  {"id":1486,"date":"2020-06-10T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2020-06-10T20:26:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:26:35","slug":"mississippi-community-colleges-resume-traditional-classes-for-fall-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/mississippi-community-colleges-resume-traditional-classes-for-fall-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Community Colleges Resume Traditional Classes for Fall 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE &#8211; All 15 colleges in the Mississippi Association of Community College\u2019s system plan to resume traditional operations and classes on their campuses this fall, according to a statement issued today by the MACC President\u2019s Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a great deal of anticipation about reopening our respective colleges this fall,\u201d said Southwest Mississippi Community College President, Dr. Steve Bishop, who will soon begin a term as MACC president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with much excitement about getting back to campus, all of our colleges are taking the proper precautions to help keep our students, faculty, staff and visitors safe and healthy,\u201d he added. \u201cWe look forward to continuing our long tradition of excellence as we provide quality education and training opportunities for our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College President Dr. Mary S. Graham, current MACC president, said, \u201cMississippi community colleges are looking forward to students returning to our campuses and dorms in the fall of 2020 for an exceptional college experience. We are following recommended safety protocols to create safe learning, living, and working environments for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MACC system was forced to move all operations online in mid-March due to COVID-19. Since that time, each community college in the state has organized committees and established protocols to safely restart traditional activities at their campuses.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>The MACC is made up of Coahoma Community College, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, East Central Community College, East Mississippi Community College, Holmes Community College, Hinds Community College, Itawamba Community College, ÌÇÐÄÖ±²¥, Meridian Community College, Mississippi Delta Community College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Northwest Mississippi Community College, Pearl River Community College and Southwest Mississippi Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE &#8211; All 15 colleges in the Mississippi Association of Community College\u2019s system plan to resume traditional operations and classes on their campuses this fall, according to a statement issued today by the MACC President\u2019s Association. \u201cThere is a great deal of anticipation about reopening our respective colleges this fall,\u201d said Southwest Mississippi Community College &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/mississippi-community-colleges-resume-traditional-classes-for-fall-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mississippi Community Colleges Resume Traditional Classes for Fall 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}