University of Southern Mississippi News

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 .

Ten students from the School of Library and Information Science at The University of Southern Mississippi recently participated in Digi Day, an opportunity for students in SLIS to obtain service hours and digitization experience while assisting the digital lab with existing projects.

As temperatures rise throughout the long, hot days of summer in South Mississippi, so too does the presence of mosquitoes.

Polymer researchers at The University of Southern Mississippi are conducting studies that could revolutionize the drug delivery process for cancer patients.

Bethany Cuevas is following in her mom's beauty queen footsteps and hopes to take that legacy a step farther next week at the Miss Mississippi Pageant.

Civili rights workers in a Freedom Summer office in Clarksdale, Mississippi ca 1964 Fifty years ago this summer, hundreds of black and white volunteers converged on Mississippi in an effort to, as they put it, make Mississippi a part of America.

The cabinet is made up of a group of volunteers who have the task of being the initial phone call that most companies receive regarding the United Way for Jackson and George Counties campaign.

JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALDChandeleur Brewing Company at 14th Street and 28th Avenue in downtown Gulfport on Wednesday July 2, 2014.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News Mrs. Jennifer Deiros will be elevated to the position of PK-8 Principal starting in the 2014-2015 school year.

The mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus has been on the upswing nationwide over the past several years.

The Jackson County Utility Authority announced the beginning of a project to offer water south of Graveline Bayou between Ocean Springs and Gautier.

Jackson was born and raised in Moss Point where she graduated from Moss Point High School.

On a recent trip, one Examiner writer experienced a five-star meal in a five-star setting with five-star service.

Navigation of the site was also upgraded. The aesthetics of the site will remain familiar to those who frequent it.

Polymer researchers at The University of Southern Mississippi are conducting studies that could revolutionize the drug delivery process for cancer patients.

The Half Shell Oyster House in Hattiesburg is donating 10 percent of gross receipts collected between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday June 25 to The University of Southern Mississippi's Children's Center for Communication and Development.

Camp Quidd-Lit is a one-week summer camp for games and literature that is sponsored by the Department of English and the official Southern Miss Quidditch Team at the University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg campus.