by Cathy Hayden | Jul 22, 2013 | News
VICKSBURG – Anyone interested in attending the upcoming Vicksburg Area Job Fair should attend a free workshop that will help in preparing a job application and resume as well as helping with job interview skills. The workshop is 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Aug. 1 at the...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 22, 2013 | News
PEARL– Local service members, whether active or retired, and their families will be recognized at ºÚÁÏÍø’s Military Appreciation Day at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus. The July 31 event, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., will feature a number of local veterans...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 22, 2013 | News
ºÚÁÏÍø has named Dr. Tyrone Jackson as District Dean of Students and Dean of Students for the Raymond Campus as of Aug. 1. He replaces Dr. Barbara Blankenship, who retired in June. Originally from Rosedale, located in the Mississippi Delta, Jackson...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 22, 2013 | News
Local communities can learn more about the ºÚÁÏÍø’s Utica Campus and Hinds Agricultural High School during a series of Community Days that also include a meet-and-greet with new Vice President Dr. Debra Mays-Jackson, who is an alumna. The Community...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 19, 2013 | News
The Minority Male Leadership Initiative (M2M), based at ºÚÁÏÍø’s Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center on Sunset Drive, is now accepting applications for entrance into the program for all first-time, full-time, African-American males enrolled for...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 18, 2013 | News
The Utica Campus of ºÚÁÏÍø recently hosted 15 future business owners during a 10-day Dream Builders Entrepreneurship Institute. The participants were high school students from Jackson, Hazlehurst, Utica, Terry and Harrisville. During the Institute,...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 18, 2013 | News
The Utica Campus of ºÚÁÏÍø recently sponsored its 11th Holtzclaw Teacher Education Summer Institute for  college students pursuing a career in teacher education. Twenty students were selected to participate in the month-long Institute that was...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 9, 2013 | News
Joe Nelson Jr., a graduate of Hinds Agricultural High School and Hinds’ Utica Campus, was recently named the Mississippi Middle Level Principal of the Year by the Mississippi Association of Secondary School Principals. The MetLife/ National Association of Secondary...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 8, 2013 | News
Registration is open until Thursday, July 11 for the ºÚÁÏÍø, Creative Learning Fifty-Plus, annual intergenerational summer enrichment program, Camp Silver Eagle. The camp is Monday-Friday, July 15-19. The hours for Monday-Thursday are 8:30 a.m. to...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 8, 2013 | News
The Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the selection of Dr. Debra Mays-Jackson as the new vice president for the Utica Campus, Vicksburg-Warren Campus and Administrative Services, replacing Dr. George Barnes. She will oversee the operation of both campuses and...
