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MSU honors state’s first-ever veterinary tech graduates

MBJ Staff — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:44:51 +0000

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine recently honored its first graduating class in the four-year veterinary medical technology degree program with a special pinning ceremony. Dr. Allison Gardner, clinical instructor in CVM’s veterinary medical technology program, said veterinary technologists make important contributions in the field of animal care. “Veterinary technologists are a [...]

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Late alumna Sciacca endows scholarship at UM School of Pharmacy

MBJ Staff — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:21:18 +0000

OXFORD — The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is offering a new scholarship thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree from UM in 1953, left $400,000 to the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy to [...]

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Advisory committee named to find new MUW president

MBJ Staff — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:12:42 +0000

COLUMBUS — Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Hank M. Bounds has unveiled the Campus Search Advisory Committee to aid in the search for the next president of Mississippi University for Women. The members of the Mississippi University for Women Campus Search Advisory Committee include: Renee Flynt, Emily Myers Garner, Ruth Jones, Brandon Newsome, Andrea Overby [...]

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Rival MUW alumni groups decide to merge

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:46:32 +0000

COLUMBUS — Rival alumni groups have agreed to set aside their differences of the past four years and work together to support Mississippi University for Women. The Mississippi University for Women Alumni Association and Mississippi’s First Alumnae Association said that they had voted to merge. The Commercial Dispatch reports that after the April 16 announcement [...]

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Cool Stuff for Dedicated Alumni

Laura Smith — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:00:42 +0000

Membership at Ole Miss includes subscription to the Ole Miss Alumni Review magazine, among other things. Annual membership is $40 for an individual and $50 for a couple. Gifts also can be found by visiting www.olemissalumni.com or calling (662) 915-7375… Mississippi State: Annual membership can be purchased in any dollar amount with no minimum. Membership [...]

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DSU inducts three in Hall of Fame

MBJ Staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:36 +0000

The 2009 Delta State University Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are (from left), Billy B. Nowell of Cleveland, Donald L. Green of Clarksdale and Karen Sullivan of Brookhaven, accepting the award presented posthumously to Doug Sullivan. The three Delta State alumni were inducted Nov. 6 at the annual Delta State Alumni Service Awards Luncheon held [...]

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DSU alumni honored for service

MBJ Staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:31 +0000

Delta State University’s Alumni Association recognized this year’s service award winners, (seated, from left) Sylvia Ferguson, Dot Franklin, (standing, from left) John Polk, Bob Ferguson and Rob Armour. Bob and Sylvia Ferguson of Iuka, are the recipients of the 2009 Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni Service Award. The Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni Service Award is named [...]

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