Mississippi Valley State University is located in Itta Bena, Mississippi, the heart of Mississippi Delta. The university is providing undergraduate, graduate, and public service programs for the region. In 1946, legislation authorizing the establishment of the institution under the name Mississippi Vocational College was enacted by the Mississippi Legislature. The express purpose for the new college was to train teachers for rural and elementary schools and to provide vocational training. The first academic year was started in 1950-51 with 14 regular students and seven faculty members. The college offered the Bachelor of Science degree in 14 areas and provided Extension Services. Mississippi Valley College was authorized to offer the liberal arts degree. It also offer the science and education degrees. The university now offers the master’s degree in environmental health, elementary education, and criminal justice. The university also gives master’s degree in business administration, special education, rural public policy and the Master of Arts in teaching.

The University gives all the needs for a student. The university gives all the technical supports to the students. It allows good labs and a good computer services to the students of the university. Computer service is dedicated to providing stable and up-to-date technology. It supports services for the faculty, staff and students of Mississippi Valley State University. The department responds to the needs of the Delta region of the state of Mississippi for accessible, relevant and quality technological needs for undergraduate, graduate, and some public service programs. Academic Computing Services also function as a leader in the implementation and utilization of new technologies. Technology is a very important tool that assists in the achievement of this goal.

Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Rick Landreaux
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The Mississippi State is home to some of my favorite things- catfish, sweet potatoes, and rootbeer (invented in Biloxi in 1898). Mississippi’s Treasury Department has also become home to something that’s on top of my list and probably yours as well – money. Mississippi unclaimed money, to be exact. “Nearly 1 in 5 Mississippians have money representing over $38 million that needs to be claimed,” stated Mississippi State Treasurer Tate Reeves in a recent press release. This is certainly good news for the numerous families that suffered hurricane losses in recent years, and are now dealing with serious setbacks in their budgets.

According to a recent report by NBC’s Dateline, a number of lucky Mississippians were recently reunited with their lost funds and it was actually a pleasant shock for most of them. A Biloxi, MS resident found out he had $30,000 from an investment his deceased father didn’t tell him about. A couple who had lost everything to the recent hurricane received $250,000 from Mississippi unclaimed property. Another woman who was struggling to rebuild homes for her mother and herself received $100,000. Gordon White, was in the middle of building his dream home when Katrina hit and was forced to live in a trailer had $200,000 from bank stock shares his father had kept secret. One of the biggest claims given-out yet was to a Vietnam veteran who was forced to retire from his job as a company supervisor due to post-traumatic stress. Turns-out he was owed almost a million dollars from old company stocks he had forgotten about after retiring from said company.

Posted on March 25th, 2008 by John Thornhill
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The state of Mississippi is clearly the gatekeeper for the mighty Mississippi river. This river is an economic necessity to the vitality of the United States and indeed to the state of Mississippi itself. The river is used as a transportation conduit that sends millions of tons of products up the river every year. Hurricane Katrina temporarily impaired the ability of people to use the Mississippi for transportation services and thus severely impaired the local and national economy.

Mississippi is also very important to the nation’s energy production. It has several refineries in the state that are responsible for converting crude oil into gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products. Hurricane Katrina’s destruction not only harmed the local Mississippi economy, but it also did some major damage to the nation as a whole.

Posted on February 24th, 2008 by Sarah Baltic
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The state of Mississippi is clearly the gatekeeper for the mighty Mississippi river. This river is an economic necessity to the vitality of the United States and indeed to the state of Mississippi itself. The river is used as a transportation conduit that sends millions of tons of products up the river every year. Hurricane Katrina temporarily impaired the ability of people to use the Mississippi for transportation services and thus severely impaired the local and national economy.

