Regional industry leaders met at Northeast Mississippi Community College to discuss partnering with the college to launch a chapter of the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education, or FAME, at Northeast.
The FAME program pairs students with local manufacturers in an earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship. It combines coursework with paid on-the-job training.
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Paul Thomas, associate director of FAME expansion with the Manufacturing Institute, joined the meeting to discuss what the partnership could look like for the region.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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