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Mississippi Commissioning and Green Building Company Gains Professional Engineer and UMMC Construction Project - PRWeb 5/17/2012 1:55:09 AM Ole Miss News David Cantrill, CxGBS® Mississippi branch manager, attained advanced licensure to lead Jackson office as the Commissioning Authority for the development of the new University of Mississippi Medical Center’s School of Medicine. Cantrill earned the ... View More...

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing Announces the Addition of New Nurse Anesthesia Program - YAHOO! 5/7/2012 6:56:20 PM Ole Miss News The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing has announced that it will offer the state’s first nurse anesthesia degree program. Classes for the nursing program are set to begin in January 2013. The University of Southern Mississippi School ... View More...

University turnover rate sign of pressure - Jackson Clarion-Ledger 5/9/2012 1:07:23 AM Ole Miss News Turnover among Mississippi's public university leaders is slightly higher than the national average, but local administrators say short presidencies aren't necessarily a cause for concern. Rather, they indicate the growing pressures heaped upon ... View More...

Mississippi State, University of New Orleans get Department of Defense grants - Jackson Clarion-Ledger 5/9/2012 9:06:59 AM Ole Miss News NEW ORLEANS — Mississippi State University and the University of New Orleans are among 100 schools around the country that have won U.S. Department of Defense grants for new equipment costing $50,000 or more. Brandon Taravella, an assistant ... View More...

University of Central Arkansas trustee appointed - KNOE TV8 5/17/2012 12:22:06 AM Ole Miss News Mike Beebe has appointed a Conway man to the University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees ... the group who lingered hours after an early morning deadline to leave.... Mississippi gov to sign voter ID bill Thursday Mississippi Gov. View More...

Mississippi antiabortion activist's zeal born on church doorstep - Los Angeles Times 5/17/2012 7:02:58 AM Ole Miss News "I've often thought that if abortion had been legal in 1942, she probably would have aborted me." He attended the University of Mississippi, where he studied journalism and sided against the segregationists. He says he was arrested twice in civil rights demonstrations. View More...

New Fight on a Speaker at a Catholic University - New York Times 5/16/2012 9:23:08 PM Ole Miss News So there was an uproar when it recently became public that Georgetown University, a Jesuit institution, had invited Ms. Sebelius to speak at an awards ceremony this Friday, its commencement day. The Archdiocese of Washington released a strong ... View More...

Bears shut out Mississippi State, 2-0 - Log Cabin Democrat 5/15/2012 10:35:55 PM Ole Miss News STARKVILLE, Miss. — Ethan McKinzie and Bryce Biggerstaff combined on a seven-hit shutout Tuesday night as the University of Central Arkansas Bears downed Mississippi State 2-0 at historic Dudy Noble Field. McKinzie (1-1), a junior righthander ... View More...

May is MS Awareness Month - Yahoo Finance 5/17/2012 5:15:35 AM Ole Miss News ... will be held on May 31 to give participants the opportunity to ask questions about MS to Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, director of the University of British Columbia Hospital MS Clinic. To know more about the MS Society or become involved with MS ... View More...

McMillin named president of Blue Mountain College - NE Mississippi Daily Journal 5/17/2012 12:10:46 PM Ole Miss News McMillin, 52, is an alumna of Northeast Mississippi Community College, Union University and the University of Mississippi. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Union, McMillin earned both her M.A. and D.A. in English at Ole Miss. View More...