The economic impact of the hurricane was such that it caused a large hike in the energy prices of the nation. Since no less than twenty-five percent of the petroleum comes from the states on the Gulf Coast, the impact on the national economy was severe. The nation struggled to stabilize the supply and prices. But the impact on the local economy has been much larger as the petroleum business constitutes nearly eighty percent of the total mineral production in Mississippi. The destruction to the offshore fishing industry in Mississippi was also devastating to the state but it did not have anywhere near the impact as the loss of the refining facilities. Biloxi is a major hub for the shrimp industry and it was virtually wiped out by Katrina. But no matter how terrible the destruction of Hurricane Katrina was, the state will not only survive, it will eventually thrive. The money being used to rebuild the Gulf Coast states like Mississippi that were damaged by the hurricane will ultimately create a stronger state with an even brighter economic future.

Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Rick Landreaux
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Saltwater fishing Mississippi is one of the Gulf Coast’s best kept secrets. Only the diehard fishermen of the world know of the great expectations of this region. Saltwater fishing Mississippi used to be more abundant than it is today because of the last great hurricane, Katrina. The fish are still here in swarms, but the people are not. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is not what it used to be. But this coast is still the home to the Biloxi Marsh or sometimes called “The Land of the Giants”. Saltwater fishing Mississippi is known for this marsh. When fishermen cast their lines here, it is not about how many fish you catch, but how many pounds you bring home. Big monster redfish, black drum and speckled trout are all common in this area. Saltwater fishing Mississippi is the premier saltwater fishing location in the mainland United States.

Hurricane Katrina definitely has done damage to the saltwater fishing Mississippi tourist industry. No longer will one see the stretches of beach full of seafood restaurants and motels which once catered to the saltwater fishing Mississippi area. These have all been washed away. However, the piers have been rebuilt and the charter boats can still be seen dotting the horizon. Saltwater fishing Mississippi may have taken a big hit, but it is climbing back slowly. The big casinos have been rebuilt and the area is beginning to thrive once again. But the thousands of fishermen have not returned. The giant redfish swim happily as they multiply by the millions. Redfish are very aware of their surroundings and if you see them, they can see you. Since no one is there to be seen, the fish are becoming very accustomed to their lone existence. Therefore, saltwater fishing Mississippi is a Mecca for giant redfish. Fishermen need to take notice of this influx of redfish and book a charter boat for an experience of a lifetime.

Posted on January 14th, 2008 by John Thornhill
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A cloud of white clay dust erupted from my jeans as I slapped my hands on my legs, trying in vain to remove the dirt from my hands. My uncle live in state of Mississippi. I’ve always remembered that hot Mississippi morning in September when I was when I was visiting my cousins and helping them dig sweet potatoes. We wanted to finish early so we would have time to go fishing later before it got dark. To them, digging for those golden roots in the ground was a living; to me it was something that was standing in the way of us having fun.

A lot has changed over the years. Instead of the little 60 acre ‘tater patch, my cousins produced 2500 acres of sweet potatoes this year in several different varieties. After they ran out of their own land, it seemed that they leased every vacant lot or field they could find and planted more potatoes.

Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Cindy Heller
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Tennessee is a medium sized state with 5.6 million people living there. The largest city is Memphis, though the capital and largest metropolitan area is Nashville, with 1.5 million people. Nashville is located in North-central Tennessee and is known for its role in the country music business. Another advantage of Tennessee is that state income taxes only apply to stocks, bonds and other financial income. That’s another thing to think about when you make your Tennessee Incorporation. Tennessee also has “right-to-work” laws. Tennessee is the producer of a variety of agricultural crops including sweet corn and strawberries, cotton and the cattle industry, with 90,000 cattle and beef farms in the state.

All the big four country labels have offices in Nashville. The other large business in the city, aside from government offices is the hospital industry, where the Hospital Corporation of America has national offices for its chain of hospitals all across the nation. Parts of the automobile industry have moved to Nashville, with Nissan, the Japanese manufacturer moving its US headquarters there, and also a major plant to Smyrna, a Nashville suburb. Bridgestone America, the Japanese tire manufacturer has offices in Nashville. Bridgestone has 4,900 workers at a production plant in Nashville, and is opening up a storage facility in nearby Lebanon, Tennessee.

