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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.

In the News:

• Pike Miss Hospitality entrants lacking (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on March 16, 2010 at 07:28:48 pm
  Unless activity picks up within the next few days, Pike County’s Miss Hospitality Pageant in April could be a short one.
• Azalea Festival approaching (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on March 12, 2010 at 06:51:21 pm
  The 2010 Pike County Azalea Festival, featuring the 52nd McComb Garden Club Lighted Azalea Trail, begins this month.
• Starrett, Covington crowned 2010 Azalea Ball king, queen (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on March 1, 2010 at 12:43:58 am
  Keith Starrett and Lissa Covington were crowned the McComb Junior Auxiliary’s king and queen at the 2010 JA Azalea Ball Saturday night at the McComb National Guard armory.
• Workforce center receives federal grant (Mississippi Business Journal)
  posted on February 22, 2010 at 02:14:15 am
  SUMMIT — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced the award of a $4.8-million federal grant to support the rebuilding and expansion of the Regional Workforce Training Center at Southwest Mississippi Community College (SMCC) in Summit.
• Portfolio (The Clarion-Ledger)
  posted on February 20, 2010 at 09:05:14 am
  Southwest Mississippi Community College has been awarded $4.8 million to rebuild and expand a regional work force training center at its Summit campus.

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