The Rankin Campus will celebrate ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s 100 years of Community Inspired Service and nearly 35 years of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ being a part of the Rankin community with a meet-and-greet from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 12 in the Muse Center. The public is invited.
Among the dignitaries present for a Rankin Campus ground-breaking ceremony were, from left, Dr. Lynn Weathersby, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ President Dr. Clyde Muse, Ray Mabus, George Wynne, Dr. George Moody, Albert Moore and Jimmy C. Smith.
The 5:30 p.m. program will feature a look back at the history of the campus, which opened in 1983 with high school career-tech classes during the day and college-level career- tech classes at night.
Growing the campus from a modest trailer and a $50 typewriter on a small plot of land took the efforts of the Rankin County Board of Supervisors, local legislators, city officials and many civic leaders who were committed to a quality higher education campus in Rankin County.
Today, the campus is the second largest of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s six locations with eight buildings, including the Muse Center that opened in 2011. It has more than 100 acres over two locations, including the main campus off Highway 80 and the Rankin Career-Technical Building off Community College Boulevard, both in Pearl.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ District. Today, as Mississippi’s largest community college, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is a comprehensive institution with six locations. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÏñCC.