EMCC Eyes Scooba Buildings

SCOOBA, Miss. (AP) – Retiring East Mississippi Community College President Dr. Rick Young will spend his final six weeks at the school by campaigning for a new men’s dorm and a new athletic operations center to be built for the main campus in Scooba.

The Meridian Star reports Young and other college officials met last week with the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors to present a plan to replace two men’s dorms and to build a new, centralized athletic center for the Lions’ sports teams.

Vice President Dr. Paul Miller says the new dorm would have 160 beds and would replace the two buildings and its combined 140 beds.

Alumni Affairs Director Nick Clark says the new dorm will cost $7 million and $5 million to build the athletic operations center.