Board to ask lawmakers for additional $30M for 2015 budget
JACKSON — The College Board will seek roughly $30 million more in state money in the 2015 budget year. The board members voted today to ask the Legislature for the money for Mississippi’s eight public...
View ArticleWith no interim, board begins hunt for MVSU president
ITTA BENA — After failing to attract a temporary leader for Mississippi Valley State University, the College Board has decided to look for permanent president for the Itta Bena school. College Board...
View ArticleTornado relief drive at USM goes quiet in wake of Oklahoma disaster
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation reports its tornado relief and campus beautification campaigns were “entering a quiet phase” as the nation focuses its attention on...
View ArticleJSU to begin offering classes in Madison tomorrow
MADISON — Jackson State University will open its new campus in Madison tomorrow. JSU president Carolyn W. Meyers and other university officials will be on hand for the grand opening. JSU officials say...
View ArticleSouthern Miss to start massive student residence complex
HATTIESBURG — Construction is scheduled to begin soon on a massive student housing project on the University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. Century Park South will bring residence halls...
View ArticleStudy: Coast county created 4,000 jobs in half-decade
JACKSON COUNTY — A University of Southern Mississippi economic study shows that nearly 4,000 new jobs have been created in the Jackson County area in the last five years because of local companies’...
View ArticleMSU cyber operations education earns federal designation
STARKVILLE — The National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command have designated Mississippi State University as a Center of Academic Excellence in cyber operations. The certification comes after a...
View ArticleScientists studying cancer in dogs; could lead to new treatments humans
STARKVILLE — A group of veterinarians at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is working to better understand cancer in dogs, work that will likely also advance knowledge of...
View ArticleMost two-year schools asking more tuition this fall
JACKSON — Tuition will rise at 11 of Mississippi’s 15 public community colleges this fall, with average tuition for two semesters (fall and spring) rising about 6 percent to $2,376. Here are the rates...
View ArticleReport: State’s teacher education programs ‘mediocre at best’
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A group pushing for changes in how the nation trains teachers says Mississippi’s teacher training programs are mediocre at best. The report is from the National Council on Teacher...
View ArticleTreasurer: Prepaid tuition program won’t reopen until 2014
JACKSON — Mississippi Treasurer Lynn Fitch says it now appears that sometime in 2014 will be the earliest that the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan will reopen for additional...
View ArticleUniversity Research Center updates socio-economic handbook
JACKSON — The University Research Center recently updated the online data resource, the Mississippi Handbook of Selected Data, which contains maps, graphs and tables displaying socio-economic data...
View ArticleState board ensures college programs are meeting workforce needs
Seven years ago the State Workforce Investment Board was established with a mission to help ensure a viable, well-trained workforce for Mississippi. The board is made up of a diverse group representing...
View ArticleLaForge to get back in office after vacation accident
CLEVELAND — Delta State University president Bill LaForge says his doctors have given him a clean bill of health, and he will be back at work next week. DSU spokeswoman Michelle Roberts said Friday...
View ArticlePRCC named one of 50 best community colleges in America
POPLARVILLE – A higher education-career website has ranked Pearl River Community College the 28th best community college in the country. TheBestSchools.org selected the 50 best community colleges in...
View ArticleMSU signs agreement with Army on unmanned aircraft research
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is opening a new chapter in its research of unmanned aerial systems. Officials from the land-grant institution were at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.,...
View ArticleCarey breaks ground for new business education facility
HATTIESBURG — William Carey University have broken ground on the new School of Business, a 20,574-square-foot facility that will sit on Tuscan Avenue across from the William Carey University College of...
View ArticleMDOT recruits Southern Miss for port study
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi College of Business is part of a team the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has assembled for its Statewide Port Needs and Marketing...
View ArticleTwo-year colleges see another enrollment decrease
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Enrollment has fallen at Mississippi’s 15 community colleges for the third year in a row, according to preliminary figures reported by the Community College Board. The new data...
View ArticleFormer college president Cleland dies at age 95
JACKSON — Howard J. Cleland, who served as president of Belhaven College for 17 years, has died at the age of 95. Officials with Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home say Cleland died Sunday. The cause of...
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