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