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
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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
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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. [...] [...]
MOORHEAD — Mississippi Delta Community College has introduced Larry Nabors as its eighth president. The 56-year-old Nabors is currently the executive vice president at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Nabors visited with staff and students on the Moorhead campus of the two-year school on Wednesday. He will work with Interim [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
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ITTA BENA — The state College Board has named Alfred Rankins Jr. as acting president of Mississippi Valley State University. He was meeting with students, faculty and staff yesrterday in Itta Bena. In October, the board declined to retain current president Donna Oliver. Her contract runs through Dec. 31, although she is expected to take [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Former University of Southern Mississippi president Martha Saunders has been hired for a provost position at the University of West Florida. The Hattiesburg American reports Saunders is the new provost and vice president of academic affairs of the University of West Florida. UWF is in Pensacola, Fla., and has about 13,000 students. It’s [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — His lease renewed in trying economic times, President Barack Obama claimed a second term from an incredibly divided electorate and immediately braced for daunting challenges and progress that comes only in fits and starts. “We have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 8,2012
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are encouraging the Obama administration to work toward a Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement agreement that meets both the ecological and economic recovery needs in Gulf Coast states affected by the 2010 disaster. Cochran and Wicker are among eight senators who have signed a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 2,2012
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HATTIESBURG — J. Ralph Noonkester, who served as president of William Carey University for 33 years, has died at the age of 88. Officials with Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg say Noonkester died early Monday after a brief illness. The cause of death was not released. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University president Mark Keenum says the university is undergoing massive infrastructure upgrades and expects record fall enrollment. Keenum, a Corinth High School graduate, told the Daily Corinthian the university set a record enrollment last fall with 20,400 students, and expects to top the total this fall. The university has five campuses [...] [...]
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