Browsing: Education

Numerous Mississippi State students, employees and dignitaries—including the Famous Maroon Band, Miss MSU Morgan Nelson and the university’s EcoCAR team—will help ring in the Christmas season Monday [Nov. 27] in the annual Starkville Christmas parade.

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) will provide research assistance in health-related issues as part of a collaboration with My Brother’s Keeper, which recently received a 2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) ComPASS Award.

The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation has awarded a generous grant to The Children’s Center for Communication and Development at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) through the USM Foundation. These funds will be used to build a new playground on USM’s Hattiesburg campus.

Esports is growing in popularity throughout The Magnolia State. Now a state-sanctioned sport in Mississippi, high school students can compete in state, regional and national championships. What are the opportunities like for high school student competitors? Well, they’re endless.

The University of Mississippi is inviting faculty, staff, students and friends to spread a little holiday cheer by participating in the 26th annual Books and Bears program.

 An Apple Watch app that provides data and feedback on the wearer’s basketball shooting motion won first place during the 2023 Servin’ the South Business Model Competition.

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is partnering with Louisiana State University (LSU) and Tulane University through the Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative (MissDelta), a $22 million, five-year project that includes 38 investigators who will seek strategies to promote sustainability of the marine ecosystem for the northern Gulf Coast.

Most educators agree that teaching is more than just a career choice; it’s a calling. This couldn’t be more true for Louise Smith, Mississippi Teacher of the Year, now among five educators who will be presented with the Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence in May of 2024. The Horace Mann Award is one of public education’s top honors.

Tucked away on the second floor of Farley Hall is an office that not many people know about. The building’s facade may carry his name, but the man who sits behind the desk doesn’t look for notoriety or recognition, despite the fact that his legacy changed the landscape of journalism across Mississippi.

The humble beginnings of the University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) are full of extensive history and fond memories. Nestled 60 miles west of Mobile, Alabama and 90 miles east of New Orleans, Louisiana, the Ocean Springs-based lab is known for its resilience and coastal impact to create a sustainable Gulf Coast.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Master of Public Health online program has been rated among the nation’s best in rankings released by education resource guide Edumed.org. USM is the only Mississippi college or university ranked among the top-50 in the Best Online MPH Programs for 2024.

Mississippi State representatives, Starkville Habitat for Humanity officials, student volunteers and community members gathered off 16th Section Road in rural Oktibbeha County with Hubbard and her family Friday to break ground at the site that will become home for her and her brother, R.D. Coleman. Hubbard, who cares for her sibling, is a Starkville High School cafeteria worker of almost two decades, and her home is the 75th constructed in Oktibbeha County by the local Habitat chapter since 1986.

Healthy food met hearty appetites at the corner of Business Row and Dormitory Row on Thursday (Oct. 19) as The Farmstand made its debut on the University of Mississippi campus.

From Old Highway 63, the George County Fair appears to be brightly lit thriller rides, loud music, screams and all the sights a carnival encompasses. However, the heart of the fair happens a few steps away from the noise at the livestock barn and agricultural exhibit hall.

Innovative entrepreneurial ideas are being “hatched” on a daily basis at a unique Inspiration Lab within the College of Business and Economic Development at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM).

Dubbed “The Hatchery,” this extraordinary space serves as a hub to help align and connect the wealth of entrepreneurship-related resources, knowledge, and vision at the University.

Mississippi State University is one of only 11 universities and colleges across the U.S. that are part of a new national initiative, Transforming the Foundational Postsecondary Experience. The institutions are taking on the challenge of redesigning the first two years of college so every student can graduate.