Authorization

Title 8: Education – Institutions of Higher Learning Part 1: Authorization Chapter 1

101.01

CONSTITUTIONAL The state institutions of higher learning now existing in Mississippi, to-wit: University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Mississippi University for Women, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State University, Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and any others of like kind which may be hereafter organized or established by the State of Mississippi, shall be under the management and control of a board of trustees to be known as the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the members thereof to be appointed by the Governor of the state with the advice and consent of the Senate. Miss. Const. Art. VIII, Section 213-A (BT Minutes, 9/90; 1/98)

101.02

NAME The official name of the Board of Trustees under the constitution (Section 213-A) is the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Miss. Const. Art. VIII, Section 213-A (For the purposes of these bylaws and policies, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall hereafter be referred to as the "Board.") (BT Minutes, 9/90; 1/98)

101.03

SEAL The Board is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to adopt and have an official seal in such form as it deems appropriate for its official use. The official seal of the Board shall contain an inner circle and an outer circle. The inner circle shall be a facsimile of the inner circle of the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi. It portrays the great eagle with extended pinions, holding in the right talon a palm branch and a bundle of arrows in the left talon, meaning "by valor

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and arms." The outer circle shall have inscribed therein the words "State Institutions of Higher Learning." Miss. Code Ann., §37-101-11, as amended. (BT Minutes 9/90; 1/98)

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