April 27, 2022

Hinds CC, Mississippi Highway Patrol agree to grow law enforcement ranks

By Danny Barrett Jr. Starting in fall 2022, the C.O.R.E. (Candidates on Rapid Entry) program will provide for an MHP officer to be on campus two days a week to assist criminal justice students. Hinds CC, Mississippi Highway Patrol agree to grow law enforcement ranks Hinds Community College and the Mississippi Highway Patrol have partnered

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Dr. LaShundia Carson elected Mississippi Professional Educator’s 2022-2023 president

Courtesy of Alcorn State University Mississippi’s largest professional organization for educators has selected an Alcorn State University faculty member to guide the organization for the upcoming academic year. Dr. LaShundia Carson, acting associate dean for the School of Education and Psychology, was elected president of the Mississippi Professional Educators. Carson served as the faculty advisor

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JSU and MCC join forces with MOU signing

Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State University and Meridian Community College are collaborating to provide MCC students, who finish their two-year degrees, with a seamless transfer to JSU. JSU President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D., and Thomas M. Huebner, Ph.D., president of MCC, signed the agreement on April 22, while surrounded by faculty and staff

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Fisk Installs John Lewis Fellowship Program

by Ashley Benkarski The three Fellowships are focused on policy, arts, and S.T.E.M. and were made possible with the support of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies. Founded in 2019, the Center’s mission is “to foster and advance social justice across every sphere of contemporary society by engendering rigorous research, applying scholarship, artistic production,

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‘Great sign’ or ‘very unfortunate’? Black Lives Matter supporters split over $6M purchase

By Randi Richardson and Claretta Bellamy When Kulia Petzoldt first learned of George Floyd’s death in 2020, she and her teenage daughter ventured to Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, to protest alongside a mass of people demanding justice. Petzoldt, who is white, said growing up around different cultures and having friends who were Black made her feel more

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State and Federal Funding Awarded for Tougaloo College Mansion Preservation

Courtesy of Tougaloo College Historic Tougaloo College is proud to announce it was awarded $270,000 by the National Park Service for the interior preservation of the Robert O. Wilder Building, known as the Mansion. In addition, the Tougaloo College Research Development Foundation, Inc. has been added to Mississippi Senate Bill 2002, which earmarked $1 million

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Two Campus Programs to Bring Awareness to Sexual Assault

By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU In recognition of April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, ASU will sponsor two special programs to bring public awareness to the issue. ASU’s ‘Violence Against Wo(men) Program‘ (VAWP) in coordination with the University’s Theatre Department, Counseling Center, and others, will sponsor two free ‘in-person’ events on campus on April 7. A ‘Stomp-the-Yard Battle‘ will be

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