Mid-South Community College News
Browse past news stories for Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, AR:
- Training for Aviation Mechanics Lands at W. Memphis Community College (Aircraft Maintenance Technology)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 03:48:07 pm
Mid-South Community College wants to plug East Arkansans into good-paying jobs tending the aircraft that support a $28.6-billion-per-year chunk of the area economy. - West Memphis College Receives $3.4 Million Grant for Aviation Tech Program (Arkansas Business)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 04:28:54 pm
FedEx Express is donating an operating aircraft, tooling and test equipment to MSCC for student training. - Training for aviation mechanics lands at W. Memphis community college (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 06:00:00 am
Mid-South Community College wants to plug East Arkansans into good-paying jobs tending the aircraft that support a $28.6-billion-per-year chunk of the area economy.Officials announced Tuesday that the West Memphis school will create an aviation mechanics training program from the ground up, with assistance from FedEx Express and $3.4 million in federal stimulus money.School president Dr. Glen ... - Across the USA News from every state (USA Today)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 05:53:40 am
News from every state - West Memphis college receives federal stimulus grant (WMCTV Memphis)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 10:40:26 pm
Mid-South Community College in West Memphis has been chosen to receive a nearly $3.4 million federal grant. - Grant to fund start-up aviation technology program (Arkansas News Bureau)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 10:06:20 pm
LITTLE ROCK — A $3.4 million federal grant will fund an aviation technology program at Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, the school announced Tuesday. - College Receives Federal Stimulus Grant (Arkansas News Bureau)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 08:35:31 pm
Mid-South Community College in West Memphis has been chosen to receive a nearly $3.4 million federal grant.from Channel 7 - W. Memphis college receives federal stimulus grant (KAIT Jonesboro)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 08:25:50 pm
Mid-South Community College in has been chosen to receive a grant to start an aviation technicians training program - W. Memphis college receives federal stimulus grant (WXVT 15 Greenville)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 06:00:54 pm
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - Mid-South Community College in West Memphis has been chosen to receive a nearly $3.4 million federal grant. The U.S. Department of Labor grant announced Tuesday will be used to establish an aviation technology program. - NEA students set goals for college (Jonesboro Sun)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 04:05:05 pm
JONESBORO — The rain did not stop parents and students lined up in front of the Arkansas State University library computer lab Sunday to get help to go to college. - CCCs Mechantronics program finalist for national award (Columbus Telegram)
posted on February 16, 2010 at 04:19:11 pm
The Mechantronics Education Program at Central Community College-Columbus has been recognized as one of 10 national finali... - Ark. Senators, Representatives announce 6.9M for jobs training (KTHV Little Rock)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 10:44:44 pm
U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01) and Mike Ross (AR-04) announced that Mid-South Community College in West Memphis will receive $3,391,053 and South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado will receive $3,520,612 in jobs training grants from the U.S. Department of Labor. - Grant to fund training (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on January 28, 2010 at 04:48:00 am
Memphis Bioworks Foundation announced it has been awarded a $2.9 million Energy Training Partnership Grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Green Jobs Training Program.The two-year initiative will fund programs to train area workers for jobs in energy-efficiency and renewable energy occupations.Memphis Bioworks Foundation is one of 25 award recipients across the U.S.The grant ... - Schools To Get ‘Career Coaches’ (Times Record)
posted on January 15, 2010 at 04:27:10 pm
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday honored 43 “career coaches,” including a couple of celebrity University of Arkansas graduates, who will soon be offering guidance to high school students in some of the state’s most economically challenged counties. - ‘Career coaches’ to help guide high school students (Arkansas News Bureau)
posted on January 13, 2010 at 07:50:19 pm
LITTLE ROCK - Gov. Mike Beebe today honored 43 “career coaches,” including a couple of celebrity University of Arkansas graduates, who will soon be offering guidance to high school students in some of the state’s most economically challenged counties. - Northern looks to replace retiring Provost Joe Callahan (Havre Daily News)
posted on January 8, 2010 at 07:13:01 pm
Montana State University-Northern is searching for a replacement for its provost, who is ending a relationship with Havre’s university that goes back to 1973. Joe Callahan, who left in 1986 and came back to Northern in a two-year interim position as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs in 2007 — and has stayed an extra year — has announced his retirement effective June 30. He said he ... - Memphis nonprofit get $2.9M for jobs training (WMCTV Memphis)
