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Kelsey Davis is a reporter based in the Delta covering education who came to Mississippi from Montgomery, Alabama. She worked for two and a half years at the Montgomery Advertiser covering courts, but she also won awards for her reporting on public housing and the life of a parolee re-entering society. Before that she lived in Texas where she wrote about toxic waste. She graduated from Auburn University and was raised in Mobile.
The Delta town settled by former slaves is a poignant paradox: one that laments that the town isn’t what it was, but knows that it’s still worth fighting for.
Half of the university presidents, a third of the IHL, and the Commissioner of Higher Education have all transitioned out of their roles during the past year.
Social issues send some students packing; sense of duty keeps others at home
The four-day conference, which first began in 2014, offers discussions on education and community, economic opportunities, and social justice
Rankins, the first African-American to oversee Mississippi’s university system, takes over during a time of transition
Nora Miller, senior VP for Administration and CFO for the university, steps into the role July 1
Appointees must be confirmed by the Senate. A new president will be selected after the new members are seated
Some students, and their parents, first heard of the shooting through erroneous Facebook posts
North Bolivar Consolidated School District approves new school’s name, moves forward with consolidation plans
The IHL board has approved the state’s first public-private partnership to build a student housing facility
The district lost 100 students — accounting for nearly $500,000 — in the first year of consolidation under a federal desegregation order
Consolidation comes at a time when areas here have seen a decline in corps members coming to their districts.
More than half of the $38 million in state financial aid awarded last year went to students from financially secure homes, according reports.
Residents fear closure will erase a significant part of the historic town’s story.
Multiracial panel wasn’t around much once school started and rough patches surfaced, but hopes to regroup