Memphis is located on the Mississippi River, in Tennessee, with a population of a little less than 700,000. Memphis also has a long tradition in the music business, being the original stomping grounds of blues performance, such as B.B. King. The Beale St. neighbor hood features the Gibson Guitar Co. plant and also its Beale St. Showcase and restaurant. Memphis is also known for its Mardi Gras festivities, probably the biggest one in the United States after New Orleans.

FedEx maintains a central facility in Memphis, which has helped make the Memphis Airport a large cargo handling airports. This includes the central FedEx mail sorting facility. Corporations such as FedEx Corporation, AutoZone Incorporated and International Paper have made Memphis their home. International Paper Royal Blue is a small chip mill in Pioneer, Tennessee, while International Paper has a plant in Memphis that employs 3,000 people. Among other products that the company produces are the plastic and paper packaging for various fast food chains. AutoZone is also the sponsor of the Liberty Bowl Stadium in Memphis. Schools in Memphis include the Christian Brothers University, which is a Catholic school on a 75-acre campus in the middle of town and the Memphis College of Art, located next to the Art Museum.

Knoxville, in Eastern Tennessee is a research and educational center. It has the main campus of the University of Tennessee. In nearby Oakridge, are the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other Department of Energy facilities. Oak Ridge was part of the Manhattan Project to create a nuclear bomb during World War II. Today, the laboratory has the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator Pulsed Neutron Source, and other facilities for nuclear and neutron research. The laboratory is also a center for biological research including genomics, the study of an organism’s entire gene map and coding. Also headquartered in Knoxville, is the government agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Anna
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In pre-Columbian times, the Mississippi region was part of the Native American Mississippian culture. The Native American peoples who inhabited the area included Chickasaw and Choctaw.

The first European expedition to the area was led by Hernando de Soto, who passed through the area in 1540. However, there were no permanent European settlements until the French founded Fort Maurepas at site which would later become Ocean Springs. The area passed through Spanish, British and French jurisdiction, but eventually was transfered to the United States following the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763).

The Mississippi Territory was organized in 1798 from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina. This territory was expanded with additional territory (that was disputed by Spain), and land purchased from Native American tribes. On December 10th 1817, the state of Mississippi was admitted to the Union.

Mississippi rapidy became an important cotton growing state, and consequently had a large slave population. When the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) broke out, Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union. Because of the state’s strategic location on the Mississippi River, numerous battles were fought in the state during the war. Around 80,000 white men from Mississippi fought on the Confederate side during the war, however, around 500 white Mississippians, and more than 17,000 black Mississippians (freedmen and slaves) fought for the Union.

After a period of Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were enacted in the state which kept blacks in an inferior position. However, following World War II, Mississippi became an important location during the Civil Rights struggle.

Mississippi was twice between hit by serious hurricanes in recent years (Hurricane Camille in 1969) and (Hurricane Katrina in 2005).

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Pablo
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If you are looking for good, solid training in massage, you should look into some of the massage therapy schools in Mississippi. They can help you gain all the skills needed to operate a successful massage therapy practice, including plenty of hands-on experience and even some practical business training.

Mississippi massage therapy schools can provide the quality education necessary for gaining a massage therapy license (licensure is required to practice massage therapy in the state of Mississippi). Aspiring massage therapists are educated to qualify for numerous rewarding positions in massage therapy. Graduates can expect excellent monetary rewards, as well as the satisfaction of helping people feel better through natural means.

Massage therapy schools in Mississippi teach skills of massage therapy for providing healing therapeutic health care to patients recovering from injury. They also teach the various styles of personal massage that can be either stimulating or soothing. Students will gain a well-rounded education in natural healing through courses in theory and practice of massage therapy, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, pathology, and nutrition. Students will also receive plenty of clinical training on actual patients, under the watchful eye of trained professionals.

