Alcorn State University News

ADAMS COUNTY a ' Rentech Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with 13 domestic and international passenger and cargo carriers that is intended to serve as a framework for a future definitive supply agreement for certified jet fuel from Rentech's proposed synthetic fuels and power facility in Adams County near Natchez.

Alcorn State University President George E. Ross is leaving the Mississippi campus to take a job in Michigan.

The last week was full of Christmas cheer. With three parades, a concert, caroling and a few visits from Santa, any Scrooges out there have had their chance to change their ways.

Central Michigan University's new president will come back to the campus he left to take a job leading Alcorn State University in Mississippi.

Central Michigan University has a new leader. The college's Board of Trustees today hired George E. Ross as the school's 14th president.

Arranged by Port Gibson Mayor Fred Reeves, Dr. Girish Panicker, director of the Center for Conservation Research at Alcorn State University had a detailed discussion with Rep.

William McCrary sees construction opportunities for his firm in the Mid-South. View Larger Summit Brantley Building Innovations , a Jackson, Tenn.-based general contractor and materials supplier, is opening a Memphis office to reach the Memphis, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri marketplace.

Every corner of St. Mary Basilica will be filled with joyful noises come Sunday night.

Natchezians need to stock up on toothpaste and dental floss because in February their smiles will be on display.

In March, Alcorn State University President George E. Ross will return to Central Michigan University as the institution's new president, university officials said Thursday.

Travis Dyar received an Associate's degree from Hinds Community College and a teacher's certificate from Alcorn State University.

Up in Starkville, Mark Keenum, president of Mississippi State University, is telling his faculty to come to grips with the very real possibility that actual state dollars provided in 2012 could be 23 percent less than actual state dollars pledged when this fiscal year began.

This higher ed merger of Jackson State University, Alcorn State University and Mississippi Valley State University smells like segregation, whether intended or not.

University leaders say they worry that talk of mergers will impact their ability to recruit students and raise money during a time when both are needed.

Gov. Haley Barbour didn't just present his annual executive budget Monday: He proposed remaking state government with what he termed "very significant, major, dramatic ways to reduce spending." "What I propose is to change the way we do a lot of things," he said.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA/1890 National Scholars Program applications for the 2010 academic school year now are being accepted.

Leadership, leadership, leadership this word has recently been uttered in many circles within our community, especially while the process and procedures of our most recent elections are being carried out.

LORMAN a ' More Russian students are expected to come to study at Alcorn State University as a result of a recent visit by ASU president George E. Ross and a group of senior administrators to Voronezh, Russia.

Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.

Mississippi governor Haley Barbour proposes to consolidate the state's three Historically Black Colleges and Universities into a single school.