Southwest Mississippi Community College

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Southwest Mississippi Community College
Former names
Pick County Agricultural High School (1918–1932)
Southwest Mississippi Junior College (1932–1988)
Motto"Opportunities for a Lifetime"
Type Community College
Established1908
President J. Steven Bishop
Students2000
Location
Summit
,
Mississippi
,
United States
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Website www.smcc.edu

Southwest Mississippi Community College is a public community college in unincorporated Pike County, Mississippi, [1] in Summit, MS

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The college's district includes Pike, Amite, Walthall, and Wilkinson counties. [2]

History

The college was officially started in 1908 as an agricultural high school. The Pike County Agricultural High School opened on September 3, 1918, after receiving approval from the Pike County School Board the previous April. The high school began to incorporate college work into the curriculum in 1929 and by 1932 the school had become a junior college. Fifty-four years later in 1988, the name of the school was officially changed to Southwest Mississippi Community College. [3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Pike County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/11). Retrieved September 27, 2024. Southwest Mississippi Community Colg
  2. ↑ "Welcome from the President". Southwest Mississippi Community College . Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "History of Southwest". Southwest Mississippi Community College. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Woodie Assaf biography", The Clarion-Ledger , March 6, 2007.
  5. ↑ Votesmart.org.-David Green
  6. ↑ "Top South Florida News, Sports, Weather and Entertainment - South Florida Sun-Sentinel".

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