Business News for the Mississippi Delta

MDCC Announces Enrollment Growth

Mississippi Delta Community College recently announced a four percent overall enrollment increase for Fall 2025, marking the institution’s highest reported preliminary headcount (2,134) and full-time equivalent (1,804) since 2019, prior to the pandemic.  This enrollment milestone reflects broad growth across the college, including a fifty percent increase in Middle College enrollment, a twenty-four percent increase […]

Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Equal Campus Access Act  

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith recently joined U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing legislation to ensure public colleges and universities cannot withhold recognition, access to facilities, or other benefits from religious student organizations.  The Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 (S.2859) would ensure that religious student organizations will not face discrimination on college campuses.  The […]

GRAMMY Gala to Honor Trombone Shorty 

GRAMMY®-winner and multi-time GRAMMY-nominee, Trombone Shorty, will be the recipient of the seventh annual Crossroads of American Music Award at GRAMMY Museum®  Mississippi’s 2025 Gala, which will take place at the museum on Oct. 30.  “Trombone Shorty is one of the most celebrated musicians of this generation,” says Emily Havens, Executive Director of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. “His […]