30TH ANNUAL HEADWAE PROGRAM TO BE HELD TOMORROW
2/20/2017 - Jackson, Miss.
MEC President & CEO Blake Wilson to chair event
Dr. Rod Paige, Interim President of Jackson State University, 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 21, 2017- 10:00 a.m.: Governor Phil Bryant to welcome honorees and guests, Room 216, State Capitol
- 11:45 a.m.: Awards Luncheon, Windsor Ballrooms I, II, & III, Marriott Hotel, 200 East Amite Street, Jackson
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| LUNCHEON SPEAKERS: | - Dr. Rod Paige, Interim President of Jackson State University, Keynote Speaker
- Blake Wilson, President & CEO, Mississippi Economic Council, HEADWAE Chair
- Dr. Glenn Boyce, Commissioner of Higher Education
- Dr. Andrea Mayfield, Executive Director, Mississippi Community College Board
- Dr. E. Harold Fisher, Chair, Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Senator Terry C. Burton, Senate President Pro Tempore
- Senator Josh Harkins, Chair, Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
- Senator Hillman T. Frazier, Vice Chair, Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
- Representative Greg Holloway, Vice Chair, House Universities and Colleges Committee
- Representative Debra Gibbs, Member, House Banking & Financial Services, Judiciary A, Judiciary En Banc, Medicaid, Municipalities, and Public Health and Human Services committees
- Dr. Susan P. Lee, Associate Commissioner of Academic and Student Affairs, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning; Secretary-Treasurer, Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities
- Dr. Mark Keenum, President, Mississippi State University; President, Mississippi Associations of Colleges and Universities
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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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