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Innovate Mississippi Presents the 2016 John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award to Jon Maynard of the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation

(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announced that the 2016 John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award was presented to Jon Maynard, president and CEO of the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation. Innovate Mississippi presents this award annually, recognizing the outstanding efforts of an individual or organization in forming dynamic and…

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Improved STEM training goal of new federal funding for MSU

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State is receiving a nearly $900,000 National Science Foundation grant to help public schools enhance critical middle-school teaching and learning skills. Awarded to associate professor Dana Franz in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education, the funding supports a three-year interdisciplinary partnership with university…

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Governor Phil Bryant Declares November Innovation Month in Mississippi

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Office of the Governor PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the State of Mississippi recognizes innovation is a powerful engine for economic growth and is committed to promoting the successes and global competitiveness of Mississippi innovators; and WHEREAS, innovation has the power to transform lives and comes in all shapes, sizes…

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MBJ Business Showcase — Enviro-Linen: This business is cleaning up

Like many other successful Mississippi entrepreneurs I’ve known through the years, Bert Rubinski, CEO of Enviro-Linen, as built, sold, and started a number of successful businesses. This is one thing that seems to characterize the successful entrepreneur….namely, a fundamental enthusiasm for starting and building new enterprises. After growing up in…

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