East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), formerly known as East Mississippi Junior College, is a community college in Mississippi with five campuses. EMCC serves and is supported by Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties in East Central Mississippi. EMCC offers a broad range of academic and technical programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award the Associate of Applied Science degree and the Associate of Arts degree. It is one of fifteen community colleges in Mississippi. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a junior college, is an educational institution providing post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associates degrees. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. ... Kemper County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. ... Lauderdale County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. ... Lowndes County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. ... Noxubee County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. ... Oktibbeha County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. ... The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is a regional accreditor for over 12,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southeastern United States. ...

Campuses

• Scooba Campus, Scooba, Mississippi.
• Golden Triangle Campus, Mayhew, Mississippi.
• Columbus Air Force Base Extension, Columbus, Mississippi.
• Naval Air Station Meridian Extension, Meridian, Mississippi.
• Macon Extension, Macon, Mississippi.

Scooba is a town located in Kemper County, Mississippi. ... Columbus AFB is a United States Air Force base located in Lowndes County, Mississippi, treated for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place. ... Columbus is a city located in Lowndes County, Mississippi. ... Naval Air Station Meridian (ICAO: KNMM) is a United States Navy airbase located in Meridian, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County, and is one of the Navys two jet strike pilot training bases (the other being NAS Kingsville, Texas). ... Meridian is a city located in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. ... Macon is a city located in Noxubee County, Mississippi. ...

History

East Mississippi Junior College, in Scooba, Mississippi, was organized in 1927 following its beginnings in 1912 as Kemper County Agricultural High School. It was later renamed East Mississppi Community College. While the Scooba Campus has always been the primary campus, the Golden Triangle Campus has been growing at an increasing rate over the last several years. The Golden Triangle Campus, founded as the Golden Triangle Vo-Tech Center in 1968, serves the Golden Triangle region of Mississippi and is the primary location of the career and technical programs. Both Scooba and Golden Triangle offer a broad range of academic classes. The Golden Triangle is a region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. ...

External links

• East Misssissippi Community College