by Associated Press Published: April 16,2013
Tags: budget, cooperative, electricity, energy, executive, federal government, lawmaker, legislative, lights, Politics, power, President, sale, sell, utility
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama’s 2014 budget proposal calls for a strategic review of the TVA, the nation’s largest public utility [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: budget, executive, federal government, governmor, health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, legislation, legislative, legislator, low income, medical, medicine, poor, President, public health, state government
JACKSON — Top Mississippi Republicans say their opposition to Medicaid expansion is getting a boost from an unlikely source — President Barack Obama. The Democratic president released his proposed federal budget yesterday. It includes a one-year delay in reduction of “disproportionate share” Medicaid payments — money hospitals receive for treating large numbers of uninsured patients. [...] [...]
CLARKSDALE — Valmadge Towner of Marks has been named the next president of Coahoma Community College. College trustees chose Towner, selecting him over two internal candidates, vice president of academic affairs Rosetta Howard and vice president of student affairs Gregory Hudson. Towner, director of pupil services for the DeSoto County school district, graduated from Coahoma [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — New University of Southern Mississippi president Rodney Bennett began his first day on the job yesterday speaking with members of local media and meeting with his executive cabinet this morning. USM is also celebrating Founders’ Day. “What a wonderful day to recognize the outstanding achievements of our students, faculty and staff and the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 25,2013
Tags: board, college, education, educator, executive, governor, higher education, methodology, postsecondary education, President, public university, requirement, state agency, teacher education
JACKSON — The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has passed a resolution outlining its position on increasing teacher preparation program entrance requirements at public universities in Mississippi. The resolution outlines the Board’s ongoing support for improving teacher quality and the impact a quality teacher has on students in the classroom. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 18,2013
Tags: board, college, education, executive, executive search, higher education, post-secondary education, postgraduate education, President, trustee, university
ITTA BENA— It appears Mississippi Valley State University is likely to lack a permanent leader for the foreseeable future, even though the College Board has recently named new presidents for two other state universities. The College Board decided not to renew Donna Oliver’s contract at the Itta Bena institution in October, four years after she [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s 15th president, Donald W. Zacharias, has died of complications from multiple sclerosis, the university said yesterday. He was 77. He died late Saturday night, said daughter-in-law Sarah Zacharias of Boulder, Colo. Zacharias was president from 1985-97. Only founding president Stephen D. Lee served longer, the university said in a news [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Rodney Bennett is likely to be appointed president of the University of Southern Mississippi today. Bennett, vice president of student affairs at the University of Georgia, was named the College Board’s preferred candidate to lead 16,000-student USM last week. He would be the first black president of any of Mississippi’s five predominantly white [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2013
Tags: campus, city government, educator, executive, higher education, mayor, municipal, municipality, President, public university, satellite
CANTON — While Madison’s mayor has bristled over Jackson State University’s plan to open a satellite campus in her city, another area mayor says his city would benefit from having a higher education facility. In a letter addressed to JSU president Carolyn Meyers, The Clarion-Ledger reports Canton Mayor William Truly expressed his desire for the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: administrator, community college, education, educator, executive, female, first, higher education, pioneer, President, retire, retirement, retiring, woman
CLARKSDALE — Dr. Vivian Mathews Presley, president of Coahoma Community College for more than two decades, and the first woman to head a community or junior college in the state of Mississippi, will retire June 30. Johnny McGlown, chairman of the board of trustees, says a search committee has been organized to name her successor. [...] [...]
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