Posts Tagged ‘Rodney Bennett’

OUR VIEW: USM makes right call by calling off tornado relief campaign

by MBJ Staff Published: May 24,2013

Tags: HATTIESBURG, Moore, Oklahoma, Rodney Bennett, tornadoes, University of Southern Mississippi

We have all seen the pictures, read the reports and heard the stories coming out of Moore, Okla. The cost of a massive tornado that battered the Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished [...] [...]

Bennett becomes first black president of major Mississippi university

by Stephen McDill Published: February 7,2013

Tags: education, HATTIESBURG, HCBU, IHL, Middle Tennessee State University, Rodney Bennett, Tennessee State University, University of Southern Mississippi

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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