University of Southern Mississippi News

Nearly 30 students converged from all around Mississippi and Louisiana for the second annual Shifting Baselines Stewardship Summit on Friday and Saturday in Ocean Springs.

The Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District recognized the Teachers of the Year for individual schools and the district during the May school board meeting held last week.

Sarah Case-Price will become director of The Children's Center for Communication and Development at The University of Southern Mississippi on July 1. Case-Price has served in several capacities since becoming a full-time staff member in 2006 - most recently as assistant director.

The University of Southern Mississippi's golf teams will lease space at the Hattiesburg Country Club as a home for its golf teams.

These advisories warn people to stay out of the water in certain areas because of high bacteria levels.

University of Southern Mississippi President Rodney Bennett has announced a new minimum salary of $21,000 a year to go into effect July 1. Bennett called the salary hikes "the right thing to do." He says that many employees work second and third jobs to make ends meet.

The Mississippi Polymer Institute at The University of Southern Mississippi has teamed up with Mississippi State University's Space Cowboys rocket team to produce 3D printed parts for its rocket build.

The University of Southern Mississippi has received a $1 million gift to help restore the Hattiesburg campus damaged by a Feb.

Mercer University’s dean of the Tift College of Education will retire at the end of the academic year.

In just 24 hours, the University of Southern Mississippi Foundation has raised more than $130,000 to support the restoration of the front lawn of the university's Hattiesburg campus that was heavily damaged by the Feb.

Thomas J. Lipscomb, associate dean in the College of Education and Psychology for the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast and professor in the Department of Educational Studies and Research, accepted the 2013 Dean's Cup presented by the Office of the Academic Dean at Southern Miss Gulf Coast.

Despite a weekend of rain, graduates of the Gulf Coast campus of the University of Southern Mississippi kept their eyes on a bright future during commencement exercises Saturday morning.

Jordan Mathews of Biloxi was inducted into the University of Southern Mississippi's Hall of Fame.

Located off Interstate 59, the Hattiesburg Baymont Inn and Suites is 2 miles from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Are we ever really happy? That is the question posed in HAPPY , a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Robert Caisley, from May 30 - June 30 at the New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway.

Gov. Phil Bryant told University of Southern Mississippi graduates Friday to prepare for the real world and look for jobs in Mississippi in his commencement ceremony at Reed Green Coliseum.

HATTIESBURG - In just 24 hours, the University of Southern Mississippi Foundation successfully raised $130,234.46 to support the restoration of the front lawn of the University's Hattiesburg campus that was heavily damaged by the tornado on February 10.

Mother and daughter Beth and Cally Biagini will both graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi today, walking the stage at the 10 a.m. commencement and thus setting the stage for Mother's Day weekend.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College conferred 1,939 degrees on more than 900 graduates who attended the college's commencement ceremony Thursday evening at the Coast Coliseum.

The Skipper Award In Memory of Ivan Zenon Scholarship Fund has awarded a $10,000 scholarship to Kari Ousterhout, a 2013 graduate of Mandeville High School.