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CUPSO Director's Meeting

The Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (CUPSO) functions as a community of practice for "pracademics": university-based staff and faculty who conduct applied research, offer professional education, or provide various services and technical assistance to state agencies, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other community partners.

ASPIRE Symposium

Building on the success of previous Ambassador and Aspire Mississippi classes, the Mississippi Development Authority, in collaboration with the Stennis Institute, is retooling and launching cohorts of Aspire Mississippi. Designed to help build economic development support networks in select communities, participants will receive basic education and training while designing and implementing collaborative strategies to address specific challenges impeding local economic progress.