Mississippi Coding Academies Topic of Testimony at U.S. Senate Hearing Mike Forster, chairman of Innovate Mississippi and a founder of the Mississippi Coding Academies, was invited by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker to testify in front of the Commerce committee of the Senate this past week. Forster focused on the opportunity that the coding academies offer […]
Herbert Brown, the Jackson-based classroom instructor for the Mississippi Coding Academies—a member of our original team of Coding Academies pros—has been honored at the Young, Gifted and Empowered Awards as a Young Professional on the Rise. According to the organization, YG&E recognizes exceptional young African American professionals from Mississippi who are champions in the arts, business, […]
Mississippi Coding Academies received some great coverage from WAPT for the Jackson Mississippi Coding Academies, where reporter Earl Arms talked to instructor Herbert Brown and a number of the coders about their ambitions. Charlena Jackson, a coder, told Arms that doing this work makes her feel good. “It makes you feel like you’re smarter than […]
WLBT’s Rosalyn Anderson produced a great story about the Jackson class of the Mississippi Coding Academies, explaining the value of the program—which offers coding classes to recent high school and college grads at no cost to the student. “The free 11-month course teaches high school graduates with no coding experience four computer languages, affording them […]
Reporter Anthony Warren had great things to say in the Northside Sun about the Mississippi Coding Academies, explaining that the Jackson class is training recent high school and college grads for careers in computer programming. “Students come in at 9 o’clock, grab their computers and start coding,” instructor Herbert Brown told the Northside Sun. “We […]
Jackson, Miss. (December 12, 2017) – The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded Innovate Mississippi a three-year, $1 million grant to help the newly formed Mississippi Coding Academies grow their current program in the city of Jackson from one academy to four academies over the next three years. The goal is to dramatically increase the number of […]
Jackson, Miss. (Oct. 4, 2017) – The Mississippi Development Authority and Innovate Mississippi announce the creation of Mississippi Coding Academies. The academies are a joint venture offering post-secondary students an intensive 11-month, tuition-free computer science education program. “The Mississippi Coding Academies will help develop a well-trained workforce which will not only meet, but exceed, the […]
We’re happy to be partnering with Matthew McLaughlin, owner of a number of buildings in the “innovation hub” on State Street, for the Jackson coding academy. Located next door to Innovate Mississippi and a number of other businesses in the innovation hub, the Jackson coding academy space gives coders access not only to the Innovate […]
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