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A partnership between East Central Community College and Mississippi State University will help area students enter and complete baccalaureate degree programs. The two institutions signed an agreement Tuesday, Nov. 8, creating a

program that will ease nerships with Mississippi transition to a bachelor's community colleges great degree program for ECCC ly enhance our ability to students. reach students who choose The partnership initial- this innovative path to ly concentrates on 10 aca- accessing higher educa demic programs and will tion," said MSU President allow students to enroll Mark E. Keenum. concurrently at ECCC and "East Central Commu MSU. nity College serves many As part of the agree- of the state's counties ment, MSU will place aca- where the majority of stu demic advisers at ECCC dents already choose to assist students with MSU, and we value our course selection, ensuring close relationship with efficient degree comple- ECCC and their outstand tion and maximum trans- ing president, Dr. Billy fer of credits. Stewart. This is a win-win Programs featured ·in for MSU and ECCC." the partnership include "We are grateful for our accounting, business partnership with MSU administration, bachelor and their visionary presi of applied technology in dent, Dr. Mark Keenum, healthcare services, ele- in meeting the education- '·'. mentary education (early al needs of the citizens of childhood and middle our five-county service school concentrations), area," said Stewart. kinesiology (clinical exer- "The agreement cise physiology concentra- between our college and tion/clinical exercise phys- MSU is just another step iology medical route), in the fulfillment of our social work and secondary 2020 Vision strategic plan education (English-social and the institutional com studies concentrations). mitments of student suc Students in those pro- cess and teaching and grams will be given course learning." and program-specific reg- MSU has similar agree istration guides that high- ments with Meridian light classes to be taken at Community College and ECCC and MSU in pur- East Mississippi Com suit of a bachelor's degree. munity College. MSU-Meridian For more on MSU Administrative Director Meridian's partnership and Head of Campus Ter- pathways, visit ry Dale Cruse said part- www.meridian.msstate.ed nership pathways "take u I p r o s p e c t i v e - the guesswork" out of students/partne1·ship transitioning from a pathways/.

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