Mississippi Business Journal » trainer http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MSU professor lends expertise to Nigerian catfish farmers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/03/msu-professor-lends-expertise-to-nigerian-catfish-farmers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msu-professor-lends-expertise-to-nigerian-catfish-farmers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/03/msu-professor-lends-expertise-to-nigerian-catfish-farmers/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:17:46 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63417 STARKVILLE — Commercially grown catfish in North America or Africa face similar challenges, a fact that sent one Mississippi State University veterinarian on a training mission to Nigeria in June. Dr. Skip Jack, a professor of pathobiology and population medicine at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, spent almost three weeks teaching Nigerian catfish farmers, veterinarians [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/27/woman-accused-of-posing-as-osha-trainer-bilked-fisherman-for-200k/feed/ 0 Two-year schools want $101.7M budget increase for 2014 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/21/two-year-schools-want-101-7m-budget-increase-for-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-year-schools-want-101-7m-budget-increase-for-2014 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/21/two-year-schools-want-101-7m-budget-increase-for-2014/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:57:51 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62918 JACKSON — Mississippi’s 15 community and junior colleges are seeking an additional $101.7 million in the 2014 budget year, again arguing that they’ve been particularly ill-treated in recent state spending plans. Eric Clark, executive director of the Community College Board, told lawmakers yesterday money would go to expand worker training, buy new equipment to train [...]

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