Mississippi Polymer Institute teams with Miss. State on Rocket Project

Submitted by Mercer Morrison, Web Producer

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 4:11pm

Mississippi Polymer Institute teams with Miss. State on Rocket Project

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.

For the past year, the rocket team students have worked with MPI to engineer these rocket parts, which has allowed the team to successfully launch their rocket as planned. MPI is honored to be involved with such an exciting aerospace engineering program.

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Schoemann named Operations Manager at Southern Miss Center

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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 3:48pm

Schoemann named Operations Manager at Southern Miss Center

In accordance with the Center for Logistics, Trade and Transportation’s strategic plan, Thomas Schoemann has been selected as the center’s Operations Manager. Schoemann will assume his new position at The University of Southern Mississippi on May 20.

“We are very excited to have Mr. Thomas Schoemann joining the CLTT team”, said CLTT Director Dr. Tulio Sulbaran.

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Geography students study McComb’s assets for downtown development

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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 3:27pm

Geography students study McComb’s assets for downtown development

Geography students from The University of Southern Mississippi recently joined with the Asset Development Division of the Mississippi Development Authority to study downtown McComb’s opportunities for economic development.

Working with GPS equipment and geo-coded cameras, the combined team added downtown McComb to the state’s growing “asset map,” now available online: http://assetmap.mississippi.org

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Attorney General warns consumers of recent e-mail scam

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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 11:26am

Attorney General warns consumers of recent e-mail scam

The following is a news release from The Mississippi's Attorney General's Office:

Attorney General Jim Hood is warning consumers and businesses to be aware of a recent email scam purporting to help overseas military personnel with packages in the U.S..

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T-Bird and the Breaks, May 17

Submitted by Mercer Morrison, Web Producer

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 11:03am

The following is a news release from the event coordinator:

T-Bird and the Breaks will play at the Boom Boom Room, May 17 at 10 p.m.

The Boom Boom Room is located at 142 E. Front St. in Hattiesburg

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Rich Aronovitch at Brewsky's, May 16

Submitted by Mercer Morrison, Web Producer

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 9:50am

The following is a news release from the event coordinator:

Rich Aronovitch (Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, Comedy Central) will be live at Brewsky's in Hattiesburg on May 16.

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DuBard School at Southern Miss salutes ‘Better Hearing and Speech Month’

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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 3:39pm

DuBard School at Southern Miss salutes ‘Better Hearing and Speech Month’

Since 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has celebrated Better Hearing and Speech Month each May to raise public awareness of speech, language and hearing disorders that affect 14 million Americans. The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi wants to help spread the word.

Speech and language disorders can take many forms and can limit academic achievement, social adjustment, and career advancement. An individual may be born with a speech or language disorder, or it may be caused by accidental injury or illness.

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