CLINTON, Mississippi, May 14 -- Mississippi College issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Students in the School of Nursing and the Physician Assistant Program at Mississippi College are proving that perfection may be attainable after all. Earlier this spring, the Mississippi Board of Nursing informed the MC School of Nursing that all 15 students in the December 2023 graduating class achieved a 100-percent pass rate on their first attempt at taking the National Licensure Examination (NCLE  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, May 14 -- Jackson Public Schools issued the following agency statement on May 13, 2024: * * * While it's hard to say goodbye and part with team members who have become like family, it is our honor to pay tribute to our departing colleagues as they retire, in some cases, from decades of distinguished service. To our retirees, we say thank you for your commitment to serving Jackson Public Schools with excellence throughout your tenure. We wish you success and good health in  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 14 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A junior architecture student at Mississippi State will get a chance to broaden her global perspective with help from a $20,000 Aydelott Travel Award. Yuria J. Sloane of Charleston, South Carolina, plans to travel this summer to Bolivia, Japan, New Zealand and Norway to research the use of architecture as a tool of oppression and liberation for indigenous communities. Her itinerary includes studies of ar  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 14 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State scientists and leading experts in deer and prion research are weighing in on recent news about deer diseases and potential risk to human health. A recent brief published in the journal Neurology stated that in 2022, two hunters from the same hunting lodge were afflicted with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD. Steve Demarais, Mississippi State's Taylor Chair in Applied   more