For the Second day of the COMPA conference, on Feb. 18, 2016,
Ms. Lolita Bolden (PhD) gave a presentation on controlling childhood obesity (title: An impact analysis of shared use agreement between school districts and communities in controlling childhood obesity in Mississippi, presentation file).
Ms. Sheryl Bacon (PhD) gave a presentation on African-American girls education in MS (title: Inequality in school policy and the effect in educational outcomes for African-American girls in Mississippi).
Ms. Adrieme Walter (PhD) gave a presentation on women issues (title: Investigating the impact of women legislatures on public policy that relates to women issue).
Ms. Debra Monroe-Lax (PhD) and Professor Jae-Young Ko gave a talk on public education (title: Economic determinant analysis of student academic performance in Mississippi public schools).
Ms. Shelia Byrd (MPPA) and Professor Jae-Young Ko (in pic) gave a presentation on workforce development program (title: An evaluation study of city-managed workforce development program in Jackson, MS and its impact on Joblessness, presentation file).
Profesor Sylvester Murray (pic in left) and Professor James Slack (pic in below) also have established the JSU ICMA student chapter. The mission of International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is to create excellence in local governance by developing and fostering professional management to build better communities (http://icma.org/en/icma/home)
Professor Jonny Gilleylen gave welcoming speech during the morning plenary session.
Further, Professor Andre Hines, Professor Randy Jacobs (pic in left), Professor Bennett Odunsi (pic in below professor Jacobs), Professor Chester Robinson (pic in bottom), and Professor James Slack served as session moderators.
Job well Done!!!
