Upcoming Events

Rise Up Professional Development Series hosted by the ADP Tuesday, April 26th 4pm USM Trent Lott Center.

Gulf Coast and USM Business 101 Series Workshop March 2016

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Executives: On Real Estate featuring Mark Cumbest, with Cumbest Realty, will be speaking March 2, 2016 at 10 AM in Scianna Hall.

MEDC Summer Conference June 22-24, 2016 in Natchez, MS

Mark your calendars for True South 2016 September 19-22 at USM's Trent Lott Center in Hattiesburg

Job Opportunities

Texas Economic Development Council in Cedar Park, TX is looking for an Assistant Director of Economic Development.

St. Louis Regional Chamber looking for Director of Economic Development and a Economic Development Research Intern (Part Time)

Economic Development Corporation in Longview, TX is looking for a President

Economic Development Corporation in McKinney, TX is looking for a President

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February 22, 2016

MSED Alum Keith Gendreau Selected to the Site Selectors Guild

Keith Gendreau, a Project Manager in Cushman & Wakefield's Strategic Consulting group, was selected a member of the prestigious Site Selectors Guild which is the association of the world's foremost professional site selection consultants. Based in Minneapolis, Keith joined C&W in 2010 and is responsible for managing industrial site selection projects. He has over 12 years of site selection experience and conducted over 100 project-related assignments in locating both industrial and corporate office clients throughout North America. Recent manufacturing projects include siting an automotive assembly plant in Nevada, along with a variety of large and mid-sized production facilities for industries ranging from chemicals, neutracuticals, food production, plastics, glass, among others. He was introduced to the 'site selection industry' in 2002 through an internship that he completed as part of the MSED program. Faculty members (Drs. Dave Kolzow and Ron Swager) networked him to Dennis Donovan of WDG Consulting in New Jersey who is a member of the Guild. In addition to a MSED degree, Keith has a Bachelor of Science in Economic Geography from the University of North Dakota.

New EMSI Developer Data Analytics Added to MSED Program

MSED students in ED 722 Economic Development Theory & Research Methods are getting "hands-on" experience with EMSI's new labor market analytics tool, EMSI Developer, designed specifically for economic developers. It includes tools for business recruitment, strategic planning, and workforce analytics along with national data. In additions to EMSI's traditional functions, it allows economic developers to identify target industry clusters, target "best fit" for recruitment, identify retail growth opportunities, and better respond to site selector inquiries. Additionally, Brian Shaw of EMSI conducted a webinar class for the students on how to use the new web-based tool. The experience will help MSED graduate become data-driven economic developers and enter the workforce with the knowledge to add value to an economic development organization on day one.

Horton Joins Tennessee Valley Authority

Kaitlin Horton has recently accepted a contractor position with the Economic Development sector of the Tennessee Valley Authority-TVA in Nashville, TN. Her duties will include helping support the economic development products and programs for the greater Tennessee Valley region. A native of Brandon, MS she graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor's in Business Administration. During her undergraduate career she was a student worker for the Department of Economic Development and from that point on she knew she wanted to pursue her career in this field. Kaitlin finished her course work while working as an intern for Harrison County Development Commission under the supervision of Wade Jones. In August of 2015 she graduated with her Masters of Science in Economic Development.

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