Mississippi Business Journal » Middle Tennessee State University http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bennett becomes first black president of major Mississippi university http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/bennett-becomes-first-black-president-of-major-mississippi-university/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bennett-becomes-first-black-president-of-major-mississippi-university http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/bennett-becomes-first-black-president-of-major-mississippi-university/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:20:13 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=69362 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/bennett-becomes-first-black-president-of-major-mississippi-university/feed/ 0 1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/23/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/23/1-in-2-new-graduates-are-jobless-or-underemployed/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:59:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56084 WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge. Young adults with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage [...]

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