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Click Boutique revives Hattiesburg downtown retail district

Stephen McDill — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:29:01 +0000

If anyone was at Click Boutique on April 27, 2011, they would have thought they were on the set of the popular AMC series “Mad Men.” The show is based on a 1960s New York City advertising agency and the mod fashion of the time is a definite source of inspiration for the Hattiesburg women’s [...]

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Leadership class unveiled

MBJ Staff — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:50:04 +0000

The Area Development Partnership (ADP) has chosen the Leadership Pinebelt Class of 2013. This years class includes: Harris Bell, Hattiesburg Clinic; Jennifer Boudreaux, University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association; Kristen Brock, Hattiesburg Tourism Commission; Wes Brooks, DuBard School for Language Disorders at University of Southern Mississippi; Katherine Callaway, Commercial Business Interiors; Shonta Duncan, Southern Mississippi [...]

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Echols-Williams named officer

MBJ Staff — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:27:23 +0000

Dr. Quenyatta Echols-Williams of Hattiesburg has been appointed deputy district health officer for Southeast Public Health District VIII. Public Health District VIII includes Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, and Wayne counties. Echols-Williams is a graduate of Tougaloo College and the University of Iowa School of Medicine. After her residency at the [...]

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Clinic adds Fielder

MBJ Staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:17:30 +0000

Hattiesburg Clinic recently welcomed Carrie Fielder, Ph.D., to Connections as a licensed psychologist. Fielder received her bachelor of science from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., and both her master of arts and doctor of philosophy from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She is licensed by the Mississippi State Board of Psychology.

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General Dynamics IT to locate call center in Hattiesburg

Clay Chandler — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:01:15 +0000

Less than two weeks after a tornado tore through Hattiesburg, state and local officials gathered to announce that General Dynamics Information Technology will open a call center in the city. The call center will create 225 jobs by this summer, and 250 by April 2014. The new location, set for the 17,000 square-foot Cloverleaf Building [...]

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Foundation recognizes Headrick

MBJ Staff — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:01:43 +0000

Ellisville native Katie Tucker Headrick has been named Volunteer of the Year for 2013 by the Hattiesburg-based Leaf Foundation. She is currently a member of the board of directors for the foundation. According to board chair Michael Marks, Headrick is defined by a lifetime of community service, charitable giving and helping those in need. Close [...]

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February 15, 2013- Chuck McIntosh

Chuck McIntosh — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:45:15 +0000

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MBA program returning to Hattiesburg

Lisa Monti — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:29:57 +0000

The next couple of years will be key to the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business, with the return of the MBA program to the Hattiesburg campus, the selection of a new dean and the opening of a new building to house its students, faculty and staff in Hattiesburg. Budget cuts in 2010 forced [...]

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Bennett becomes first black president of major Mississippi university

Stephen McDill — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:20:13 +0000

Dr. Rodney Bennett has been named the tenth president of the University of Southern Mississippi, making him the first African-American president of a non-historically black college in Mississippi. The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning announced the unanimous decision today. “I am humbled and honored that the Board of Trustees has selected [...]

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MDA’s Marlo Dorsey faces biggest marketing task in the state

Becky Gillette — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:12:41 +0000

Marlo Dorsey, who stepped into the job as chief marketing director of the Mississippi Development Authority in early December, has hit the ground running in a job that remained vacant for more than a year. That has led to a backlog of demand for decisions on how to best market Mississippi. “Now, every time I [...]

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