20062006——20072007 DIRECTORYDIRECTORY 73RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE Issues and Challenges in Regional and Specialty Accreditation In Higher Education PURPOSE In 1921, the founding purpose of MAC was to provide opportunities for all sectors and levels of higher education to meet together, to share concerns, and to discuss common goals and issues. The purpose of the MAC Association shall be to promote goodwill among colleges and universities; to stimulate academic and professional coop- eration among the membership; to consider common problems; to perform an accrediting function for higher education in the state of Mississippi; and to pursue those matters of common interest to the membership. MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 2006-2007 DIRECTORY Foreword The purpose of publishing the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities (MAC) Directory is to assist college administrators in Mississippi in developing a network of resource personnel for assistance in planning and problem solving. Listed individuals receive a direct invitation to the annual conference sponsored by MAC. The president of each institution represented submitted names. The colleges and universities supplied the information for this directory. Rust College and the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Office of Academic and Student Affairs, coordinated its production. Table of Contents MAC Constitution Membership ..........................2 State-Supported Two-year Institutions MAC Institutional Membership List ....................2 Coahoma Community College................35 State Executives for Higher Education ..............3 Copiah-Lincoln Community College .......36 2006 Executive Committee................................3 East Central Community College............38 2006 Section Leaders........................................3 East Mississippi Community College......39 Chief Executive Officers of MAC .......................4 Hinds Community College ......................40 Holmes Community College ...................42 Itawamba Community College................43 State-Supported Four-year Institutions Jones County Junior College..................46 Alcorn State University ......................................6 Meridian Community College..................47 Delta State University ........................................7 Mississippi Delta Community College.....49 Jackson State University ...................................9 MS Gulf Coast Community College ........50 Mississippi State University ...............................13 Northeast MS Community College .........53 Mississippi University for Women ......................15 Northwest MS Community College.........54 Mississippi Valley State University ....................17 Pearl River Community College..............55 University of Mississippi.....................................19 Southwest MS Community College ........56 University of Mississippi Medical Center............21 University of Southern Mississippi .....................23 Sectarian Institutions Reformed Theological Seminary (Grad.) 57 Independent Four-year Institutions Southeastern Baptist College (4-year)....57 Belhaven College ..............................................24 Wesley Biblical Seminary (Grad.) ...........58 Blue Mountain College ......................................26 Wesley College (4-year) .........................58 Magnolia Bible College......................................27 Millsaps College ................................................28 Mississippi Association of Mississippi College ............................................29 Independent Colleges ..........................59 Rust College ......................................................30 MS Institutions of Higher Learning .....59 Tougaloo College ..............................................31 State Board for Community William Carey University....................................33 and Junior Colleges .............................62 - 1 - Membership The Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities Constitution Membership shall be available to those colleges and universities accredited by the Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation (MCCA). Associate membership shall be available to those institutions enjoying provisional accreditation under that Commission and by invitation of the Association to institutions not accredited. Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities 2006 State Supported Four-year Millsaps College Meridian Community College Institutions Jackson, MS 39210 Meridian, MS 39307 Alcorn State University Mississippi College MS Delta Community College Alcorn State, MS 39096-9402 Clinton, MS 39058 Moorhead, MS 38761-0668 Delta State University Rust College MS Gulf Coast Community College Cleveland, MS 38733 Holly Springs, MS 38635 Perkinston, MS 39573 Jackson State University Tougaloo College Northeast MS Community College Jackson, MS 39217 Tougaloo, MS 39174 Booneville, MS 38829 Mississippi State University William Carey University Northwest MS Community College Mississippi State, MS 39762 Hattiesburg, MS 39401-5499 Senatobia, MS 38668 Mississippi University for Women State Supported Two-year Pearl River Community College Columbus, MS 39701 Institutions Poplarville, MS 39470 Mississippi Valley State University Coahoma Community College Southwest MS Community College Itta Bena, MS 38941-1400 Clarksdale, MS 38614-9799 Summit, MS 39666 University of Mississippi Copiah-Lincoln Community College Sectarian Institutions University, MS 38677-1848 Wesson, MS 39191 (Four-year and Graduate) University of MS Medical Center East Central Community College Reformed Theological Seminary Jackson, MS 39216-4505 Decatur, MS 39327 (Graduate) Jackson, MS 39209 University of Southern Mississippi East MS Community College Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Scooba, MS 39358 Southeastern Baptist College (Four-year) Hinds Community College Laurel, MS 39440-8000 Independent Four-year Raymond, MS 39154-1100 Institutions Wesley Biblical Seminary Holmes Community College (Graduate) Belhaven College Goodman, MS 39079 Jackson, MS 39206 Jackson, MS 39202 Itawamba Community College Wesley College Blue Mountain College Fulton, MS 38843 (Four-year) Blue Mountain, MS 38610 Florence, MS 39073 Jones County Junior College Magnolia Bible College Ellisville, MS 39437 Kosciusko, MS 39090 - 2 - MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 2006-2007 DIRECTORY State Executives for Higher Education Dr. Thomas C. Meredith Dr. Wayne Stonecypher Commissioner of Higher Education Executive Director Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning State Board for Community and Junior Colleges 3825 Ridgewood Road 3825 Ridgewood Road Jackson, MS 39211 Jackson, MS 39211 601.432.6623 601.432.6518 Dr. David L. Beckley, Chair For more information, contact: Dr. E. Harold Fisher, Executive Director-Treasurer Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges Office of the Secretary-Treasurer P. O. Box 2933 3825 Ridgewood Road Ridgeland, MS 39158 Jackson, MS 39211 601.957.2052 601.432.6372 2006 MAC Executive Committee President Secretary-Treasurer Dr. S. Lance Sherer (2006) Dr. David L. Beckley, President Dr. Mary A. Ware President, Wesley College Rust College Director of Nursing Education Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Oliver Young (2008) Immediate Past President Mississippi Institutions of Higher President, Southwest MS Dr. Ronald Mason Jr., President Learning Community College Jackson State University Directors: Dr. Malvin A. Williams (2007) President-Elect Dr. Claudia Limbert (2007) Interim President Dr. Johnny Allen, President President Alcorn State University Northeast MS Community Mississippi University for Women (MCCA Rep.; fills the unexpired term College of Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr.) 2006 Section Leaders Admissions/Registrars Development/Alumni Officers Student Development Officers Mr. Chad Phillips Dr. Ishmell H. Edwards Dr. Eric W. Jackson Mississippi College Vice President Dean of Students Rust College Rust College Chief Academic Officers Dr. John Thornell, Provost and Distance Learning/Continuing Technology VP for Academic Affairs Education Directors Dr. Willie Brown, Vice President Delta State University Ms. Gwendolyn Dooley, Director for Information Management Special Academic Jackson State University Chief Financial Officers Credit Programs Mr. Don Manning-Miller Jackson State University Vice President for Finance Rust College 2006 MAC Conference Site Coordinator: Mrs. Willa Terry, President’s Office Manager, Rust College. - 3 - Chief Executive Officers Dr. Phil A. Sutphin, President Dr. Garvis Semore, President Mississippi Association East Central Community College Magnolia Bible College P. O. Box 129 P. O. Box 1109 of Colleges and Universities Decatur, MS 39327 Kosciusko, MS 39090 601.635.6200 662.289.2896, Ext. 101 Dr. Malvin A. Williams Fax: 601.635.4011 Fax: 662.289.1850 Interim President [email protected] [email protected] Alcorn State University 1000 ASU Drive #359 Dr. Rick Young, President Dr. Scott Elliott, President Alcorn State, MS 39096-9402 East MS Community College Meridian Community College 601.877.6111 P. O. Box 158 910 Highway 19 N Fax: 601.877.2975 Scooba, MS 39358 Meridian, MS 39307 [email protected] 662.476.8442 601.484.8619 Fax: 662.476.5058 Fax: 601.481.1305 Dr. Roger Parrott, President [email protected] [email protected] Belhaven College 1500 Peachtree Street Dr. Clyde Muse, President Dr. Frances Lucas, President Jackson, MS 39202 Hinds Community College Millsaps