Jones College’s 2021 Alumni Association Honor Alumni of the Year Wayne

A Laurel resident who has lived her life with hearing and vision disabilities is now going to the University of Southern Mississippi to achieve two dreams — getting a bachelor’s degree and giving back to children with similar disabilities.

The 160-member Maroon Typhoon Marching Band consists of Jones College students who are majoring in a wide variety of subjects who enjoy sharing their musical talents and support the Bobcat Athletics at various sporting events. Pictured in the front row is the feature twirler, Kaia Taylor-Col…

Thirty practical nursing graduates from Jones College are entering the profession at the most critical time. They were challenged during their education and will most likely continue to be challenged in their careers. Amy Myers, director of the practical nursing program, said she is proud of…

Ceremony scheduled for season-opening football game on Sept. 2

'My life has changed 360 degrees'

When Jones College graduate Matt Burke’s childhood friend died at 17 from a rare form of brain cancer, he saw the reality of the health-care industry, inspiring him to become a doctor. 

When Jones College graduate Matt Burke’s childhood friend died at 17 from a rare form of brain cancer, he saw the reality of the health care industry, inspiring him to become a doctor.

Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society, awarded two Jones College students to the honor society’s All-Mississippi Academic teams, after competing with a pool of more than 1,800 nominations from the state’s 15 community colleges.

The Jones College staff and instructors were honored for their service — notably, two employees who had worked at the college for three decades.

Twenty-eight Associate Degree Nursing graduates left Jones College ready to continue to face the daily challenges nurses successfully handle minute by minute. 

JC has special graduation ceremony for Laurel scholar

Jones College hosted its annual “Retirement Tea” for 12 employees who retired in 2020 and the eight employees who are retiring this year. When combined, these 20 employees provided 459 1/2 years of service to JC, with some having additional years of service working at other educational insti…

Jones College has invited graduates from last year to join this year’s graduating class of 2021 to partake in commencement exercises on Saturday, May 22, at 8 p.m. on the north lawn of Jones Hall. About 715 students are expected to participate in the ceremony and will receive either an Assoc…

Students at Laurel High School can now earn an associate’s degree before they graduate high school.

Jones College sophomore Caidyn Crowder of Ellisvile was crowned Most Beautiful at the annual Jones College Most Beautiful Pageant, which was April 20 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. 

William Carey University inducted four people, including a Jones College professor, into in the Carey Alumni Hall of Fame during an awards dinner April 9 at Tatum Court.

Jones College’s new Online Workforce College has the potential to make the Ellisville institution and the state of Mississippi the workforce training hub for the world. The virtual workforce training developed at Jones is customizable to the business or individual’s needs. It also provides p…

Civil rights activist James Meredith will be speaking to Jones College students in the Charles Pickering Honors Institute on Monday at 6 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium on the Ellisville campus. His speech will focus on the topic, “To Our Future: Toward a New Day for Mississippi.” 

Today’s issues are similar but different, retired U.S. Federal Judge Charles Pickering said. 

With No. 1 national ranking, JC keeps up the intensity

The Jones College Concert Choir is excited to return to the concert stage presenting a choral performance at Salem Heights Baptist Church in Laurel, at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 18. It has been more than a year since the choir’s last concert performance, which was at First Baptist Church of Sharo…

‘Southernization of America’ presentation shown

Practicing life-saving skills gives students majoring in several health-care professions at Jones College additional confidence when faced with real-life situations on the job. The two-year college’s Simulation Lab opened about 10 years ago with grant money from a private donor to buy a few …

Former Jones College head football coach Ray Perkins died at his home in Northport, Ala., Wednesday morning, Dec. 9. He celebrated his 79th birthday on Sunday.

A Jones College geography and history instructor has won the Southeastern Geographer’s Photo Essay Contest.

Each year, the Rho Sigma chapter of Jones College’s Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society takes on a project to assist the college’s administration, as well as the campus and the surrounding community. 

Sixteen Jones College faculty and staff members were recently honored for their accomplishments in the workplace over the previous year. The Employee Appreciation Awards began in 2004 with funds contributed by retired JCJC president Dr. Ronald Whitehead and the college’s Foundation, Inc.  

Jones College’s 2020 Honor Alumnus Vicki Hampton serves the college in her professional role as a South Central Regional Medical Center family nurse practitioner and has been the director of the Jones College Clinic since 2011. 

Homecoming at Jones College will look a little different this year due to COVID-19.