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Southwest Mississippi Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Southwest Mississippi Community College is a two-year college that offers the freshman and sophomore level academic transfer courses, and vocational-technical programs.
• In 1908, the Mississippi legislature enacted legislation allowing counties to establish agricultural high schools. On April 7, 1916, the Pike County School Board voted to establish such a high school. The ideal spot for the new agricultural high school was Godbold's Mineral Wells, located in a picturesque setting just northeast of Summit. Godbold's Mineral Wells, a state and national resort noted for its mineral waters, had outlived its glory years, yet it proved to be the perfect location for an educational facility. On September 3, 1918, Superintendent James Murray Kenna, six faculty members, and approximately forty students began the Pike County Agricultural High School - an institution destined to become Southwest Mississippi Community College. The original campus consisted of classroom buildings, dormitories, and a comprehensive farm, including dairy, beef, and row-crop operations.
• Still located on its original site, Southwest continues to grow and develop. The campus, located on a sixty-acre plot, includes twenty-eight buildings, a football stadium, and a baseball field. The buildings are situated around a central lake with walks, bridges, and paths connecting the buildings. The remainder of the approximately 855 acres is now a tree farm.
• Southwest Mississippi Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate Degree.
• Profile last updated: 03/31/2009.

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• Sports briefs: Fastpitch team plans tryouts for Saturday; Summit Rotary will host hoops clinic; Youth grid, cheer ... (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
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  Fastpitch team plans tryouts for Saturday The Majic Styx girls’ fastpitch softball tournament team will hold its fall tryouts for 16-and-under and 14-and-under teams.
• Sports briefs: Fastpitch team plans tryouts for Saturday; Summit Rotary will host hoops clinic; United Givers slate ... (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:51:58 am
  Fastpitch team plans tryouts for Saturday The Majic Styx girls’ fastpitch softball tournament team will hold its fall tryout for 16-and-under and 14-and-under teams.
• Sports briefs: North Pike hosted playoff game in 2001; Fastpitch team plans tryouts for Saturday; Summit Rotary will ... (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:06:58 am
  North Pike hosted playoff game in 2001 In Sunday’s edition of the Enterprise-Journal, it was erroneously reported that the North Pike Jaguars had not hosted a state football playoff game since 1987.
• BRCC holds off Co-Lin, 68-61 (The Advocate)
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