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IHL extends contract for Ole Miss Chancellor Boyce
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Thu,06/27/24-3:04PM , 373 Reads 6,138 Statewide
The IHL Board President says Dr. Glenn Boyce has demonstrated a keen ability to lead the university to new levels of success.
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After serving as the assistant principal at Columbia High School for the last three years, Ashley Haddox was named the new principal of Columbia Primary School. She has served in the Columbia School District since 2002, and she brings a positive and growth mindset to her new students. | Photo by Jackson Howell © 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

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Professional Profile: Columbia Primary School Principal Ashley Haddox
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Wed,06/26/24-12:49PM , 1,520 Reads
This week The Columbian-Progress spotlights new
Columbia Primary School Principal Ashley Haddox.

Q: When and where were you born?
A: I was born in Tylertown in 1980.
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Keenum approved for new four-year contract as Miss. State’s president
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Tue,06/25/24-5:36PM , 387 Reads 5,121 Statewide
Dr. Mark Keenum is the institution’s 19th president, taking the reins of the university in January 2009.

The President of Mississippi State University has been contractually renewed for another four years by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL).
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New Mississippi law makes ASL a foreign language credit
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,06/25/24-5:30PM , 430 Reads 6,265 Statewide
American Sign Language will count as a foreign language credit in Mississippi high schools, under a law that goes into effect July 1.
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