SENATOBIA, Miss – November 25, 2025 – When nursing student Zylexus Watson walked into nurse navigator Emily Tristeza’s office at Northwest Mississippi Community College, she often arrived carrying more than her textbooks. As a young mother of two, balancing coursework, childcare, and financial strain, she sometimes came in overwhelmed. But she always left encouraged. “Seeing […]
JACKSON, Miss. — November 24, 2025 – Leaders from education, industry, and workforce development across Mississippi gathered this fall for a series of ATLAS Industry Roundtable meetings designed to align the state’s talent pipeline with employer needs and emerging career pathways. Hosted by the Mississippi Business Alliance in partnership with AccelerateMS, the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, […]
BILOXI, Miss. November 12, 2025 — Regional industry and workforce leaders from Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana came together at William Carey University’s Traditions Campus in Biloxi for the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Defense Industrial Base Workforce Summit, reaffirming their shared commitment to building a stronger, more unified defense workforce pipeline across the Gulf Coast. The […]
JACKSON, Miss. – Nov. 7, 2025 – AccelerateMS, Mississippi’s lead office for workforce development strategy and coordination, and Hinds Community College, on Friday, established a strategic partnership designed to set a new statewide standard for how Mississippi supports new, expanding, and existing industries. The announcement, held at the Hinds Jackson Campus, was attended by local […]
JACKSON, Miss. — October 23, 2025 – AccelerateMS has released the Mississippi Reconnect 2.0, offering $5 million in grant funding to expand accelerated workforce training opportunities across the state. The initiative seeks proposals from Mississippi’s local workforce areas, community colleges, and higher education institutions to provide short-term training—lasting up to eight weeks—in high-demand occupations, including […]
JACKSON, Miss. (Oct. 16, 2025) — AccelerateMS, Mississippi’s leading office for workforce development strategy and coordination, has welcomed two experienced professionals to its team: Carlton “Ray” Hollis, MBA, in north Mississippi, and Dr. Daniel Dean “Deano” Harrison in south Mississippi. Both will serve as workforce project managers with regional focuses aimed at advancing workforce initiatives […]
JACKSON, Miss. – September 30, 2025 – AccelerateMS, in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, launched regional GranTrak sessions to help providers transition into the state’s new unified workforce grant management system. The sessions offered hands-on guidance to ensure providers were equipped to navigate the platform effectively. The transition marked an important step […]
JACKSON, Miss. — September 22, 2025 – The Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) will host a series of ATLAS (Accelerated Training and Livelihood Aligned Strategy) Industry Roundtable discussions in partnership with AccelerateMS, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), and the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB). Industry leaders, decision makers, HR professionals, […]
JACKSON, Miss. – September 19, 2025 – Career coaches from across Mississippi came together for Catalyst ‘25, a two-day workshop focused on professional growth, career pathways, and strengthening statewide collaboration. Hosted by AccelerateMS, the event emphasized skill-building, ecosystem coordination, and innovative tools designed to expand the impact of career coaching programs. “It’s awesome to see […]
JACKSON, Miss. – September 17, 2025 – Twenty graduates completed the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Information Infrastructure Pre-Apprenticeship (I2PA) program this week at Hinds Community College’s Jackson Campus, gaining the skills and credentials needed to launch careers in Mississippi’s growing infrastructure workforce. The four-week, paid training program prepares participants for careers in the critical infrastructure […]