University of Southern Mississippi News

Scott Blackwell, director of Residence Life at Southern Miss, tells The Hattiesburg American due to a decrease in demand for graduate student/family housing, a decision was made about a year ago to stop accepting new tenants for the nine-building complex.

The home of the New York Jets and Giants was presented with the 2014 Facility of Merit for Safety and Security Award by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security at The University of Southern Mississippi.

Wroblewski graduated from Elon College in 1999, got a master's degree in education from UNC-Greensboro in 2008, and a certificate in school administration from UNCG in 2012.

The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi has issued a call for papers for presentation at the 42nd Annual International Waterborne Symposium, February 9-13, 2015 in New Orleans.

I am so excited! Northwest is offering the first ever author study and hometown tour featuring Willie Morris this fall as a Continuing Education class for local educators.

Friends, family, alumni, students and fans of the University of Southern Mississippi are invited to the 16th Annual Southern Miss Beach Bash on Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.

Lisa Wayt and Matt Hemmer were united in marriage on June 7, 2014, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zanesville.

Courtney Thomas, Hancock County Library System's Executive Director, was recently named the sole recipient of the Public Librarian Scholarship by the Mississippi Library Commission.

A unique exhibit, titled 'Coastal Fascination,' by photographer Mike Ramsey is currently on display at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus library in Long Beach.

JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALDRenesha McNeal of Gautier puts sales signs in the window of Wet Seal at Edgewater Mall in Biloxi in 2010.

The city will be hosting a free homebuyer education workshop from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 2 in the upstairs conference room at City Hall.

Hinds Community College has announced the president's list and deans' scholars for the spring 2014 semester.

The Alabama-Mississippi Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has announced this year's recipients of its annual scholarship program.

COURTESY MILES DOLEAC Miles Doleac, center, and Ben Powell left, supervise a shoot for the Film "The Historian" that was ready for release in December 2013.

Veteran competitors were the winners in Friday night's preliminary competition at the annual Miss Mississippi Pageant held at the Vicksburg Convention Center.

Butler Snow is pleased to announce Neely C. Carlton has joined the firm's Ridgeland office.

In 2002, Kelli Roussell Watson was Chalmette High's class salutatorian and voted Miss Chalmette High - two of the school's highest honors.

Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been awarded eight AmeriCorps member positions and is seeking qualified candidates to serve locally during the 2014-15 service year in the construction, family services and volunteer services departments.

Shelia White will be inducted into the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame in a ceremony this month at Mississippi State University.

Lorenzo Spencer, a junior at University of Southern Mississippi, was recently selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program .