MURFREESBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 7 (TNSPer) -- Chowan University issued the following news: Chowan University President, Kirk E. Peterson, was appointed to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board of Trustees, Class of 2024. Dr. Peterson's three-year term began on January 1, 2022, and concludes on December 31, 2024. SACSCOC is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern region, which in more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 6 (TNSPer) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2022: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce the addition of three new Members (Partners) of the firm, all of whom were formerly Of Counsel at McGlinchey: * Mikelle Bliss (Commercial Litigation, New York City) * Lynette Hotchkiss (Consumer Financial Services Compliance, Nashville) * Michael Odom (Real Estate, Birmingham) Charles "Chase" Stoecker (Labor and Employment, more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Jan. 8 (TNSPro) -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Centenary College is adding to its strong existing programs in the sciences with a new bachelor of science in kinesiology degree that will be available to students beginning in January 2022. The new program opens opportunities in a variety of allied health fields as well as careers and graduate training in cardiac rehabilitation, athletic training, personal training, and coaching. Studen more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Jan. 8 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Contractors Educational Trust Fund has donated $50,000 to Nicholls State University to pay for need-based scholarships in the wake of Hurricane Ida. As designated by the gift, the money will go to students who are struggling to pay tuition, room and board. "We knew that Nicholls and its students were hurting after Hurricane Ida and that we could help," said Vic Weston, CETF board member.  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 5 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Mississippi will soon begin construction on a $14-million project aimed at improving reliability and modernizing transmission and substation infrastructure that serves customers in southwest Mississippi. Crews will be working to expand the Franklin 500 kV Substation which will reside on existing land owned by the company in Franklin County, Mississippi. To better serve customers, Entergy Mississippi will insta more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 7 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 6, 2022: * * * A year ago today, our nation's Capitol witnessed a violent insurrection led by the GOP. Resulting in several deaths, injuries to police officers, and unthinkable damage to the state of our Democracy, this was one of the darkest days our country has seen in recent history. Louisiana's Republican Delegation not only aided in this effort, but a year later continue to cover up an more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 5 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Jan. 4, 2022: Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced the start of construction on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. The project is a part of the large-scale restoration strategy for the Pontchartrain Basin to reestablish the bay rim and intertidal marsh habitat in the area. "I want to thank CPRA for their work in advancing this record-breaking effort to restore hundreds more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 6 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards took the historic action of signing Louisiana's first posthumous pardon of Mr. Homer A. Plessy, who was convicted of violating Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890, the purpose of which was to ensure racial segregation as a means to promote white supremacy. Gov. Edwards was joined by descendants of Homer A. Plessy, Justice John Harlan, and Judge John Ferguson, as well as by Sou more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Jan. 5 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. William O'Brochta, Louisiana Tech University Assistant Professor of Political Science, recently published an article focused on politician attendance in the United Kingdom's House of Lords. The article, titled "Do Peers respond? Attendance and critical events," was published in the journal British Politics in January. The article is supported by O'Brochta's post on the blog UK in a Changing Europe: h more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: To help companies around the world create their own safety documentation, Dr. Joseph Williams, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in Louisiana Tech's College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded a Career Advancement Research Grant. The $1,200 grant will help Williams complete his research project which will become a book, Readying for Risk: Analyzing + Creating Effective Company Saf more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Jan. 4 (TNSOps) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Four Mississippi State students were among only 30 chosen nationwide to participate in a recent training conference for college students entering the meat science industry. The MSU students traveled to Smithfield, Virginia, for the Smithfield Foods INTEGRATE program, where they worked closely with other meat science students to expand their view of industry careers. MSU student participants inc more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 5 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine and mask mandate on the Head Start programs in the following states: Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missour more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 4 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: A federal judge has again sided with Attorney General Alan Wilson and blocked the Head Start vaccine and mask mandate. This is the fourth time courts have agreed with Attorney General Wilson and blocked vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden administration. Judge Terry Doughty in the U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana Monroe District issued a preliminary injunction y more PR