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Tornado relief drive at USM goes quiet in wake of Oklahoma disaster

MBJ Staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation reports its tornado relief and campus beautification campaigns were “entering a quiet phase” as the nation focuses its attention on tornado victims in Oklahoma. During this time the Foundation will refrain from publicly soliciting donors for the campaigns. The Foundation launched the tornado relief effort immediately following [...]

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Board to ask lawmakers for additional $30M for 2015 budget

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:40:46 +0000

JACKSON — The College Board will seek roughly $30 million more in state money in the 2015 budget year. The board members voted today to ask the Legislature for the money for Mississippi’s eight public universities. Though the 2014 budget year doesn’t begin until July 1, state agencies begin planning requests for the following year [...]

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Another community college raising its tuition next year

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:53:19 +0000

SUMMIT — The Southwest Mississippi Community College board of trustees has voted to raise tuition for the 2013-14 academic year. The move follows three other state community colleges’ recent decisions to raise tuition. “We haven’t raised tuition in three years. We felt like we needed a slight increase to maintain the quality in instruction,” SMCC [...]

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IHL launches effort to aid minority businesses land contracts

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:05 +0000

JACKSON — The board of trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has unveiled an initiative to assist minority businesses and facilitate the procurement process between universities and minority businesses. The Mississippi Public University Minority Economic Opportunity Initiative is aimed at giving both universities and minority businesses the tools they need to ensure that more [...]

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WCU, Tradition unveil health care zone plans

MBJ Staff — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:48:58 +0000

HARRISON COUNTY — William Carey University and the Tradition community intend to create a health care industry zone centered around WCU’s Tradition campus on Highway 67 in Harrison County. At a news conference, Jerry Bracey, dean of WCU’s Tradition campus, congratulated Rep. Hank Zuber of Ocean Springs and Sen. Sean Tindell of Gulfport for sponsoring [...]

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New USM president raises mininum annual salary

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:24:28 +0000

HATTIESBURG — University of Southern Mississippi President Rodney Bennett has announced a new minimum salary of $21,000 a year to go into effect July 1. Currently 194 employees, many of them in custodial positions, make below that amount. Bennett called the salary hikes “the right thing to do.” He said that many employees work second [...]

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USM gets $1M from unnamed donor for tornado restoration

Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:04:52 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi has received a $1 million gift to help restore the Hattiesburg campus damaged by a Feb. 10 tornado. USM President Rodney Bennett says in a news release Monday that the check was received this past week. He said the donor did not want his name released. The tornado [...]

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MC, Chinese university sign exchange agreement

Associated Press — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:17:24 +0000

CLINTON — Mississippi College and Hubei Polytechnic University in China have agreed to faculty and student exchanges between the two institutions. The agreement sets up a “2 plus 2 degree” program where a student would spend the first two years at HBPU and the last two years taking classes at MC. Others would involve Hubei [...]

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USM fixing ‘front porch’ after tornado; plants huge oak trees

MBJ Staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:23:36 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Three months after an F-4 tornado tore through the front part of campus, the University of Southern Mississippi has taken a huge step in restoring the damaged landscape. Yesterday, five mature oak trees were planted to kickoff the first phase of a Campus Beautification Plan. The live oaks, measuring 40-feet high by 40-feet [...]

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Shipfitters graduate from community college’s ‘boot camp’

MBJ Staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:55:14 +0000

GULFPORT — Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College recently held a graduation ceremony for 17 graduates of the Shipfitter Boot Camp at the Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center (AMTC) in Gulfport. The 10-week training program is designed to prepare individuals for entry–level employment as shipfitters. Originally, 20 participants were invited to participate in the boot camp [...]

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