by Associated Press Published: May 7,2013
Tags: advertisement, advertising, competition, education, marketing, public education, public relations, public school, school, student, teach
TUPELO — Noting the competition that exists when parents choose where to send their children to school, first-year Tupelo superintendent Gearl Loden has begun a campaign to aggressively market the school district. From billboards to newspaper advertisements to a student-produced program that airs on WTVA-TV in Tupelo, the district has actively tried to share its [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 7,2013
Tags: college, development, education, higher education, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plastics, polymer, postsecondary education, public university, research, school, science, technology, university
HATTIESBURG — The Accelerator, the University of Southern Mississippi’s technology commercialization center, has added new tenants GE Aviation, Radiance Technologies and Vatican Capital. GE Aviation, which just opened a new aircraft engine composite parts production facility in Ellisville has leased space at The Accelerator and is working with Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI) and Jones County [...] [...]
MCCOMB — Copiah-Lincoln Community College will increase tuition beginning with classes this fall. The Daily Leader reports the Copiah-Lincoln board approved the increases this past week in a $25 million budget. President Ronnie Nettles says fulltime tuition will increase $125 per semester to $1,100. Nettles says out of state fees are increasing from $900 to $1,000 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 3,2013
Tags: college, education, goods making, higher education, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, postsecondary education, public university, study, survey, university
KENNESAW, Ga. — Manufacturing activity in the Southeast improved slightly on the strength of higher new orders, production and employment, staying ahead of the national index, according to the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) report released by the Econometric Center at Kennesaw State University’s Michael J. Coles College of Business. “Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana experienced [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 3,2013
Tags: architect, architecture, college, design, drawing, education, electricity, food, higher education, home, house, postsecondary education, public university, research, residence, sustainable, university, water
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University architecture students designed a sustainable home that can provide its own electricity, water supply and food for a family of four. In the final project of a sustainable design class, the students turned theoretical principles into a practical home and landscape. They designed all aspects of a self-supporting, modern homestead, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: classroom, county, education, learning, overcrowding, public education, school, school district, student, teach, teacher
HERNANDO — DeSoto County school officials will not move students around the district this fall but will find some way to use existing buildings to deal with a growing enrollment. With more than 30,000 students in more than 40 schools across the county, DeSoto County Schools is Mississippi’s largest public district. Crowding has been a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: building, chapel, college, construction, contractor, education, groundbreaking, gymnasium, higher education, postsecondary education, private university, School of Business, sports, university
HATTIESBURG — William Carey University intends to start construction this year on four new buildings on its Hattiesburg campus. The Hattiesburg American reports WCU will build a chapel, a School of Business building, a College of Osteopathic Medicine wing and a gymnasium. WCU president Tommy King says the school has paid for the $800,000 chapel [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 1,2013
Tags: college, COST, education, funding, higher education, postsecondary education, state government, tuition, underfunded, university
JACKSON — Mississippi’s prepaid college tuition plan may be underfunded by more than $100 million, auditors from a private consultant told the board that oversees it. However, the actuaries say the plan can be at least partially fixed by charging more for future contracts. If the board doesn’t make changes, either colleges or the Legislature [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2013
Tags: college, education, higher education, laboratory, marine life, postsecondary education, public university, research, science, scientist, settlement, state agency, state government, university, wildlife
HATTIESBURG — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has presented the University of Southern Mississippi with a check for $432,307 in the President’s Conference Room at the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building on the University’s Hattiesburg campus. The funds are part of a settlement agreement reached in 2002 resolving long standing land issues on a piece [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: Coast, college, ecosystem, education, environment, higher education, land, postsecondary education, property, public university, real estate, restoration, study, survey, university, wetlands, wildlife
GULF COAST — A new survey Mississippi State University finds more than 60 percent of Americans are willing to pay to restore Louisiana’s rapidly eroding Barataria-Terrebonne estuary. The Courier reports the survey found that respondents were willing to pay between $909 and $1,751 per household for coastal restoration projects. Added up, that could generate between [...] [...]
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