WESSON – Copiah-Lincoln Community College President Dr. Dewayne Middleton has been appointed to the Mississippi Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance Board. He will serve as the Institutional Representative for Mississippi’s 15 community colleges.

The Postsecondary Board is a nine-member board with authority over all the state’s student financial aid programs. The Executive Director of the Postsecondary Board is also the Director of the Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid, which administers the state’s student financial aid programs including undergraduate and graduate grant and forgivable loan programs. Public, private, two-year and four-year college students may receive funds through state financial aid programs.

Middleton will serve on the board until 2028.