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Related Topix: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Osgood, IN

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Hattiesburg American

USM School of Music first audition day set for Nov. 13

Prospective students planning to pursue a career in music are invited to attend the University of Southern Mississippi School of Music Audition Day on Nov.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Universities join for cost-saving measures

It's as predictable as day following night. Already hit with a 5 percent budget cut this year and bracing for another 3 percent cut, the state's university system is putting together cost-cutting plans to increase efficiency.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Sunherald.com

Fight of her life

Despite battling cancer twice and rebuilding her Waveland home after Hurricane Katrina, college student Liz Zimmerman is optimistic as she works toward her goal of becoming a social worker.

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Related Topix: Waveland, MS, Bay St. Louis, MS

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Girls conference set for Nov. 14

The seventh annual Career Explorations for Girls Conference will be held in Joseph Greene Hall on the University of Southern Mississippi from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Karnes Center administers grant to improve student performance in math

A U.S. Department of Education grant providing support for area school districts to advance elementary school students' performance in mathematics is being administered through the University of Southern Mississippi's Frances Karnes Center for Gifted Studies.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Southern Miss opens new Student Activities Hub

Students, faculty and staff at The University of Southern Mississippi on Thursday celebrated the opening of the new Student Activities Hub, located in what was once the university textbook store in The Hub.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle

Author reveals famous children's book's - back story'

It was a mere snippet of information, stumbled upon by chance, that led children's-book author Louise Borden to years of researching and writing "The Journey That Saved Curious George." It was this sentence - "On a rainy morning in June 1940, escaped on bicycles from Paris." - that piqued Borden's interest.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany,

Thu Oct 29, 2009

R & D

Education Department, USM offer autism program

The state Department of Education and the University of Southern Mississippi will provide a new school-based program for children with autism.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Sunherald.com

Pulitzer winners to discuss Hurricane Katrina recovery

Two journalists who were central to The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina will speak at the University of Southern Mississippi Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Mississippi

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Southern Miss

Men's Athletics Win Seventh Halbrook Award

The University of Southern Mississippi Department Of Athletics recently was recognized with a Halbrook Award for its men's program for outstanding academic achievement and graduation rates for student-athletes during the 2008-09 academic year.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Investor's Business Daily

Health Reform Fight Entangled In Outcome Of 3 State Elections

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Gov. Jon Corzine in Hackensack, N.J., on Wednesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Jon Corzine, US Governors, Barack Obama, Hackensack, NJ

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Flu vaccine mist available at USM

Student Health Services on the University of Southern Mississippi campus now has H1N1 flu vaccine mist available to students, faculty and staff.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Influenza, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Gilmer Mirror

Role of Texans at Battle of Vicksburg to be explored in Abilene

Texansa role in the 1863 campaign to defend Vicksburg will be examined in a seminar to be held in Abilene on Nov.

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Related Topix: Texas, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro, McMurry University, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, US National Parks

Hattiesburg American

Professors chosen for competition

Two members of the Department of History faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi have been chosen to compete for a prestigious National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Hattiesburg American

USM group hosts haunted trail

The University of Southern Mississippi Roots N' Shoots chapter is hosting the Haunted Halloween Biology Trail from 4 -7 p.m. Friday in the Biological Sciences Learning Center.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Education Week

The Roger Ebert of Science Teachers

It's not unusual for teachers of science and other subjects to use popular films, or clips from movies, to introduce or reinforce a topic or present it in an engaging way.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Hattiesburg American

USM goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Black and gold remain the dominant colors at the University of Southern Mississippi, but pink has been pushed to the forefront during October.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Mississippi

Hattiesburg American

Celebrating Eudora: Carey Welty Festival marks author's centennial

With help from a Mississippi Arts Commission grant, William Carey University took area high school students into the world of a renowned Mississippi author Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Brookhaven, MS

Tue Oct 20, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

MSU: Keenum will need prayers, skills

Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum's investiture proceedings as the school's 19th president since 1878 will begin with early morning prayers in the university's Chapel of Memories.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, Thad Cochran, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

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