Browsing: Education

A scholarship established by a University of Mississippi alumna and her family is helping ease the burden for pharmacy students from rural areas while also strengthening health care options for rural Mississippians.

The Eugene B. Polk Pharmacy Scholarship, created by Gary and Susan Cantrell, already has helped its first recipient, Simpson County native Stephen Rayborn, through the professional program at the School of Pharmacy.

Belhaven University is one of the eight Christian colleges in the state of Mississippi. Located in the heart of Mississippi’s capital, Jackson, Belhaven offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate programs to ambitious students who seek to broaden their education as well as their discovering their God-given calling in this world. 

Preston Stringer, a University of Southern Mississippi (USM) strategic communication major with a public relations emphasis, gained valuable experience and insight into the professional world through his National Millennial and GenZ (NMGZ) field trip to Washington, D.C. this year.

If you look at the US nuclear test map below, you will note something that may be news to you!  Almost 60 years ago, Hattiesburg was “the bomb” – at least we were a nuclear bomb testing site. 

The University of Mississippi’s Pride of the South band is marching with renewed enthusiasm on its new $5.4 million practice field — a replica of Hollingsworth Field, the playing surface at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Just how hot was it in Pascagoula last week? 
According to Barbara Colville’s kindergarten class at Resurrection Catholic Elementary School (RCES), it was hot enough to melt crayons and cook an egg outside.

During the month of September, the Jackson-George Regional Library System is joining the American Library Association in celebrating Library Card Sign-up Month. 

Finding a passion is like falling in love – you know it when you see it and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get to chase it all your life. That was the message noted radio producer Dave Isay gave to more than 5,000 University of Mississippi students on Tuesday (Aug. 22) evening.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Pride of Mississippi Marching Band and the Dixie Darlings will kick off the 2023 football season with Pride Preview Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Southern Station behind the Thad Cochran Center on the Hattiesburg campus.

Students at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) recently gained a greater understanding about one of the various humanitarian crises facing Europe through the school’s Human Rights and Social Justice in Italy study abroad program, which featured interdisciplinary frames of instruction and guidance for participants.

Two childhood friends from Jackson, MS, set out to make grammar make sense for students of all ages with their “portable secret weapon,” Pocket Grammar.

Anyway, whether some of us like it or not, school IS back in session, so I thought it would be a good time to reflect  upon some of the best/favorite teachers I had throughout my educational process in the Pascagoula School System. I’ve decided to begin with a commentary about an instructor who was probably the most exceptional classroom educator I ever had, then give bullet point comments about several others, starting that group with grade school and going forward.

There is a lot of intrigue surrounding whale sharks. From their deceiving name to their enigmatic lifestyle there is still…

JACKSON COUNTY, MS __ The Oceans Springs Municipal Library is finally reopening its doors to the public on Monday, August…

ROME, Italy.—Mississippi State’s global impact in the fields of aquaculture and high-performance computing continues to grow as university leaders visited…

The D.P.C. program’s quality and affordability have now drawn national acclaim. OnlineU, a leading higher education electronic publication, has ranked Mississippi College No. 2 in the U.S. for most affordable online colleges for a doctorate in counseling.