the art community as just “Walrod,” explores the steampunk genre in the medium of 3-D assemblage sculptures in his Steampunk Curiosities exhibit on display at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Jefferson Davis Campus Fine Art Gallery. The exhibit runs November 4 – December 5, with a closing reception on November 21 from noon to 1 p.m. Steampunk attire is welcome.

The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation (FLHCF) is closing out 2019’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a major announcement — the historic groundbreaking for its state-of-the-art headquarters facility. The Ruleville-based non-profit will host a Groundbreaking Ceremony, commemorating the beginning of Phase I for the construction of its 10,000-square-foot headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 31

Singing River Electric recently awarded a $2,470 Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) Community Grant to the Jackson County Technology Center. The grant funds purchased a solar bundle kit with solar panels, battery charger and seven starting batteries.

Courtney Poole and Casey Marie Floyd, two volunteers on the beautification committee at Resurrection Catholic Elementary School, decided that the bathrooms at the school needed some extra love and beautification, so after viewing ideas on Pinterest, they were inspired and pitched their idea to Principal Frederic who happily agreed. And then the fun began.

If you’ve seen the brightly colored Y on the Fly van on the roads, it’s full of equipment, staff and volunteers taking games and activities to children.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s registered nursing program has been ranked as the best community college program in Mississippi

Three sixth graders from Resurrection Catholic Elementary School wanted to do something nice for someone in the community and found a very worthy recipient — baby Brooklyn, a two-year-old child from Gautier who was diagnosed with DIPG, an inoperable brain tumor.

With a goal of constructing a new building to provide the more than 1,700 student veterans, service members and their families with a home of their own on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus that is commensurate with the honor of which they are so deserving, the USM Foundation announces a $2.4 million fundraising initiative to make the facility a reality.

Sirena Cantrell wants University of Southern Mississippi (USM) students to use their education to succeed personally, professionally and in service to their communities – and support their alma mater by sharing their example of success with those who follow them

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has been recognized as a 2019 Great College to Work For®. This year, 236 institutions participated in the survey, with 85 institutions recognized. Of those, 25 were two-year institutions.

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. announced the launch of its 2019 Fuel Your School program on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with a special delivery of hands-on science experiment kits to West Hancock County Elementary in Hancock County on Sept. 30.

Field trips are not just for children in traditional school settings, especially when the outing has so much educational value.