Mississippi Coding Academies

The Mississippi Coding Academies Graduates its First Two Classes

(Jackson, Ms.)  Mississippi Coding Academies is proud to announce the graduation of its first cohort of computer programmer developers. The Jackson location graduated 11, and the Golden Triangle location graduated 9 new junior developers after they successfully completed an 11-month, full stack curriculum which started in October 2017. After completing the program, the students transitioned […]

Nashlie Sephus Visits MS Coding Academies

Dr. Nashlie Sephus, currently a software development manager with Amazon.com, visited the Mississippi Coding Academies classes in Jackson to tell them about the job and startup opportunities in coding and technology. Sephus, who is from Jackson and attended Jackson Public Schools, was Chief Technology Officer of the startup PartPic, which was eventually sold to Amazon. […]

Mississippi Coding Academies

Job Posting: Coding Academy Instructor (Vicksburg, MS)

The Vicksburg campus of Hinds Community College, in partnership with ERDC and the Mississippi Coding Academies, is looking for a coding instructor. Interested? You can apply through the Hinds Community College website. Position Information Position Title Coding Academy Instructor (Post Secondary) Position Location Vicksburg Job Classification Faculty Posting Number 20131766 Date of Appointment 09/04/2018 Full […]

Bryce Mullican, Coding Instructor, Joins Mississippi Coding Academies

The Mississippi Coding Academies are thrilled to welcome Bryce Mullican as a coding instructor for the Mississippi Coding Academies’ Jackson site. Born and raised by educators in Hattiesburg, Miss., Mullican went to the University of Southern Mississippi, where he got a degree in Advertising. After college, Bryce taught himself coding, eventually becoming a Senior Web […]

“Hack the Future” Event a Success at Choctaw Indian Reservation

The Mississippi Coding Academies were honored to be one of the partners for “Hack the Future,” the inaugural hackathon and advanced technologies event held in Neshoba County at the reservation of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The event, which was coordinated by the MBCI’s Office of Economic Development, was centered on the idea of […]

Javier Peraza, Classroom Instructor, Joins Mississippi Coding Academies

The Mississippi Coding Academies are proud to announce that Javier Peraza will be joining us an instructor at the Jackson campus as we plan to launch two new classes towards the end of June. Peraza comes to us with four years of experience teaching in Jackson Public Schools, where he also served as the debate […]

Columbus Dispatch Covers Golden Triangle Campus of Mississippi Coding Academies

We’ve just been alerted to some great coverage from the Columbus Dispatch of our Columbus-based Golden Triangle campus of the Mississippi Coding Academies. The Golden Triangle campus recently gained a new director for that Academy, Paul Luckett, who told the Dispatch that the academy is on schedule to graduate 10 new coders by November who could […]

WCBI Covers Mississippi Coding Academies on ‘MidMorning with Aundrea’

We’re thrilled with the coverage that the Golden Triangle’s class of the Mississippi Coding Academies received this month from WCBI in Columbus, serving North Mississippi. WCBI anchor Aundrea Self interviewed Mississippi Coding Academies coding instructor Andrew Stamps, along with two of the 2017-18 coders, Kingdom McGee and Leigh Jones. We’re very thankful to Aundrea Self […]

Senator Wicker on STEM Education, Coding Academies

Senator Wicker’s office release this press release that notes the potential of the Mississippi Coding Academies to close the “skills gap” and offer a way to take on the shortage of coders in the state and the country. We’re very excited to be working to expand Mississippi Coding Academies with encouragement from Senator Wicker and […]