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State Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Tuesday July 02, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Jones College FBLA Earn 1st Place in National Competition
ELLISVILLE, Mississippi, July 2 -- Jones College issued the following news release: Perhaps a little Disney "magic" helped Jones College's FBLA students earn two, first-place trophies in national competition in Orlando, Florida recently. The 2024 Collegiate National Leadership Conference of Future Business Leaders of America, Inc., (FBLA) the nation's largest Career and Technical Student Organization focused solely on business, attracted more than 1000 college students and educators from across  more

Minn. Pollution Control Agency Targets PFAS in Draft Wastewater Permit for 3M's Cottage Grove Facility
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 2 -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following news on July 1, 2024: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)'s draft wastewater permit for the 3M facility at Cottage Grove, released today, adds new water quality protections for the Mississippi River and improves accountability through monitoring and reporting requirements. The draft permit is one of the most rigorous in state history and mandates the removal of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl s  more

MSU-Meridian's Carr Selected as American Academy of Nursing Fellow
MERIDIAN, Mississippi, July 2 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: The prestigious American Academy of Nursing, a competitive honor society rewarding extraordinary contributions to improve healthcare locally and globally, this week named Mississippi State University-Meridian's Kayla Carr a 2024 fellow. A nursing professor and director of the Accelerated Master of Science in Nursing program in MSU-Meridian's new School of Nursing, Carr joins two colleagues already  more