posted on January 8, 2010 at 07:09:02 pm
The Memphis Bioworks Foundation has been awarded $2.9 million in federal stimulus money to train workers for jobs in energy efficiency and renewable energy. - City Schools Busses To be Equipped With Zonar GPS (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on January 8, 2010 at 06:09:49 am
More than 300 Memphis City Schools buses will be equipped this year with Zonar GPS, an electronic and satellite-based tracking system. The Zonar GPS w.... - Sales Comparison Rises at Fred’s (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on January 8, 2010 at 06:09:39 am
Memphis-based discounter Fred’s Inc. reported Thursday that sales in stores open at least a year rose 1.3 percent in December as customer traffic impr.... - Bioworks Receives $2.9 Million Jobs Grant (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on January 8, 2010 at 06:09:19 am
The Memphis Bioworks Foundation has been awarded a $2.9 million Energy Training Partnership Grant from federal stimulus funds appropriated by the Amer.... - Ark. Tech trustees approve ’08-09 financials (The Russellville Courier)
posted on December 18, 2009 at 03:54:17 pm
By Sam Strasner Tech University Relations The Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees approved the institution’s 2008-09 financial report on Thursday during its regular monthly meeting at the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center. - House bill would aid NEA projects (Jonesboro Sun)
posted on December 12, 2009 at 06:05:15 am
JONESBORO — Funding for Northeast Arkansas projects contained in a group of fiscal year 2010 spending bills, which passed the U.S. House on Thursday, was announced Friday by the offices of Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Rep. Marion Berry. - West Memphis College Signs Transfer Agreement with University of Memphis (Arkansas Business)
posted on December 2, 2009 at 04:01:03 pm
The university generally limits scholarship eligibility to graduates of Tennessee community colleges, but Crittenden County residents are now included in the application/selection process and also qualify for in-state tuition at the U of M. - University of Memphis works with community colleges to aid transfer students (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:36:18 am
The University of Memphis is extending its Partnership Enrollment Program to smooth transitions to U of M for students from its top feeder community colleges.U of M President Shirley Raines and Mid-South Community College President Glen Fenter are expected to sign an agreement today to guarantee admission for MSCC students who earn at least a 2.0 GPA to U of M. The public ceremony will take ... - Tech Board of Trustees gives go-ahead to new programs (The Russellville Courier)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:24:42 pm
By Sam Strasner Tech University Relations New educational opportunities are on the horizon for Arkansas Tech University students following action by the Board of Trustees during its regular monthly meeting Thursday at the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center. - Arkansas Tech Branching out with More New Programs (KARK Little Rock)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 03:52:37 pm
New educational opportunities are on the horizon for Arkansas Tech University students. The school's Board of Trustees has given its approval to more than a dozen changes that will create new academic programs and new options within several existing programs. - In Brief: Elvis' home will wear dress blue (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:34:31 am
Graceland Graceland goes into holiday mode Friday, turning on the blue lights that were a part of the Christmas season when Elvis Presley was in the building.The grounds of the 13.8-acre Whitehaven mansion will be decorated with the life-size Nativity scene, Santa and sleigh and other decorations from the Elvis era. Assisting in the lighting ceremony at 6 p.m., a group of children from St. Jude ... - Governor Beebe Announces 13 Appointments To Boards And Commissions (Arkansas Govenment News Room)
posted on November 3, 2009 at 06:28:39 pm
LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Gerald Carr, Bryant, to the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind. Appointment expires June 30, 2013. Replaces James Johnson. Todd Edwards, Leachville, to the Arkansas Northeastern College Board of Trustees. Appointment expires December 31, 2014. Replaces Ronnie Kennett... - West Memphis College Offering Emergency Management Degr... (KARK Little Rock)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 07:22:31 pm
Mid-South Community College and Arkansas Tech University are joining forces to bring a bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management to students in Eastern Arkansas, Western Tennessee, and Northwest Mississippi on the MSCC campus in West Memphis. - Twin Towers memories remain (The Herald of Arkansas State University)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:12:46 pm
Over time things burn, erode, are lost, washed away or vanish, or sometimes, they implode. The life of the 41-year-old Seminole Twin Towers ended on May 25, 2008. The nine-story building stood in the center of ASU's campus for almost half a century, but though it no longer stands, memories of the building remain.