{"id":2914,"date":"2022-04-26T07:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2022-04-26T08:03:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:03:14","slug":"shaping-the-future-of-data-science-in-mississippi-creates-an-innovative-higher-education-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/uncategorized\/shaping-the-future-of-data-science-in-mississippi-creates-an-innovative-higher-education-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaping the Future of Data Science in Mississippi Creates an Innovative Higher Education Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Written by Dr. Fin\u00e9e Ruffin, Chief Marketing Officer, Â鶹ֱ²¥<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ELLISVILLE – The reality of a multi-year worldwide pandemic causes even the most robust businesses and industries to pause and consider the future of work. Â鶹ֱ²¥ President, Dr. Jesse Smith, was no different. After facing numerous disruptions to business operations, he began to prepare his community college employees for the changing demands created by a new business environment.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Dr. Mimmo Parisi, Senior Advisor for Data Science Development & Professor at Mississippi State University, was evaluating the greater need for a holistic digital transformation across the state of Mississippi. Dr. Parisi believes \u201cthat data is the center of our state, national, and world economics\u201d and that \u201cstep one is establishing a baseline of data literacy across all levels of education and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The advent of Big Data, simply defined as the exponential increase and availability of data in our world, demands members of the labor force possess literacy and competency in data science. Big data analytics helps organizations harness their data and use it to identify new opportunities and make reasonable decisions that create value for the institution.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State University, Mississippi\u2019s largest land grant institution, has made an educational investment in Mississippi\u2019s digital literacy foundation by creating a twelve-hour Data Science Advanced Certification Program. This program was designed to catalyze digital transformation across the landscape of community college education in Mississippi. \u201cMississippi has one of the strongest community college systems in the nation, and the state will be uniquely positioned as a national leader in data science if this program is fully adopted across the entire Community College system,\u201d shared Dr. David Shaw, Provost and Executive Vice President at Mississippi State University.<\/p>\n

In pursuit of equipping Â鶹ֱ²¥ students with data science literacy, Dr. Smith concluded that the college\u2019s faculty must first be equipped with the expertise to integrate data science literacy concepts into their curriculum, regardless of school or department. Smith reasoned that an essential change in the mindset of the college\u2019s employees and faculty would spread and instill the same mindset in graduates across campus.<\/p>\n

The Data Science Advanced Certification Program was created as a partnership opportunity between Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges (MACC). By establishing a partnership with Mississippi\u2019s community colleges, Mississippi communities can be assisted at the ground level, shared Dr. Parisi.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State University, in conjunction with Â鶹ֱ²¥,\u00a0 introduced its pilot course in the Spring of 2022. A combination of 16 Â鶹ֱ²¥ faculty and staff enrolled in the Introduction to Data Science Literacy Instruction course. The course was designed to teach community college faculty and staff an introductory understanding of data science and how to use it in (1) curriculum writing and (2) college workforce development efforts.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information on the Data Science Advanced Certification Program, please contact Dr. Mimmo Parisi at m.parisi@msstate.edu<\/a> or Dr. Jesse Smith at Jesse.smith@jcjc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Â鶹ֱ²¥ faculty and staff enrolled in the first Introduction to Data Science Literacy Instruction course are pictured left to right, in the back row, Dr. Jason Dedwylder, Clint McMullan, Ty Walters, Jason Cooley, Rod Tolbert, Jon Ryan Fennell and Greg Griffith. Pictured in the front row, left to right are Julie Atwood, Amanda McLeod, Dr. Bharath Kandula, Ashley Holifield, Kelly Robinson, Eric Shows and Jennifer Griffith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Dr. Fin\u00e9e Ruffin, Chief Marketing Officer, Â鶹ֱ²¥ ELLISVILLE – The reality of a multi-year worldwide pandemic causes even the most robust businesses and industries to pause and consider the future of work. Â鶹ֱ²¥ President, Dr. Jesse Smith, was no different. After facing numerous disruptions to business operations, he began to prepare … <\/p>\n

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