University of Southern Mississippi News

Mike Ezell, former Pascagoula Police Department Captain and Ocean Springs Chief of Police, announced Tuesday he will be a candidate for Jackson County Sheriff in the Nov. 4 special election.

James Gallman, national board of directors member for the NAACP, and Dot Scott, president of the NAACP's Charleston branch, talk about Lt.

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism is accepting applications for the Remembering "Freedom Summer" Multimedia High School Journalism Workshop, which will be held on the Hattiesburg campus June 15-22.

Four Biloxi High School Band students were selected among the best in the state and surrounding region.

If the Medical University of South Carolina and the College of Charleston merge, the two institutions would maintain their individual presidents with a chancellor serving over the combined university, according to Sen. Larry Grooms.

A Biloxi native, she has nearly 20 years of experience in historic preservation.

Mississippi native Dr. Michael R. McMullan has returned to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to direct a program offering specialized care to an under-treated population: adults with hereditary heart disease.

Wedding vows will be exchanged at 4 p.m. on March 15, 2014 at Dixie Baptist Church in Hattiesburg.

Wedding vows will be exchanged at 5:30 p.m. on May 17, 2014, at the Hattiesburg Country Club with reception following.

It may seem strange given her title, but licensed dietitian Lisa Malone said she doesn't let her clients use the d-word.

If the Medical University of South Carolina and the College of Charleston merge, the two institutions would maintain their individual presidents with a chancellor serving over the combined university, according to Sen. Larry Grooms.

Coastal Carolina University has named Ralph Byington as its provost and senior vice president for academic and student affairs, according to CCU President David DeCenzo.

The naming of Jeff Wiggins as the new director of the University of Southern Mississippi's School of Polymers and High Performance Materials carries symbolic significance, according to university officials.

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Hattiesburg, Mississippi with a group of University of Guelph students as part of a volunteer learning trip with Project Serve Canada.

Educators from around southeast Mississippi gathered Tuesday at the Thad Cochran Center at the University of Southern Mississippi for the fourth annual Educators Connect Conference.

Mississippi native Dr. Michael R. McMullan has returned to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to direct a program offering specialized care to an under-treated population: adults with hereditary heart disease.

A Mississippian who upholds her home state's reputation for producing accomplished writers will be the featured University Forum speaker Tuesday, March 18 on The University of Southern Mississippi's Hattiesburg campus.

Robert Moses, a renowned leader in the civil rights movement, will be honored with a portrait unveiling at 7 p.m. today at the Trent Lott Center at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Buoyed by a record of excellence in research and leadership at The University of Southern Mississippi, Associate Professor Jeffrey Wiggins has been named the new director of the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials.

The College of Charleston's Board of Trustees today announced the four finalists in the search for a new college president.