by MBJ Staff Published: April 5,2013
Otha Burton Jr., the chair of Jackson State University’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning and former chief administrative officer for the City of Jackson, has been appointed executive director of JSU’s new Institute of Government. Since 2006, Burton has served as associate professor and associate dean in JSU’s School of Policy and Planning and [...] [...]
by Ricky Nobile Published: March 1,2013
Tags: Jackson State University, Mary Hawkins Butler, Tulane University
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by Ted Carter Published: February 8,2013
Tags: Holmes Community College, Jackson State University, Madison, Madison County, Mary Hawkins Butler, Tulane University
The City of Madison’s objections to Jackson State University’s plan to open a satellite campus in the city comes just as Madison County has wrapped up work on a strategic plan that puts cultivating an educated workforce atop the county’s priorities. In a counter to Madison’s position, the county’s Board of Supervisors last Monday night [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: C Spire Wireless, e-learning, helium shortage, Jackson State University, Marty Wiseman, Middleby Corp., Mississippi State University, Viking Range
>> C SPIRE TURNS 25 From bag phones to 4G, C Spire leading the wireless way — by Stephen McDill Also in this week’s paper: >> VIKING RANGE Life goes on after massive layoffs, Middleby CEO wants Greenwood to keep it— by Clay Chandler >> MBJ ANALYSIS Businessman with unfinished Mississippi projects now promising $1B [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 5,2013
Tags: education, Jackson State University, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal
CANTON — Madison County officials are rolling out the welcome mat for Jackson State University. The Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously approved a resolution welcoming JSU’s satellite campus to the community. The university won College Board approval last month for a 10-year, $1.5 million lease for 8,600 square feet of office space in Madison [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 1,2013
Tags: Jackson State University, Madison, Mary Hawkins Butler, Tulane University
Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler would never tell McDonald’s it can be the only fast-food franchise in her queendom. Wendy’s and Burger King wouldn’t hear of it. Yet, it appears that is what has happened recently as she and Tulane University have asked the state College Board to rescind what they’re calling the “premature” approval [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: December 17,2012
Tags: Baseball, Communist, Constitution, drugs, Founding Fathers, guns, hunting, Jackson State University, liberals, Mark Keanum, Mississippi Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi State University, murder, National Rifle Association, pacifist, republicans, right to bear arms, X gun control X guns X Jackson State shooting X Mississippi State shooting X Nancy Anderson X semi-automatic weapons
I know the usual defense of guns, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” Yeah. Yeah. But it’s harder to kill someone with a baseball bat than with a gun. A baseball bat doesn’t go off accidentally, and it’s hard to get in multiple rounds on a baseball bat in a few short seconds. >> [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: Jackson State University, Thomas Hudson, U.S. Postal Service
Thomas Hudson, a Jackson attorney and Jackson State University alumnus, has been appointed to the position of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action officer for JSU. Hudson is a licensed attorney, mediator and trainer with extensive experience in administering an EEO program. In addition to his work as a private-practice attorney, Hudson worked as a contract EEO [...] [...]
by Chuck McIntosh Published: October 29,2012
Tags: Alma Pittman, Jackson State University, Winston Pittman
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by MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: Jackson State University, Mississippi State University-Meridian, Natasha Randle, The PhD Project
Dr. Natasha Wilkins Randle, a participant in The PhD Project, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure at Mississippi State University-Meridian. She received her Ph.D. in management from Jackson State University. Randle is one of only 291 African-American, management business school professors in the U.S., most of whom have become professors since The PhD [...] [...]
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