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SEDI Registration Now Open

The State Executive Development Institute is now accepting applications for the next session which will run May 13-18 on the campus of Mississippi State University. Click here to download the application.

Contact Dianne Dyar at dianne@sig.msstate.edu for more information.


Mississippi Community Action Project

The Stennis Institute was awarded a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to conduct a two year pilot program to provide training to communities to increase their participation and success in the planning, decision-making, and leadership processes. This program will incorporate components of First Impressions, YourTown, Mississippi and Selected to Serve programs. The marketing, recruitment and selection of participating communities will begin soon. read more


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Dr. Marty WisemanThe View

Tea Partiers, Evanglicals, and Occupy Wall Streeters: The Struggle to be Influential

Many agree that this will be the most entertaining Presidential election season ever. We are in the Republican preliminaries of the process to see who will go head-to-head against incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama. The general election phase of the contest will feature a months’ long debate centering on our basic system of government and economics. Already the parameters of this debate are being alluded to in apocalyptic terms as well as religious ones.

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Mrs. Lydia QuarlesState and Local Legal Blog

Folks are teaching...who is listening?

Watching the fallout over actions taken by the board of aldermen in Southaven and Ocean Springs has reminded me of what a great responsibility of governance is placed on the shoulder of aldermen, particularly in code charter cities in Mississippi. While given broad discretion in many matters, actions which are arbitrary and capricious are subject [...]

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Mr. Phil HardwickPhil Hardwick's Blog

MDA Funding Opportunity Announcement: STATE ENERGY PROGRAM SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES MINI GRANTS

Below is an RFP from the Mississippi Development Authority. Only local units of government defined as cities, counties, and tribal governments within the state of Mississippi are eligible for participation in this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).***** ***** *****REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOA#EN02172012 The Mississippi Development Authority-Energy Division will accept applications for its U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program...

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Mr. JeffmarkhamCivic Education Blog

Memorial Day

After the conclusion of the Civil War, many locations throughout the U.S. began to set aside a day to remember those who had fallen. Columbus, MS is noted as one of the first communities to honor those who had served and died in the war. According to Dr. David Blight of Yale University, however, the [...]

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Lift Your Voice: Engaging Black America

"If Frederick..."

These two words started an interesting journey for Gwinnett County, Georgia parents and children. As one parent acknowledged, the word questions demonstrated that “racists” still exist. Gwinnett County schools spokesperson Sloan Roach stated that “the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity…We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that [...]

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Marianna PratherMarginalia: Notes on Education Policies and Practices

Reading is Fundamental

Another great program is in dire financial jeopardy due to federal budget cuts. Everyone needs to read today's article in the Clarion Ledger about Reading is Fundamental, a federal program that is doing wonderful work in the state of Mississippi by putting books in the hands of under-privileged children. School and public libraries are good and all, but there is nothing that can compare to owning your own books. The Reading is Fundamental...

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Watching2morrow's Blog

LouiKa TexAr

At the beginning of August 2011, I spent a week in Conway Arkansas at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) attending my second year (Year Two) of the Community Development Institute (CDI). Originating at UCA in 1986, CDI—UCA is one … Continue reading →

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Annual Municipal Salary Survey

2010 Municipal Salary Survey

2010 Municipal Salary Survey

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Annual Municipal Salary Survey

2011 Municipal Salary Survey

2011 Municipal Salary Survey

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Research Briefs

An Overview of Tupelo and Lee County

Research brief looking at various attributes and their changes in regard to Tupelo and Lee County.

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Policy & Research

First Impressions: Hattiesburg

The First Impressions report for the City of Hattiesburg.

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Policy & Research

First Impressions: Pass Christian

This is the First Impressions report for Pass Christian.

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MPB Quorum

The Stennis Institute is a proud supporter of the Quorum on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.  CLICK HERE to see the latest episode.

A&S Giving

Please consider giving to the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State. Click to visit the Giving site.

Stennis-Montgomery Association

smaOur new SMA pages are up. Learn more about our student group by clicking here.

  

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