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WELCOME
ABOARD, MR. PRESIDENT : Dr. John Hilpert says he is
ready to lead Delta State University to new heights of academic
and community excellence. |
CURRENT
ISSUE - SEPTEMBER 03
Hilpert
starts as Delta State’s new leader
Dr.
John Hilpert will be University’s seventh president
From
the plains of South Dakota to the fields of the Mississippi
Delta comes the seventh president of Delta State University
in Cleveland.
Dr. John M. Hilpert, president of Northern State University
in Aberdeen, South Dakota, was unanimously selected by the
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s Board
of Trustees on June 27 to take over the reins at Delta State.
FULL
STORY
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More
hospital layoffs coming?
Delta
medical facilities face uncertain times,
look at options
by David Lush
DBJ Chief Writer
The
malpractice insurance crisis affecting
the state has hit one Delta hospital hard
causing two rounds of layoffs in less
than six months.
The Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood
laid off 50 employees the last week of
July, which followed a similar layoff
in February of 53 full and part-time employees.
In
a prepared statement from the hospital
administration, it says the hospital,
in recent months, has lost key medical
specialists and seen others scale back
their medical practices due to the difficulty
many physicians are facing in finding
affordable malpractice coverage.
FULL
STORY
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ADAMS:
New Greenwood Leflore Hospital
administrator arrives at a challenging
time. |
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A
major player in Mississippi’s insurance
industry
Ned Mitchell
got a Social Security number when “I
was 15 so I could drive a tractor in the
summer so I could get paid.”
That desire to work at an early age, along
with a can-do attitude, has served Mitchell
well over the years. So much so that he
now heads up one of the Delta’s major
independent insurance agencies. FULL
STORY
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Ned
Mitchell |
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