MSCC Offering Free Training, Testing for Welding Certification

Mid-South Community College, with grant assistance from the Arkansas Energy Sector Partnership, is providing free evaluation, training, and testing to help area welders earn American Welders Society (AWS) certification.

Welders with AWS credentials are much more likely to be hired than their counterparts without certification, and some projects/companies require the formal documentation of expertise.

Arkansas’ Two-Year Colleges Promoting Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Announcement Participants

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges (AATYC) has launched a statewide effort to promote entrepreneurship. Seventeen of the state’s public two-year colleges have committed to promoting job creation through entrepreneurship in order to impact the economic well-being of the communities they serve.
 

Participating institutions, including Mid-South Community College, signed on to commitments developed by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) as part of their Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum. NACCE is the nation's leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges. The commitments are based on their observations of best practices in supporting and promoting entrepreneurs on community college campuses.

MSCC Students, Staff Participate in Minority Male Conference

Mid-South Community College’s Men Aspiring to Lead and Excel (M.A.L.E.) Mentoring organization along with the new Title III Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) Grant Department teamed up to take eight students to the Minority Male Conference in Little Rock.
 

Pulaski Technical College hosted the third annual event on Friday, Feb. 24. The learning experience is one of the project tasks aligned within the PBI Grant’s Goal II: Develop the engagement and self-confidence of African American male students to increase their success, retention and completion.

MSCC Meeting Regional Needs with Current, Future Programs

In a continuing effort to lead the region as an energetic, innovative, and resourceful organization focused on individual and economic growth, Mid-South Community College is meeting challenges for 2012 and beyond.
 

“We have great facilities, great technology, and great people,” says MSCC President Dr. Glen Fenter. “There’s not a better place on the planet to pursue higher education than Mid-South Community College. Nobody cares more about students, and nobody’s going to work harder to help them to succeed or be more excited when they are successful.”

Work to Begin Soon on MSCC’s $5 Million ‘Safe Room,’ Wellness Center

All of the paperwork has been completed, a construction firm has been hired, and dirt work will begin soon on a combination “safe room” and wellness center at Mid-South Community College.
 

With the help of a $784,010 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the facility will include a large amount of space designed to provide temporary protection to students, employees, and local residents in the event of tornadoes and/or severe straight-line winds. In addition $250,000 of a Title III Predominantly Black Institutions grant awarded in October 2011 will support the inclusion of amenities to enhance student activities designed to increase minority student retention to goal achievement.

Family Establishes MSCC Athletic Scholarship in Memory of Phillip Brick Sr.

The Brick family has established the Phillip M. Brick, Sr. Memorial Athletic Scholarship at Mid-South Community College in recognition of Phillip’s countless and selfless contributions to his family and community. Brick, 56, succumbed to cancer on Feb. 25.

“He was the ultimate sports fan (especially of the Arkansas Razorbacks), and he would be elated about this scholarship,” said his brother David Brick. “Phillip never liked people making a big fuss over him, but I’m sure he would be happy with this. I’m glad we can honor him in this way and keep his memory going.”

West Memphis Schools Win 5 of 6 at Regional Math Contest at MSCC

West Memphis High School won three first-place awards; West Junior High earned two, and Rivercrest High captured one at Saturday’s Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics contest at Mid-South Community College.

WMHS won the Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus, Statistics, and Calculus competitions, and WJHS prevailed in Algebra I and Algebra II. Rivercrest triumphed in Geometry to prevent a West Memphis sweep.