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Mississippi Valley State University is first HBCU to offer prison college

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3 years ago

June 4, 2022

rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-06-03 13:28:00

Mississippi Valley State University will be first HBCU to offer 4-year college program to incarcerated people.

Incarcerated people at two prisons in the Delta will be able to start earning four-year degrees from Mississippi Valley State University this fall for the first time in more than two decades.

Valley State’s Prison Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) is part of a growing number of colleges providing classes in prison with Second Chance Pell, a federal program that is restoring access to…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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2 years ago

March 12, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-12 21:36:08

Southern Miss men’s basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.

The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.

Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.

Alcorn State (18-13), which won the…

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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2 years ago

March 9, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-09 13:31:52

Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.

Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.

See what made it past Wednesday’s deadline, and what did not.