STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 8 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State communication faculty member--with two recent projects on the state's history lauded with awards--is premiering his documentary "Steve Holland: Jesus Was a Democrat" this month on McComas Hall's mainstage. Rex Allan Jones, assistant professor of broadcast and digital journalism, is screening his award-winning short film and welcoming the production's featured subject--former state le  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 7 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Small Business Development Center are pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Graham as the new center director at MSU. With an extensive background in business development and a passion for fostering small business growth, Graham brings a wealth of experience to this crucial role. As the newly appointed center director, Graham is set to lead the Mis  more

ELLISVILLE, Mississippi, March 7 -- Jones College issued the following news release: Jones College's Math department along with the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics recently sponsored the district level MCTM Math Contest for Jr. High School students. Twenty-eight students from seven Pine Belt area schools spent the morning working out various math problems to earn a spot at the state competition. The following winners of the regional competition will meet at the Mississippi Scho  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 7 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Clinical trial of children who started very early treatment of HIV as newborns highlights outcomes similar to the case of the Mississippi baby reported in 2013, who experienced a more than two-year remission of HIV * * * Research co-led by an investigator at Johns Hopkins Children's Center shows that four children born with HIV who were safely removed from antiretroviral therapy (ART) con  more

ELLISVILLE, Mississippi, March 7 -- Jones College issued the following news release: Southern District Transportation Commissioner, Charles Busby hand delivered a check to Jones College President, Dr. Jesse Smith and Assistant to the President for Facilities Management, Michael Bradshaw to begin a sixth project using the federal Transportation Alternative program funds which are administered through the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Phase two of the Stadium Circle Sidewalk Improveme  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 8 -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release: The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved plans for Western Line Collegiate Academy in the Western Line School District and New Albany Middle School in the New Albany School District to become Schools of Innovation for the 2024-25 school year. The SBE approved a revised renewal of Hattiesburg High School Middle College as a School of Innovation and the Oxford School Dis  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 8 -- The Mississippi State Board of Education issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to add three new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 37 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs to 4-year-old students. This ELC expansion is made possible by $792,500 in state funds to be used by June 2026. State funding for the ELC program has steadily increased   more

CLINTON, Mississippi, March 8 -- Mississippi College issued the following news: If there were a soundtrack to Elizabeth Moore's life, Amy Grant's music would be featured prominently. A fourth-generation MC graduate (B.A. '07, M.Ed. '15) and former admissions counselor at the Christian University, Moore grew up listening to the multiple Grammy Award-winner's music in the church where her father, Charles Wallace, served as minister of music for decades. She sang Grant's arrangements as a member   more

CLINTON, Mississippi, March 7 -- Mississippi College issued the following news: Growing up in Westbury, New York, during the height of the Cold War, Glenn Antizzo became fascinated with international diplomacy. In school, he demonstrated an affinity for social studies - few of his sixth-grade classmates tracked the ramifications of the Angolan Civil War with as much fervor - and his academic passion was ignited by conversations he enjoyed with his grandfather, who challenged his ideas about th  more