Nominations Sought for 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award
Big Stone Gap, VA – The Mountain Empire Community College Alumni & Friends Advisory Committee is seeking nominations for the MECC Distinguished Alumni Award. The award recognizes alumni who have...
View ArticleMECC Offers Fitness Walking Class
Big Stone Gap – Mountain Empire Community College will host a Fitness Walking for Life course this spring. PED 195 – Fitness Walking for Life is a one credit course to be offered on Tuesdays from 4:45...
View ArticleSmall Business Development Center to Host SEO Workshops
Big Stone Gap – Mountain Empire Community College’s Small Business Development Center will host two upcoming free workshops for small businesses on search engine optimization (SEO). “Climbing MT...
View ArticleMECC to Host Auto World Golf Classic
Big Stone Gap — The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation and Auto World of Big Stone Gap will conduct the Auto World – MECC Golf Classic on Friday, April 28th at Lonesome Pine Country Club to...
View ArticleMECC Hosts 2017 Job Expo
Big Stone Gap – Mountain Empire Community College will hold its 2017 Job Expo on Wednesday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Goodloe Center, Phillips-Taylor Hall. More than 25 regional employers...
View ArticleMECC Students Place in State Competition
Big Stone Gap — Mountain Empire Community College is pleased to announce that several students enrolled in Business and Information Technology classes recently placed in the statewide Future Business...
View ArticleMECC to Host Welding Course for Dislocated Employees, Families of Mining and...
Big Stone Gap — Mountain Empire Community College and the Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board will host a second intensive, 80-hour welding course for individuals who have been laid off due...
View ArticleMECC To Offer CNA Courses This Summer
Big Stone Gap – Mountain Empire Community College will offer a Saturday-only Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) courses this summer. Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Big Stone Gap...
View ArticleMECC Offers Free Trac Pipe Counterstrike Course
Big Stone Gap, VA – Mountain Empire Community College will offer a Trac Pipe Counterstrike flexible gas line piping course on Wednesday, May 3, at 8:30 a.m. to noon. This free course is open to...
View ArticleMECC Recognizes Spring 2017 Phlebotomy Students, Accepting Applications For Fall
Big Stone Gap, VA — Mountain Empire Community College is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2017 Phlebotomy cohort. Students interested in completing this two-semester, 25 credit program are...
View ArticleMECC, Frontier Health Partner in Adoption Awareness Campaign
Big Stone Gap, VA – Mountain Empire Community College, in partnership with Frontier Health, will host the Heart Gallery, a traveling photographic exhibit to promote adoption awareness. The exhibit, on...
View ArticleMountain Empire Community College to Host 2017 Governor’s School
Big Stone Gap – Rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors are invited to participate in the 2017 Mountain Empire Community College Governor’s School to be held June 12 through June 23 on the...
View ArticleState Board Committee Certifies Four Finalists for Mountain Empire Community...
RICHMOND – The State Board for Community Colleges has certified four finalists for the position of president at Mountain Empire Community College. The finalists were among more than 80 applicants from...
View ArticleLocal Advisory Board to Meet Friday, May 12
The Mountain Empire Community College Local Advisory Board will meet next Friday, May 12 at 3 p.m. in the Dalton-Cantrell Hall Kline Foundation Board Room. This will be a closed session meeting to...
View ArticleMECC Foundation Inducts Ben Allen into its Hall of Honor at Annual Gala Event
Big Stone Gap, VA — The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation will induct Mr. Ben E. Allen into its Hall of Honor at the 2017 spring Gala to be held on campus Saturday, May 20, at 6 p.m. Mr....
View ArticleMECC Holds Forty-Fourth Commencement Ceremony
Big Stone Gap, VA – Mountain Empire Community College held its 44th commencement ceremony Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m. at the Big Stone Gap campus. The Class of 2017 included 578 graduates. MECC awarded...
View ArticleDr. Kris Westover Hired to Become the President of Mountain Empire Community...
RICHMOND – Dr. Kris Westover will become the next president of Mountain Empire Community College. That announcement was made today by Dr. Glenn DuBois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges....
View ArticleMECC To Host Career Symposium
Big Stone Gap — Individuals who are looking for a job or who are interested in improving their resume and interview skills are invited to attend a Career Symposium to be held Wednesday, June 21 from...
View ArticleFinancial Assistance Available for EMT, CNA Classes
Students interested in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant or Emergency Medical Technician are urged to take advantage of financial assistance for qualifying students enrolling this fall. Mountain...
View ArticleMECC Foundation Announces Establishment of Gladys Hurd Banner Memorial...
Big Stone Gap – The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation is pleased to announce that the Gladys Hurd Banner Memorial Nursing Scholarship has been established by her family to provide financial...
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