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Belhaven presents awards at Annual Honors Convocation

Belhaven presents awards at Annual Honors Convocation

Belhaven University's Annual Honors Convocation awarded some of the highest academic honors to the year's top performing students Thursday.

Many academic awards were presented to students who not only achieved scholastic success, but also showed character, service and spiritual growth. Faculty presenters praised the accomplishments of students and proudly announced the honors award winners.

Congratulations to the following award recipients for 2012:... Read More

MC Law Names Lectureship Series for Retired Judge Payne

MC Law Names Lectureship Series for Retired Judge Payne

Mary Libby Payne, founding dean of the Mississippi College School of Law, will have a lecture series named in her honor on the Jackson campus this fall.

Payne served as the MC law dean from 1975-78. The former MC law professor was among the original members of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. The Mississippian was awarded the Mississippi Medal of Service by Gov. Haley Barbour in 2011... Read More

JPS Middle School Student is first Carson Scholar from Mississippi

JPS Middle School Student is first Carson Scholar from Mississippi

Justin Bell, a sixth grader at Siwell Middle School, has been named a 2012 Carson Scholar by the Carson Scholars Fund. Each year, the Fund recognizes high achieving students in grades 4 – 11 who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and humanitarian qualities.

He is the first Carson Scholar in Mississippi. Students receive a $1,000 college scholarship award and the honor of being named a Carson Scholar... Read More

Outside the Box: The Education Center

Outside the Box: The Education Center

If you walk into The Education Center on Old Canton Road in Fondren, chances are you’ll find what you find at any other high school in the country this time of year. Seniors, anxious – ready to graduate.  What you won’t find is a run of the mill, cookie cutter educational experience. Much like the neighborhood itself, The Ed Center – as it’s often called – is a unique approach to addressing individual needs.  The school for the ‘bad’ kids? Hardly.

Belhaven has Mississippi's only completely green chemistry program

Belhaven has Mississippi's only completely green chemistry program

Student chemist at Belhaven University are experiencing what only a handful of universities across the country ever encounter; a completely green chemistry program.

Last year, Belhaven’s new chemistry professor, Dr. Gary Reid Bishop walked through the doors and completely changed the way the chemistry program operates.

Dr. Bishop, who came from Mississippi College after six years as the Chemistry Department‘s Assistant Professor, believes that social and environmental change begins in the classroom... Read More

2012 -2013 Belhaven Leadership Council Officers Announced

2012 -2013 Belhaven Leadership Council Officers Announced

The Belhaven Leadership Council (BLC) for the 2012-2013 school year was recently announced.

The BLC student representatives for 2012-2013 are:... Read More

  • President – Brad Blakney
  • Vice President – Krista Kliewer
  • Campus Life Coordinator – Hannah Bush
  • Communications Coordinator– Katie Acker
  • Student Coordinator of Activities– Bliss Hatcliff
  • Student Coordinator of Intramurals – Samantha Massoth
  • Community Outreach Coordinator – Katie Rowan
  • Student Ministries Coordinator – Terence Stringfellow
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Hundreds of JPS students shine at JROTC Cadet Review

Hundreds of JPS students shine at JROTC Cadet Review

Jackson Public Schools’ Junior ROTC (JROTC) Cadet Corps conducted its 25th Annual Cadet Pass and Review Ceremony recently at Hughes Field. 

The ceremony involved approximately 1,100 student cadets from the eight high schools within JPS. The program included formation of cadets on the parade field, presentation of national and state flags, honors to the nation, and presentation of Scholastic Excellence Awards to the top academic performing cadet from each JPS high school.

The JPS JROTC Program, is the largest in the state of Mississippi and among the largest in our region

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