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Date: Mar 21, 2015

Mississippi IHL has voted to extend Jackson State University President Contract for four more years

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JACKSON, MS - The Mississippi IHL has voted to extend Jackson State University's President Dr. Carolyn Meyers for four more years

According to source, board members granted the extensions in a closed meeting on Feb. 17 to Jackson State University's Carolyn Meyers, Delta State University's Bill LaForge, and the University of Southern Mississippi's Rodney Bennett.

All three contract extensions will become effective as of March 1, with the campus leaders continuing at their current salaries. College Board officials said Bennett makes $375,000 a year, while Meyers makes $270,500 and LaForge makes $233,875.

Meyers, was previously the president of Norfolk State University in Virginia before she became president of JSU in 2011. Since than, JSU has open branch campuses in downtown Jackson and Madison and has increased enrollment to an all-time high of 9,508.

Jackson State University released the news publicly on March 19 and Meyers released a statement about the exciting news.

"I am honored and very pleased that the Board of Trustees for the Institutions of Higher learning has placed their confidence in my leadership at Jackson State University. The opportunity to continue to serve our students and to work with all of our stakeholders is precious to me. I am excited about our future and determined to build upon the accomplishments of the past four years. I pledge to continue to make all of our stakeholders and the IHL proud of JSU," said President Carolyn Meyers.

Source:

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com

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