High school seniors and their parents are invited to get a taste of what ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 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 ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 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 ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 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 ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ website at .
¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 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 ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ District. Today, as Mississippi’s largest community college, ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ is a comprehensive institution with six locations. ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ 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.¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½CC.
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Participants in ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½’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 ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ Honors program talks to Thursday Night Lights guests about the program.