High school seniors and their parents are invited to get a taste of what ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is all about at Thursday Night Lights on Sept. 28 at the Raymond Campus.
At the 2016 edition of Thursday Night Lights, attendees gather to watch the Eagle band, Hi-Steppers and cheerleaders perform.
The Thursday Night Lights tailgating recruiting event will be in conjunction with the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Eagles football game against Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at Gene Murphy Field at Joe Renfroe Stadium. The game begins at 6:30 p.m.
Students and their parents will be treated to a free tailgate meal, see the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Eagle band and Hi-Steppers and learn about scholarships, enrolling, residence halls and programs running the gamut of academic and career-technical as well as opportunities for student involvement.
Tailgating begins at 4:30 p.m. at Eagles’ Landing next to Renfroe Stadium. To rsvp, see the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ website at .
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.
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Participants in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Thursday Night Lights can visit different tents to learn about programs and get a bite to eat before the football game.
Cheryl Bozeman with the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Honors program talks to Thursday Night Lights guests about the program.