by Associated Press Published: March 16,2010
Tags: death, education, higher education, obituary
ITTA BENA — Ernest A. Boykins Jr., who lead Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) as its president for 10 years, has died. He was 78. Boykins died Sunday at his home after a lengthy illness, the university announced on its web site. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Boykins was MVSU president from 1971-81. During his tenure, Valley was [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 14,2010
Tags: 100 year anniversary, Mississippi Normal College, Southern Miss, University of Mississippi
University changes Hattiesburg’s direction Arguably, the most important date in the community and economic development history of the City of Hattiesburg is March 30, 1910, On that day, Mississippi Normal College, dedicated entirely to teacher training, was chartered by the Mississippi Legislature. The first class had a mere 227 students led by 17 faculty members. A century [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2010
Tags: community and junior colleges, education, higher education, tuition
BOONEVILLE — It will cost more to attend Northeast Mississippi Community College (NMCC) beginning this fall. The school’s board of trustees last week approved an 11 percent hike in tuition effective July 1. The increase will raise tuition from the current $945 per semester to $1,050 per semester for Mississippi residents. NMCC president Johnny Allen tells the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2010
Tags: education, high education
GAUTIER — University of South Alabama (USA) trustees are prepared to approve adding a satellite campus at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gautier. The Mobile, Ala., university board’s committee of the whole has recommended creating the campus in Gautier. The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg had a location there until August. USM then closed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2010
POPLARVILLE — The Poplarville School Board has approved the opening of discussions with Pearl River County about merging the districts’ alternative schools. The Picayune Item reports Poplarville superintendent Carl Merritt was given permission this week to being talks with county schools leader Dennis E. Penton. The county school district has a fully accredited, daytime alternative school. Poplarville [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 11,2010
Tags: Barbour, Legislature, state budget, state government
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour today signed Senate Bill 2495, which allocates $82 million from state reserves to partially restore budget cuts for district attorneys, the state court system and education. The bill allocates $41.13 million to public schools and universities, including $33 million for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, $2 million for National Board [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 11,2010
HATTIESBURG — Ablitech has moved its laboratories and offices into the The Garden. Ablitech Inc. CEO Ken Malone made the announcement March 10 “Our early success in developing Versadel, a potential cure for cancer, created a need for work space for a dozen researchers,” said Lisa Kemp, Ablitech’s chief science officer. “We’re pleased to have found [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 10,2010
Tags: education, Legislature, schools
JACKSON — Parents would get to restructure operations of a dozen Mississippi public schools that are failing or at risk of failing under a plan that passed the state House March 9. House Education Committee chairman Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, said the so-called “innovative schools” would give a governing board of parents the power to hire and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 9,2010
Tags: education, federal contracts, NASA
GULFPORT — A former high-ranking NASA official has pleaded guilty in Mississippi to designing contracts in a way that netted him more than $270,000 in illegal profits. Liam P. Sarsfield, a former chief deputy engineer in Washington, D.C., controlled a $1.5-million fund and designed contracts that wouldn’t have to be put out for bid. He steered [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 9,2010
Tags: education, Legislature, workforce training
JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate has sent the governor a bill that allows the state’s high schools to offer career-track courses for students who don’t plan to attend a four-year university. The Senate yesterday passed the bill, which had earlier passed the House. The bill outlines 20 course unit requirements for the so-called career track curriculum. Students [...] [...]