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Mineral Area College

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• Mineral Area College was founded in April 1965 by popular vote of the residents of six public school districts in St. Francois and Madison counties and portions of Washington and Ste. Genevieve counties. The college became a successor to Flat River Junior College, the third-oldest public junior college in Missouri, established in 1922 as part of the Flat River Public School System. In the last eight decades, at least 10,000 graduates have gone out into the world with the college's degrees or certificates.
• Mineral Area College is a two year public comprehensive community college located in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of eastern Missouri, in a rapidly growing region 40 miles south of St. Louis on US Highway 67. Mineral Area College is often the first choice among college bound high school seniors and older students, and often the place to which community members turn when re-evaluating career options. At Mineral Area College you will receive a strong education while enjoying the full college experience. Mineral Area College offers you, the student, the opportunity to succeed in life and in your college career. Our focus is the student.
• You'll find that Mineral Area College's class sizes are small, and that our faculty and staff are dedicated to giving you every opportunity and advantage for your continued education and working career. Students receive individual attention from instructors while utilizing advanced technology - all at a cost considerably less than larger four-year institutions. Moreover, Mineral Area College is fully accredited and maintains a close working relationship with all of the major state-supported universities in Missouri, making transfers to those larger institutions easy and convenient. In addition to the main campus in Park Hills, Mineral Area College has outreach centers in Arcadia Valley, Farmington, Fredericktown, Perryville, Potosi and Winona.
• Mineral Area College offeres a variety of degree and certificate programs. Students can earn complete two-year degrees or transfer degrees into a four year program. Additionally, Continuing Education courses are offered to help enrich the lives of residents in the community. Students can take these non-credit courses for personal satisfaction or job enhancement.
• Profile last updated: 03/25/2010.

• MAC offering textcasting alerts (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on September 2, 2010 at 03:14:23 pm
  PARK HILLS — Fall is here, with winter and busysemesters to follow, bringing to mind one of the classiccliff-hangers of students everywhere: Will classes be canceledbecause of inclement weather?
• MAC announces Congressional forum (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on August 30, 2010 at 02:34:43 pm
  PARK HILLS – Mineral Area College is invitingthe public to hear the four candidates for the U.S. Congressional8th District seat during a forum on Oct. 18 from 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m., in the community college’s Fine Arts Theatre.
• MAC seeks musicians, vocalists for “History of Country Music” (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on August 26, 2010 at 07:45:58 pm
  PARK HILLS – Mineral Area College MusicInstructor Dr. Kevin White, of local Baby Boomer Concert fame, isdonning a 10-gallon hat and gearing up for a super-smash concert,“History of Country Music,” to be presented Nov. 18-20 at theCentene Center in Farmington.
• College is home to a dozen ‘green’ initiatives (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on August 13, 2010 at 02:42:16 pm
  PARK HILLS — As a record number of studentsreturn to classes at Mineral Area College in coming weeks, morewill be seeking education in green technology. It’s a challenge theschool is meeting head on.
• Kennett's VFW offers to play host to Emerson, Sowers debates (The Daily Dunklin Democrat)
  posted on August 6, 2010 at 04:22:39 pm
  A day after U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson challenged 8th District candidates to a series of debates, Democratic challenger Tommy Sowers doubled the request. Both campaigns have proposed a set of three...

In the News:

• MAC offering textcasting alerts (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on September 2, 2010 at 03:14:23 pm
  PARK HILLS — Fall is here, with winter and busysemesters to follow, bringing to mind one of the classiccliff-hangers of students everywhere: Will classes be canceledbecause of inclement weather?
• MAC announces Congressional forum (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on August 30, 2010 at 02:34:43 pm
  PARK HILLS – Mineral Area College is invitingthe public to hear the four candidates for the U.S. Congressional8th District seat during a forum on Oct. 18 from 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m., in the community college’s Fine Arts Theatre.
• MAC seeks musicians, vocalists for “History of Country Music” (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on August 26, 2010 at 07:45:58 pm
  PARK HILLS – Mineral Area College MusicInstructor Dr. Kevin White, of local Baby Boomer Concert fame, isdonning a 10-gallon hat and gearing up for a super-smash concert,“History of Country Music,” to be presented Nov. 18-20 at theCentene Center in Farmington.
• College is home to a dozen ‘green’ initiatives (Park Hills Daily Journal)
  posted on August 13, 2010 at 02:42:16 pm
  PARK HILLS — As a record number of studentsreturn to classes at Mineral Area College in coming weeks, morewill be seeking education in green technology. It’s a challenge theschool is meeting head on.
• Kennett's VFW offers to play host to Emerson, Sowers debates (The Daily Dunklin Democrat)
  posted on August 6, 2010 at 04:22:39 pm
  A day after U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson challenged 8th District candidates to a series of debates, Democratic challenger Tommy Sowers doubled the request. Both campaigns have proposed a set of three...

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