Fall classes at ÐÔÀÖÔ° got under way on Aug. 14, including at the Rankin Campus in Pearl.
Late registration continues throughout the week until Friday, Aug. 18.
The Rankin Campus added an Honors program last fall. A new addition for fall 2017 is the college-level culinary arts program, which is also at ÐÔÀÖ԰’ Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center, Utica and Vicksburg campuses.
ÐÔÀÖÔ° is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. ÐÔÀÖÔ° opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 ÐÔÀÖÔ° Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the ÐÔÀÖÔ° District. Today, as Mississippi’s largest community college, ÐÔÀÖÔ° is a comprehensive institution with six locations. ÐÔÀÖÔ° offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.ÐÔÀÖÔ°CC.
[tweetable alt=””]ÐÔÀÖÔ° CC classes began on Aug. 14; late registration continues through Aug. 18.[/tweetable]
Renita Lane, right, gives Tiera Hubbard her freshly printed ÐÔÀÖÔ° student ID on the first day back to class at the Rankin Campus of ÐÔÀÖÔ°. Hubbard, of Braxton, is a freshman planning to study forensic psychology. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).
Sophomore Shymirror Pringle, left, of Pearl, helps Destiny Lyles, of Byram, with her class schedule. Pringle is studying Pre-Law, while Lyles is training in ultrasound technology. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).
ÐÔÀÖÔ° Rankin Campus bookstore employee Thomas Ford helps Courtland McClung purchase textbooks. McClung is a sophomore from Jackson studying physical therapy. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°)
ÐÔÀÖÔ° Rankin Campus bookstore employee Minnie McGruder, right, helps Endia Bingham purchase textbooks on the first day of the fall semester. Bingham is a freshman from Jackson studying Medical Technology. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).
Kayla McNatt, of Florence, grabs a snack in between classes on the first day of the fall semester. McNatt is a Business and Accounting student. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).
Friends Aijah Dixon, Allie Burke, Mikayla Hill and Megan Keyes, reunited before going to classes on the first day of the fall semester at the Rankin Campus of ÐÔÀÖÔ°. The freshmen and Keyes, a sophomore, are all of Brandon. Dixon and Burke are General Studies students; Hill plans to major in elementary education and Keyes is studying nursing. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).
Sophomore Hayla Cockrell, of Brandon, who plans a career in business, chats with Haley McManus, right, also of Brandon. McManus is a transfer pre-Dental Assisting Technology student. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).
Colby Barrett, of Flowood, and Ryan Mackrel, of Grenada, walk to class on the first day of the fall semester. Barrett is studying computer networking and Mackrel is studying radiology. (April Garon/ÐÔÀÖÔ°).