by MBJ Staff Published: May 25,2012
Tags: Brent Chistensen, dan mullen, HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi State University, Ole Miss, Pine Belt, University of Florida
Last time the State of Mississippi went to Gainesville, Fla., to fill a job, it scored a winner in Dan Mullen, whom Mississippi State University lured away from the University of Florida football coaching staff to be head Bulldog in Starkville. Consecutive wins over Ole Miss and a pair of bowl victories have the folks [...] [...]

HATTIESBURG — Attorneys for a south Mississippi Waffle House want to limit evidence about criminal activity at the restaurant in a $41 million lawsuit brought by a customer who says he was attacked there in 2010. Charles Eric Hunt claims he was beaten twice at the Waffle House at 3109 U.S. Highway 49 in Hattiesburg [...] [...]

HATTIESBURG — It’s become axiomatic to talk of an overall nursing shortage in the health care profession, but no less of a concern, according to some observers, is the lack of nurses sporting Ph.Ds. William Carey University and the University of Southern Mississippi are both setting up programs to help change that. William Carey will [...] [...]

by MBJ Staff Published: March 23,2012
Tags: BBQ, business fashion, Come See Us, Conventions, golf courses, golfing, HATTIESBURG, Hub City, Lumpkin's BBQ, meetings, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Ocean Springs, shopping, The Alluvian, The Blues, The Crossroads, The Shed, tourism
In this edition of Come See Us — The Five Best BBQ Joints in Mississippi: We searched far and wide for the best of all BBQ in Mississippi — It was a tough job but someone had to do it! Also in this edition: >> Business Fashion: The perfect looks for men and women in [...] [...]

Andreas Moffett has joined the Neel-Schaffer Inc. team in Hattiesburg. Moffett was hired as a full-time employee in January 2012, but has been a part of the Neel-Schaffer family for several years now as a recipient of the Neel-Schaffer Scholarship and as an intern. In 2008, Moffett was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: February 24,2012
Tags: Building Better Business Campaign, Chuck Scianna, Dr. Lance Nail, First Bancshares Inc., HATTIESBURG, Hoppy Cole, Houston Texas, Jana McDonnell, Lou Ann Poynter, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Rita Scianna, Sim-Tex, Tom McDonnell, University of Southern Mississippi, USM Foundation
A recent donation from First Bancshares Inc. put the University of Southern Mississippi over the $8 million mark in its quest to raise $10 million to cover its share of a new 90,000 square foot home for the College of Business. In addition, Southern Miss alumnus Chuck Scianna, a 1975 finance grad and Houston businessman, [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Area Development Partnership, Bruno Mars, Chad Newell, HATTIESBURG, McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Polymer Institute, Rick Duke, The Garden Innovation and Commercialization Park, Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development & Entrepreneurship, University of Southern Mississippi
The job of recruiting for The Garden Innovation and Commercialization Park has landed with economic development specialists Chad Newell and Rick Duke. Their pitches may vary some depending on the prospect’s business sector, but ultimately they are selling the availability of “human capital” accompanied by the promise of shovel-ready lots on which the prospect can [...] [...]

by Amy McCullough Published: February 19,2012
Tags: American Osteopathic Association, American Osteopathic Association Commission, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Darrell E. Lovins, Dr. Clarke Millette, HATTIESBURG, Kirksville College, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, United State, University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, WCU-COM, William Carey University
William Carey University in Hattiesburg opened its College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCU-COM) in fall 2010, and interest in Mississippi’s second medical school is growing. The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson produces more than 100 doctors annually. WCU-COM will soon be doing the same — only their graduates will be DOs, or doctors of [...] [...]

Rayford “Ray” Vaughn of Starkville, a senior Mississippi State University administrator, is being honored by the Kansas State University Alumni Association for professional achievements and distinguished service. Vaughn, the university’s associate vice president for research, has been named a 2012 Alumni Fellow at the Manhattan land-grant institution where he earned master’s and doctoral degrees. Among [...] [...]

by Clay Chandler Published: February 12,2012
Tags: Chancellor Denise Owens, Democrat, Department of Revenue, Derrick Surrette, Ed Morgan, Finance Committee, Gov. Phil Bryant, Haley Barbour, HATTIESBURG, Hinds County Chancery Court, House Ways and Means Chairman, Joe Bloun, Joey Fillingane, Land Appraisal Manual, MAS, Mississippi, Mississippi Association of Supervisors, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Municipal League, Moss Point, Newton, Percy Watson, Politics, republican, Section 42, Sen. Terry Burton, Senate Finance Committee, State Tax Commission, Sumrall, Tommy Robertson
A key hearing this week in Hinds County Chancery Court could go a long way toward changing how tax assessors calculate the tax liability for Section 42 Housing Developments. The Mississippi Association of Supervisors, the Mississippi Municipal League and dozens of towns and cities have sued the Department of Revenue, in an attempt to force [...] [...]