Besides the Mississippi Bankers Association's proprietary school, the Mississippi School of Banking, the Association endorses and participates in several banking schools in the Southeast, including:

Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending

Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University

Next Session: Feb. 16-18, 2009

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Tennessee Bankers Assn.

Southeastern School of Consumer Credit

Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University

Next Session: March 1-6, 2009

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Tennessee Bankers Assn.

Southeastern School of Commercial Lending

Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University

Next Session: Date not available. Held in May each year

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Tennessee Bankers Assn.

Graduate School of Banking at LSU

Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana State University

Next Session: May 17-29, 2009

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 14 other state bankers associations. Mississippi has representatives on the school's Board of Trustees.

Southern Trust School

Mobile, Ala., University of South Alabama Brookley Center

Next Session: June 7-12, 2009

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Alabama Bankers Assn.