CLINTON, Mississippi, April 10 -- Mississippi College issued the following news: Megan Pritchett doesn't like to be bored. As registrar at Mississippi College, she never knows from one day to the next what difficulties she may encounter, what issues she may have to resolve. And she thrives on the uncertainty. "I love a challenge," Pritchett said. "I love people coming to me with disparate things and asking, 'What can we do with this?' I love finding a way to make it work, finding a way to ex  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 10 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University's newest research institute is changing the game for human performance and new technologies. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees earlier this year approved the creation of the Athlete Engineering Institute, formalizing an interdisciplinary research program that has spent the last several years making an impact in sports science, industry, milit  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 10 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State's Institute for the Humanities will host an in-depth discussion this month with a university astrophysicist and historian of science regarding current phenomena in space and what it means to humankind. Part of the Institute's "Conversation with a Humanist" program, "Eclipses, Satellites and Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Is Our Night Sky in Peril?" is scheduled for 3 p.m  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 10 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas will host a public event with the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., cousin and childhood best friend of Emmett Till, in conjunction with the traveling exhibition "Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See." The event will take place at 6 p.m. April 24 at the Spencer Museum. Seating is limited; free tickets are required. Parker was 16 years old and Till was 1  more

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, April 9 -- William Carey University issued the following news: Coach Tracy English has been named director of athletics at William Carey University.English served as interim director since September, replacing D.J. Pulley, who held the post for six years. English is in his 33rd season with Carey Athletics. He is a two-time Carey graduate ('86, '90) and played basketball for Coach Steve Knight from 1980-84. A Hattiesburg High School graduate, English was named Souther  more