Browsing: Education

Read about Mississippi’s educators and student achievements in the state.

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music will present “Made in America,” a concert of American music, on Tuesday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Immersive Media Performing Arts Center (iMPAC) in Gulfport, Miss. The event will feature voices of the Hattiesburg Choral Union, Southern Miss Gulf Coast Civic Chorale and choirs from the Harrison County and Jackson County campuses of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, alongside the famed Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra.

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) held a joint press conference today at the university’s Gulf Park campus in Long Beach, Miss., to announce a new academic partnership that will allow MGCCC to offer select freshman- and sophomore-level courses on the Southern Miss Gulf Park campus, creating a seamless pathway for students to complete course requirements for select associate and bachelor’s degrees.

By the time the hallway goes quiet, you know what kind of day it is.

Teachers are standing at their doors, offering last-minute smiles and soft encouragement. Pencils are freshly sharpened. Somewhere, a student is whispering, “I’m nervous,” and a teacher is answering, “You’re ready.” It’s testing season in Mississippi—and if you’ve ever been part of a school community, you can feel it the moment you walk in.

While honeybees are important for crops and as a food source for humans, native bees pollinate as much as 80% of many important crops and should be protected as well. Most people don’t realize that there are about 20,000 species of bees worldwide, and 90% of bees are solitary, meaning they don’t form hives or live communally. The bulk of what the general public has been taught about bees leaves out the majority of our native species, but one organization is trying to educate us properly and learn more about these buzzing creators.

When children are out of school for breaks, holidays, intercession or summer, many parents struggle with finding activities for informal learning to take place that aren’t in front of a screen. That is why the University of Southern Mississippi Center for STEM Education has created “S3—Sustainable STEM by the Sea” as an affordable outlet where coastal students discover the habitat and environment in their own back yards.