Browsing: Education

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

Empowering futures starts with education. The Pearl River Community College Development Foundation is thrilled to introduce the Build Better Scholarship, made possible by a $5,000 contribution from the Ford Foundation. This scholarship, specifically designed to support single parents or children of single parents, will be awarded to a deserving student this fall. 

The influence of a legendary University of Southern Mississippi (USM) professor convinced Louise Smith to come to Hattiesburg and study to be a music educator – ultimately following a “call to teach” that has since struck a chord with those singing praises for her work as the longtime band director at Gautier (Miss.) Middle School.   

Two students from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE) boarded the R/V Roger Revelle to study the physics on natural hydrocarbon seeps and the physical processes that control the fate of the released oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. Joshua Seymour and Charles Heatherly were chosen to be part of a diverse student research group comprised of students and professors from the University of Georgia, the University of Missouri Columbia, and Southern Miss.