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The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center received 18 awards Saturday at the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters’ 2026 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards, including nine first-place honors across student and professional divisions.

The Mississippi Rural Education Association is honoring Yazoo County Middle School’s Melanie Davis-Hardy as its Rural Teacher of the Year.

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.

Hello Jackson & George County Community,

Spring is here, and your libraries are blooming with fun, creative events for all ages all month long!

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.

The University of Mississippi has again received the Military Friendly Advisory Council’s highest ranking for its support of veteran and…

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music is proud to announce that its vocal a cappella group, Spirit of Southern (SOS), recently won the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) South Quarterfinal in Biloxi, advancing to the semifinal round set for March 28 in Durham, North Carolina.

Mississippi State University (MSU), Parker Glass, is working on the NASA Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center, helping to send astronauts around the Moon, the first mission of its kind in 50 years. But Glass didn’t always see a career in space exploration when he first moved to Mississippi, even though he grew up with a family connection to NASA. And he didn’t always have to stay in Starkville, but the love for the people and sports kept him coming back.

The University of Southern Mississippi and the City of Hattiesburg will bring Eaglepalooza back to downtown Hattiesburg on Friday, April 24, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

VICKSBURG, Miss.—Entrepreneurs and innovators from across Mississippi pitch their business ideas in the DAWG Tank Pitch Competition March 26 at…

Meg Medina has long since confirmed her promise as a writer after receiving an Ezra Jack Keats Award at The University of Southern Mississippi’s 2012 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival.

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Honors Collegewill celebrate its 50th anniversary the weekend of April 17-18 in conjunction with the 2026 Undergraduate Symposium on Research and Creative Activity (UGS), bringing alumni, faculty and students together for a day of panels, research presentations and special events.

The Pascagoula Propeller Club is proud to announce the 2026 Maritime Leadership Scholarship, proudly sponsored by the Pascagoula Bar Pilots. This scholarship was created to recognize and support outstanding Jackson County students who demonstrate strong academic performance, leadership potential, and an interest in the future of the maritime industry.