USM
Psychology program ranked first in US
The University of Southern Mississippi’s doctoral program in counseling psychology tops the rankings of similar programs in the U.S., according to California-based Korpis, a data analytics company.
The Southern Miss program’s ranking criteria included the 100 percent passing rate of its students taking the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology. The ranking, which includes more than 60 of the best programs in the country, is found at www.counselingpsychology.org/counseling-psychology-phd-programs.
Delta State University
Parliament member guest speaker
A member of the British Parliament will help honor the U.S. Constitution this month at Delta State University.
David Lammy will be the highlight speaker Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in Jobe Auditorium for the university’s Madison Center annual tribute to the document. The date chosen each year is around Sept. 17 — the original adoption date of the Constitution in 1787.
Lammy’s speech is titled “A Comparison of the British and American Constitutions.”
Born in Tottenham, England in 1972, Lammy studied law at the School of Oriental and African Studies Law School in London.
Admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1994, he then obtained his Masters in Law at Harvard Law School in 1997. He was elected to Parliament at the age of 27 in 2000.
He is the author of “Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots,” a book about the 2011 United Kingdom riots and what must be done to prevent them from happening again. All proceeds from the book are being donated to Tottenham-based charities.
For more information, contact the Madison Center at (662) 846-4087 or jennings@deltastate.edu.
University of Mississippi
Museum features self-taught artists
The University of Mississippi Museum presents “Our Faith Affirmed — Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection” beginning Wednesday through Aug. 8, 2015, featuring artworks created by 27 African-American self-taught artists from the South, all born between 1900 and 1959.
The exhibit, coming in the museum’s 75th year, celebrates a major gift by Bailey, a scholar, collector and curator, of inspired artworks. Many of the artists are widely known and several, most notably, Thornton Dial Sr., Roy Ferdinand, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Charlie Lucas, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Purvis Young, are internationally exhibited.
“I believe that the arts are the cultural mortar that connects diverse communities,” Bailey said in a news release. “The University Museum is a terrific place to pay tribute to African-American, Southern self-taught artists who persevered and, against the odds, created works of genius.”
The University Museum is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. For more information, visit http://museum.olemiss.edu or call (662) 915-7073.
Hinds Community College
School makes ‘Top 100’ list
Hinds Community College was recently named one of the Top 100 degree-producing community colleges in the United States in five categories by the national newspaper, Community College Week.
There are more than 1,000 community colleges nationally.
Hinds Community College ranked 87 of 100 for all two-year “certificates” — associate in applied sciences — for all races and across all disciplines, the only Mississippi community college to make the list. These certificates prepare students for immediate employment.
Hinds has seen a steady increase in the number of graduates — from 2,075 in 2012 to 2,704 in 2014. Hinds has seen a 7 percent increase in degrees and certificates awarded as compared to previous years.
Hinds also ranked 12th in the country for the number of associate degrees awarded to African-American students, a 7 percent increase over 2011-2012.
Hinds ranked 62nd when all minorities are considered, an 8 percent increase; Hinds was the only Mississippi college to make the Top 100 in this category.
MSU
New program sees its first graduate
The first Mississippi State University student to complete degree requirements for a master’s in human development and family studies has graduated from the School of Human Sciences.
Kirsten Ferrell of Horn Lake received her diploma in August and began working with The Early Years Network. She now trains early child care and preschool teachers in northwest Mississippi.
MSU launched the master’s program in human development and family studies in the fall of 2012 and the doctoral program in 2013.
At present, 19 master’s students and 12 doctoral students are enrolled in these graduate programs.
For more information, please visit the department website at www.humansci.msstate.edu or contact graduate coordinator Tommy Phillips at (662) 325-0655 or tphillips@humansci.msstate.edu.