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29TH ANNUAL HEADWAE PROGRAM TO BE HELD TOMORROW

2/1/2016 - Jackson, Miss.

MEC President & CEO Blake Wilson to chair event

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. Vice President of Manufacturing Sean Suggs to deliver keynote address

                              
WHO:Outstanding students and faculty members from 34 Mississippi public and private universities and colleges
WHAT:Receive special recognition from the Mississippi Legislature
WHEN:

February 2, 2016

       
  • 10:00 a.m.: Governor Phil Bryant to welcome honorees and guests, Room 216, State Capitol
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  • 11:45 a.m.: Awards Luncheon, Windsor Ballrooms I, II, & III, Marriott Hotel, 200 East Amite Street, Jackson
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    LUNCHEON SPEAKERS:
          
  • Sean Suggs, Vice President of Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc., Keynote Speaker
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  • Blake Wilson, President & CEO, Mississippi Economic Council, HEADWAE Chair
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  • Dr. Glenn Boyce, Commissioner of Higher Education
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  • Dr. Andrea Mayfield, Executive Director, Mississippi Community College Board
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  • Dr. E. Harold Fisher, Chair, Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
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  • Senator Terry C. Burton, Senate President Pro Tempore
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  • Senator Josh Harkins, Chair, Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
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  • Senator Hillman T. Frazier, Vice Chair, Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
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  • Representative Greg Holloway, Vice Chair, House Universities and Colleges Committee
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  • Representative Sonya Willaims-Barnes, Member, House Education Committee
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  • Dr. Susan P. Lee, Interim Associate Commissioner of Academic and Student Affairs, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
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  • Dr. Ronald Nettles, President, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
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    The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning governs the public universities in Mississippi, including Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State University including the Mississippi State University Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi University for Women; Mississippi Valley State University; the University of Mississippi including the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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