Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi State University’
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 [...] [...]
A member of Mississippi State University’s chemical engineering faculty will be honored this summer by a national engineering education organization. Keisha B. Walters, an associate professor, will receive the Raymond W. Fahien Award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s Chemical Engineering Division at its June conference in San Antonio, Texas. The award is given [...] [...]
Cary W. “Bill” Herndon, a long-time leader in Mississippi State University’s Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, has been named the new associate vice president in the division after a national search. Since November 2008, Herndon has served as the head of the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center at Verona, which supports agriculture [...] [...]
Jeff Ely has been appointed to the position of state planning engineer at the Mississippi Department of Transportation. In his new position, Ely will oversee MDOT’s Planning Division, which is responsible for transportation planning studies, mapping, and the collection and reporting of traffic, fuel tax, and roadway data. Ely began his career with MDOT in [...] [...]
Travis B. Moore of Gulfport was recently elected president of the Kiwanis Division 14 Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit organization that serves as the fundraising arm of the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s Kiwanis efforts, including raising money for its sponsored youth programs and other Kiwanis-related programs. Moore, a three-time graduate of Mississippi State University, is [...] [...]
Mississippi State University has named Sam K. Chang as the new head of the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion. Chang has been a professor in the Department of Cereal and Food Sciences at North Dakota State University since 1997. Before joining NDSU in 1984, he served as a research fellow at the [...] [...]
W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor Keith H. Coble of Mississippi State University’s agricultural economics department is receiving the Southeastern Conference’s 2012 Faculty Achievement Award. The SEC honor recognizes university professors for achievement in research, scholarship and service. One faculty member from each SEC institution was selected on the basis of outstanding records in these areas, in [...] [...]
In recognition of his contributions to student well-being at Mississippi State University, Greg Dunaway is receiving the Dean of Students Award of Excellence. He becomes only the second recipient of the honor since its inception in 2007. Dunaway, who was named associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences earlier this year, is a [...] [...]
Paul McKinney is Mississippi State University’s new financial aid director, who brings more than a decade of experience in the field to the position. He previously held the same position since 2006 at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tenn. A financial aid officer in higher education since 1996, he replaces Bruce Crain, who retired. [...] [...]
Stephen Cottrell, assistant director of Mississippi State University’s International Institute, is a 2012 selection for the prestigious Fulbright Scholars Alumni Ambassador program. He will be serving in the new leadership program administered by the Institute of International Education in Washington, D.C. Cottrell received a senior Fulbright Specialist award to Thailand in 2007, followed by a [...] [...]
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