There are two broad styles of massage that most Mississippi massage therapy schools will cover: Western and Eastern. Western methods include Swedish, sports, deep tissue, hydrotherapy, reflexology, craniosacral, myofacial, geriatric, and infant massage, among others. Training in Eastern forms of massage might include Shiatsu, Reiki, Tui Na, or acupressure, for instance. Students who have reached the highest educational levels in massage training may wish to specialize in one specific form of massage, such as infant, maternity, geriatric, chronic pain, lymph, or trauma massage.

There are lots of jobs and many exciting places to work upon graduation. A well-trained massage therapist can apply for positions in hospitals, medical clinics, doctors’ offices, chiropractic offices, athletic clubs, health clubs, spas, and more. Massage therapists are in demand across the U.S. and Canada, and the rewards are plentiful.

If you would like to know more about Mississippi Massage Therapy Schools, we invite you to visit our website today to find the right massage therapy school that matches your professional goals. After you submit a request for information to a few select schools, you will soon have all the information you need to begin a rewarding career in natural healing!

If necessary, you may wish to widen your search for massage therapy schools to include other states, such as:

- New Jersey Massage Therapy Schools

- Michigan Massage Therapy Schools

- Minnesota Massage Therapy Schools

- Connecticut Massage Therapy Schools

- Arizona Massage Therapy Schools

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Cristi
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The capital and largest city in Mississippi is Jackson, which has a metropolitan area population of over 500,000. It is located on the Pearl River. Jackson is the home of machinery and other manufacturing plants, as well as food processing. It is located in a region that produces soybeans, cotton, poultry and eggs. The Museum of Mississippi History is in the Old Capitol Building in Jackson. It is currently undergoing restoration following damage from Hurricane Katrina. Much of the Museum will be moved into a new building. Perhaps your idea for your Mississippi Incorporation is involvement in various reconstruction projects. There is a lot of work going on along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, after extensive hurricane damage. Reconstruction work has been the center of many projects. A highway is being reconstructed and all four lanes of the bridge are expected to be open in November. The first of two Mississippi bridges destroyed by Hurricane Katrina will reopen next week, an event drawing national attention for its importance to the Coast’s recovery. Two lanes of the U.S. 90 Bay St. Louis Bridge linking Harrison and Hancock counties will open May 17. Katrina’s storm surge reduced the bridge to rubble in August 2005. Also suffering severe damage is the neighboring city of Gulfport. Reconstruction crews from all over the United States were paid Federal Emergency Disaster money to reconstruct roads and bridges in the area.

The $266.8 million St. Louis Bridge was built by companies from California and Georgia. Crews began demolishing remnants of the old bridge in March 2006, and the first piling was installed in June. This was all paid with Federal Disaster relief money, and there will be a great deal of celebration when the bridge is rebuilt and can be used again.

Katrina also destroyed the Biloxi Bay Bridge. It connected the cities of Biloxi and Ocean Springs, and two lanes are scheduled to open in November. Construction of the $336 million structure was postponed because several local companies wanted a taller bridge for larger vessels, where local officials settled on 95 feet.

Despite extensive damage to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi by the hurricanes Rita and Katrina in August and September 2005, there has been significant recovery of the Gulf Coast region. In Biloxi, Mississippi, the casino is humming away again. The Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi is housed in the largest building in town, and is the largest employer there. It is also the home of the Casino’s exclusive golf course, Fallen Oaks. Now, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is opening is Biloxi, and it has 1,500 slot machines and 52 gaming tables. There is also gambling in the Mississippi River towns of Tunica, Natchez, Vicksburg and Greenville. Mississippi has become the second biggest gambling casino state after Nevada.

Other interesting sites in the Jackson area are the Mississippi Petrified Forest, which exposes huge petrified trees that were by a prehistoric river. There is a nature trail and a place to picnic, as well as a museum explaining the site. Jackson is also next to the Ross Barnett Reservoir, which covers over 60 square miles and creates lots of opportunities for water recreation in the area.

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Messi
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