Browsing: Education

The Willis H. Lott Learning Resources Center (LRC) at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus has partnered with the Mississippi Humanities Council to host a family literacy program. The weekly programs will be held on the second floor of LRC each Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., from Jan. 28 to March 10.

MGCCC’s Pi Epsilon is working hard to fight habitat degradation.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s Polymer Science and Engineering undergraduate program has reached a significant milestone with national accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). This marks the program’s inaugural accreditation since the University began offering engineering courses in 2012.

Tara Cooper, a third grade teacher at Jackson Elementary, has been named the Jackson Elementary Teacher of the Year.

Dawn Smith, a science teacher at Gautier High School (GHS) has been named GHS Teacher of the Year.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has ranked The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) 11th in the nation and first in Mississippi in producing new National Board Certified Teachers in 2019 with 997 teachers certified.

Students get a chance to unwind with some puppies!

Every child deserves to have a present underneath their Christmas tree, and thanks to the Ocean Springs Middle School (OSMS) girls’ soccer team, several local children will wake up happy on Christmas morning.

Jenny Bristow of St. Martin has been named Teacher of the Year for both St. Martin High School (SMHS) and the Jackson County School District (JCSD).

2019 Fuel Your School program benefits 25,136 local students through collaboration with Chevron and DonorsChoose.org

Elizabeth Dock of Gautier has been named as the Administrator of the Year for the Pascagoula-Gautier School District (PGSD).

The Culinary Team from St. Martin High School won first place in the high school division of the Chefs of…

Students work their hardest as they enter the homestretch of the Fall Semester.

A Gulf Coast civil rights icon is being honored as the namesake of a new, $100 million National Science Foundation (NSF) oceanographic research ship, to be operated by the Gulf – Caribbean Oceanographic Consortium (GCOC), led by The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON).

Jeremy Bell has been named the Vancleave High School (VHS) Teacher of the Year.

Chevron and Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering have partnered in a new educational program designed to help increase the number of minority and female students who pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) educational opportunities.