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President, senators eliminate graduate dean position at Alcorn

Associated Press — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:57:48 +0000

LORMAN — Alcorn State University president M. Christopher Brown II along with members of the faculty and staff senates have agreed to eliminate the dean position of the School of Graduate Studies and disburse the duties among the academic schools and Office of the Provost in an effort to promote efficiencies. Brown said, “Students earn [...]

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Alcorn president orders deans to reapply, compete for posts

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:42:46 +0000

LORMAN — Alcorn State University president M. Christopher Brown is requiring the school’s academic deans to reapply and compete for their jobs. Brown told the Vicksburg Post Alcorn has not reposted and reevaluated the positions in many years. “We were concerned that we did not have the right people in those jobs,” Brown said. He [...]

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USM business dean leaving for same post at Texas Tech

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:54:00 +0000

HATTIESBURG — University of Southern Mississippi College of Business dean Lance Nail is leaving for Texas Tech University. Nail will take over as dean of the Texas university’s Rawls College of Business, which opened a new $70 million business building earlier this year. He begins work in Lubbock Aug. 15. Southern Miss Provost Denis Wiesenburg [...]

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Deans report brisk demand for new accounting grads

Becky Gillette — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:04 +0000

If you are looking for evidence that the economy is improving, then the job market for new accounting graduates in Mississippi might be a good indicator. Deans of accounting at the state’s top three universities say that the job market for accounting graduates has improved—indicating that businesses that use accounting services are recovering from the [...]

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