Mississippi Delta Community College

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Mississippi Delta Community College is a community college based in Moorhead, Mississippi which is located in Sunflower County. It also offers courses at locations in Drew, Greenville, Greenwood, and Indianola, Mississippi. Its mascot is the Trojan warrior. The college's president is Dr. Larry G. Bailey. It has an enrollment of 3,491^[1] students.

The MDCC campus in Moorhead is home to the Mississippi Delta Law Enforcement Training Academy.

The school was founded in 1926 as Sunflower Junior College, and was fully accredited as a two-year institution in April 1928. The name of the school was changed in 1961 to Mississippi Delta Junior College and in 1989 to Mississippi Delta Community College.

The schools Africa American population of students rose due to government Pell Grants being issued in the start of the Fall term. Many students receive them and after they attend 60 percent of the school term they drop out and are able to keep the money.^[2]

In 1994, Stewart Patridge led the football team to a 12-0 season and a national championship. Patridge would go on to play at the University of Mississippi and win the Conerly Trophy in 1997.

[edit] References

1. ^ MississippiMentor.org
2. ^ Johnson & Seeton (2004). A History of Mississippi Delta, the USC Years. Cotton Row Books. ISBN 0-123-7844-1. 

[edit] External links

• Mississippi Delta Community College
• Mississippi Delta Community College Blackboard Academic Suite

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