by MBJ Staff Published: May 22,2012
Tags: colleges, education, expansion, grocers, grocery stores, higher education, property, real estate, relocation, Renovations
JACKSON — Virginia College in Jackson is moving into a larger 65,000=square-foot facility located at 5841 Ridgewood Road Virginia College president Milton Anderson and Education Corporation of America CEO Tom Moore made the announcement at a news conference at the college’s current location. A rendering of the new campus was unveiled following their remarks. The [...] [...]
JACKSON — Millsaps College has received an anonymous $1 million endowment gift from the parents of a class of 2012 graduate. Dr. Robert W. Pearigen, president of Millsaps. “The gift was made by parents in honor of the professors and mentors who have changed their child’s life forever and in appreciation of the inspiring experiences [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 18,2012
Tags: education, elementary schools, high schools, junior high schools, kindergarten, public schools, school districts, schools, secondary schools, state agency, state government, superintendent, teachers, teaching
JACKSON — The Mississippi Board of Education plans to name Lynn House as interim state superintendent today. The board chose House, now deputy superintendent for instructional enhancement and internal operations, following a closed meeting yesterday. It will formally ratify the choice today. House, 60, will replace Tom Burnham, who announced earlier this month that he [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 18,2012
Tags: 16th Section land, campers, camping, hikers, hiking, land, lease, outdoors, parks, property, recreation, reral estate, state agency, state government, state parks, wildlife
HANCOCK COUNTY — The Bay-Waveland School District is hoping to re-negotiate a 40-year-old lease in hopes of bringing in more money for the schools. According to public records, the district in conjunction with the Hancock County School District agreed to a 99-year lease of 16th Section land with the state Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Department [...] [...]
CLEVELAND — This fall, Delta State University’s College of Business will introduce three new emphases in the MBA program including human resource management, health care administration and information systems management. Each emphasis is 12 hours in addition to 18 hours of required core courses for the degree. The MBA program is offered identically in both [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, colleges, Community Colleges, courts, discrimination, education, higher education, judges, judicial, judiciary, junior colleges, law, lawsuit
RAYMOND — A federal appeals court has ruled for Hinds Community College in a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, a Mississippi federal judge ordered the school to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she had been the victim of workplace retaliation. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2012
Tags: education, educators, elementary education, elementary schools, high schools, junior high schools, public education, public schools, resignation, resigning, school boards, school districts, schools, secondary education, superintendent
GREENVILLE — Harvey Franklin Sr., superintendent of the Greenville Public School District, has resigned. The Delta Democrat Times reports the school board accepted the resignation during an emergency meeting today. Franklin’s resignation is effective immediately Deputy superintendent Leeson Taylor II has been named “acting interim superintendent” until June 30, the end of the district’s fiscal [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2012
Tags: colleges, education, executive, higher education, learning, presidency, President, state agency, state government, universities
ITTA BENA — Mississippi Valley State University president Donna Oliver shouldn’t be affected by her unsuccessful bid for a college presidency in another state, Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds said. “The fact of the matter is that there are openings all the time, and leaders are always being sought out, so I don’t see this [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2012
Tags: athletes, athletics, budget, colleges, collegiate athletes, collegiate athletics, collegiate sports, debt, education, higher education, sports, universities
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi athletic department’s debt nearly doubled between the start of the 2010-11 fiscal year and fall 2011. An audit acquired through a public records request shows that the department owed $439,255 in fall 2010 and $790,398 last fall, The Hattiesburg American reports. Football was the only sport that did [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 14,2012
Tags: agriculture, colleges, construction, development, dirt, education, higher education, real estate, research, researchers, roadbuilders, roadbuilding, roads, science, scientists, soils, study, universities
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — After 114 years, Mississippi State University and other agencies have completed an acre-by-acre map of Mississippi’s soils — more than 30 million acres. It’s part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey begun in 1899 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Resources Conservation Service. “To map over 30 million acres is a [...] [...]
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