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Student Affairs at Southern Miss Awards Comcast Scholarships

Student Affairs at Southern Miss Awards Comcast Scholarships

Each year, University of Southern Mississippi students receive scholarships through funds raised by student affairs during the Southern Miss Comcast Golf Classic. Due to Comcast’s support of Southern Miss and the Golf Classic as title sponsor, students are able to receive scholarships and professional development stipends for conferences.

“Without Comcast, students would not have as many opportunities for growth and financial support,” said Dr. Joe Paul, vice-president for Student Affairs at Southern Miss.

Inventor Creates Card Beams with Mississippi Polymer Institute’s 3D Printer

Inventor Creates Card Beams with Mississippi Polymer Institute’s 3D Printer

What are card beams, you may ask? They are the building toy that allows you to build gravity-defying houses of cards with the help of friction, gravity, and two types of beams - the cap and the connector.

Southern Miss Communications Team Wins Several Awards at Annual Conference

Southern Miss Communications Team Wins Several Awards at Annual Conference

The Office of Communications at The University of Southern Mississippi captured 11 awards – including a Grand Award for Print Media -- during the 2013 College Public Relations Association of Mississippi Conference held May 20-21 in Gulfport, Miss.

Competing in the Senior Division among Mississippi universities, Southern Miss took home the Grand Award for its “Parent Handbook.” The judges called the submission a “Home run.”

Southern Miss collected first-place awards in the following categories…

Thriffiley New Director-Liaison for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Thriffiley New Director-Liaison for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Lhay Browning Thriffiley has been chosen as the new director-liaison for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

Thriffiley is a graduate of the Master of Science in Economic Development program at Southern Miss, where she excelled in graduate level classes in grant writing, nonprofit leadership and administration studies. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in arts-based program development, creating a children’s summer camp program as her senior capstone.

Southern Miss halts solicitations for campus beautification campaign

Southern Miss halts solicitations for campus beautification campaign

The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation announced today that its tornado relief and campus beautification campaigns were entering a quiet phase as the nation focuses its attention on tornado victims in Oklahoma. During this time the Foundation will refrain from publicly soliciting donors for the campaigns.

Geroldean Dyse presented with honorary degree at WCU

Geroldean Dyse presented with honorary degree at WCU

Dr. Tommy King, president of William Carey University, introducing Geroldean McSwain Dyse, CEO of the Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc., before presenting her with The Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters during one of the university’s four commencement ceremonies in Smith Auditorium.

A native of New Augusta, she was the second nurse ever hired by SeMRHI in 1980, and she rose through the ranks from licensed practical nurse and health educator to chief operating officer to CEO by 2011.

Essentials in Human Resource Management Course Set for June 20-21

Essentials in Human Resource Management Course Set for June 20-21

The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Professional Development and Educational Outreach will hold the Essentials in Human Resource Management Professional Certificate CourseJune 20-21 from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on the Hattiesburg campus.

Small business owners, office managers, individuals responsible for the human resource functions in their companies, new and junior human resource practitioners and individuals who are investigating human resource management as a career will benefit from attending.