by MBJ Staff Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Marc Massengale, Northwestern Mutual, University of Mississippi
Marc Massengale of Northwestern Mutual has received the chartered retirement plans specialist (CRPS) designation from the College for Financial Planning. Massengale is a representative of Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and holds a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Mississippi. [...]
by Lisa Monti Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Mississippi Small Business Development Center, small business, U.S. Small Business Administration, University of Mississippi
The Mississippi Small Business Development Centers have been providing a helping hand to start ups and existing businesses since the 1980s in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The MSBDC’s lead operation and administrative offices are housed at the University of Mississippi and there are seven centers and 17 counselors statewide. Over the last [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 15,2013
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC attorney Adam J. Spicer has been appointed co-chair of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation Mass Torts Committee for 2013-14. Spicer is a member of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group. He focuses his practice on mass [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: February 8,2013
Tags: college courses, distance learning, e-learning, Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi
As people around the world are increasingly connected by technology, universities are using the Internet to attract more students. Online courses — distance learning — are growing with a long list of offerings, and university officials say almost any course can be taught online. “I believe distance education is growing nationally,” said Michael K. Busby, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: Joe Webster, Mississippi Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
Former Coahoma County Court Judge Joe Webster died Jan. 16 after a traffic accident in Clarksdale. Webster, 65, of Clarksdale, continued to preside over cases as a senior status judge by appointment of the Mississippi Supreme Court. He handled 15 cases by appointment of the Supreme Court in 2012. Webster served as a County Court [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: Haley Barbour, Jack Norris, Mississippi State Port Authority, Phil Bryant, University of Mississippi
Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed Gulf Coast business leader Jack Norris to the Mississippi State Port Authority Board of Commissioners. Norris will assume the unexpired term of former port commissioner Frances Turnage, who resigned Dec. 14, 2012. Norris is president of the Gulf Coast Business Council. He previously served under Gov. Haley Barbour as executive [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 28,2012
Tags: John Boydstun, Regions Bank, University of Mississippi
Regions Bank has named John Boydstun vice president, commercial banking relationship manager. A native of Baton Rouge, La., Boydstun has seven years of banking experience, and most recently served as a community banking relationship manager for Regions in Baton Rouge. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi and his M.B.A. from the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 7,2012
Tags: Cheryn Baker, Mississippi Secretary of State, University of Mississippi
Cheryn Baker has rejoined the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office as assistant secretary of state of the Securities Division. Prior to her return, she acted as corporate counsel to Hancock Bank in Gulfport. She previously served as assistant secretary of state of the Policy and Research Division. A Lexington native, Baker graduated magna cum laude [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: November 23,2012
Tags: Champions for Change, Kyle Veazey, Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi
Kyle Veazey, an Ole Miss journalism graduate and a sports enterprise reporter for the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, has written a book about Mississippi State University’s 1962-63 men’s basketball team, which defied an unwritten Mississippi law that forbade the state’s college teams from competing against integrated squads. “Champions for Change” is Veazey’s first book. Q [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: November 2,2012
Tags: espn, Ghosts of Ole Miss, integration, James Meredith, Johnny Vaught, Racism, University of Mississippi, Wright Thompson
Wright Thompson makes the point, “What is the cost of knowing our past, and what is the cost of not?” As Mississippians, we probably don’t talk about the past enough. We want to sweep it under the rug and move on, but in the recently aired “Ghosts of Ole Miss,” ESPN’s “30 for 30” series [...] [...]
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