This is a specific focus of a weekly MBJ edition.
by Nash Nunnery Published: February 13,2011
A famous horticulture writer once penned that gardens are a form of autobiography. In the case of Oliver Young, that may be an understatement. That’s because Young, the energetic president of Southwest Mississippi Community College has been nurturing vegetables and students the same way for the past five decades — with tender, loving care. The [...] [...]
by Nash Nunnery Published: February 13,2011
Tags: Chinese Language Flagship Program, Donald Hyer, Michael Metcalf, University of Mississippi
Northeast Mississippi and the People’s Republic of China are a little more than 7,000 miles apart. Culturally-speaking, the distance between the two regions is immeasurable, not unlike the difference between Oxford’s town Square and China’s Great Wall. However, the Chinese Language Flagship Program at the University of Mississippi is chipping away the barriers between two [...] [...]
by Nash Nunnery Published: February 13,2011
MAE executive director has seen a lot of good and bad in his years in education in Mississippi A former public school educator, Frank Yates is mindful of how rewarding a teaching career can be. But now as executive director of the Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE), the former Columbus high school mathematics teacher is [...] [...]
by Susan Marquez Published: July 25,2010
Tags: Mississippi, school of medicine
First-of-its-kind school of medicine in state shows William Carey’s vision Mississippi will soon have its second school of medicine when the College of Osteopathic Medicine opens at William Carey University in Hattiesburg. “This is not only a great addition to William Carey’s curriculum and campus, but it is a great addition to our state,” said [...] [...]
by Susan Marquez Published: July 25,2010
Tags: college education, Hinds County Higher Education, Impact DataSource
Economic development team launches program aimed at increasing enrollment in Hinds County With an economic impact of nearly $3.5 billion in Hinds County, college education is big business. Because of that, The Hinds County Economic Development District (HCEDD) has launched a campaign aimed at increasing enrollment in the county’s colleges and universities. “We just [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: July 25,2010
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, education, funding
One-time influx helps keep schools afloat With state revenues in decline because of lower tax collections linked to the ailing economy, the hundreds of millions in federal stimulus funding for education have been very welcome. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided one-time funding through three main education streams: the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: July 25,2010
Tags: Climate Action Plan (CAP), green, Green education initiative, official “green school”, Southern Miss, USM
Southern Miss will save $273 million by being ‘greener’ with initiative The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is the only university in the state and one of the few in the country that is an official “green school” by virtue of having adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) that will greatly reduce the school’s [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: February 8,2010
Tags: higher economics, Senate Universities and Colleges Committee, university merger
Negative impact to towns might be bigger than economic impact on state budget For the CEO of Columbus Lowndes Development Link, the economic development organization for that region, the success of Mississippi University for Women is vital. “That’s a $20-million payroll and 114 acres in the middle of my city,” said Joe Max Higgins, CEO [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: February 8,2010
Tags: Facebook, Mississippi colleges and universities, social networking, Twitter
Social networking websites are fast becoming the new water cooler of the Information Age and universities are latching onto them as a unique and critical part of marketing their institution, interfacing with students and attracting prospects to their classrooms. When Belhaven College in Jackson announced that it would be changing its name [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: February 8,2010
Tags: Severstal Columbus, The Capps Center, workforce training
Education-business link helping to build good workforce across the state When Severstal Columbus opened its doors in Aug. 2007, only 10 percent of its 545 employees had experience in the steel industry. That is why the company used multiple mediums for workforce training, said Charlie Furman, external relations manager for the Columbus plant, which [...] [...]
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