High school seniors and their parents are invited to get a taste of what ºÚÁÏÉçÇø 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 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø 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 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø 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 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø website at .
ºÚÁÏÉçÇø is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. ºÚÁÏÉçÇø 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 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø District. Today, as Mississippi’s largest community college, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø is a comprehensive institution with six locations. ºÚÁÏÉçÇø 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.ºÚÁÏÉçÇøCC.
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Participants in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’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 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Honors program talks to Thursday Night Lights guests about the program.