Mississippi Business Journal » Tennessee State University http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 13:11:36 +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 Glover appointed to board http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/25/glover-appointed-to-board/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glover-appointed-to-board http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/25/glover-appointed-to-board/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:01:14 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54440 American Learning Corporation has appointed Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover as a new member of the board of directors. She is a certified public accountant, an attorney and finance administrator and educator. Glover is currently the dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University. She was previously the chairperson of the Department of Accounting [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/25/glover-appointed-to-board/feed/ 0 Jackson State hires first female AD http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/jackson-state-hires-first-female-ad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jackson-state-hires-first-female-ad http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/jackson-state-hires-first-female-ad/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:30:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=43752 JACKSON — Jackson State University has hired Vivian Fuller as its first female athletic director. University President Carolyn Meyers introduced Fuller at a news conference Wednesday. The 56-year-old Fuller replaces Bob Braddy. The Clarion-Ledger reports Fuller’s salary was not immediately available. Braddy had made $100,000. The daughter of a North Carolina sharecropper, Fuller has spent [...]

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