USM announces new facility named after Kelly Gene Cook, Sr.
(From USM)
The University of Southern Mississippi announced Monday the naming of its new shared facility for services provided by DuBard School for Language Disorders and The Children’s Center for Communication and Development on the Gulf Park campus as Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Hall, in recognition of a generous $1.5 million gift from the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Charitable Foundation.
The school said the transformative gift supports the construction of a facility designed to expand the services and impact of two of Southern Miss’ most respected clinical programs, both housed within the College of Nursing and Health Professions.
Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Hall will open the doors to vital early intervention and therapeutic services to children and families along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
With dedicated therapy rooms, classrooms and collaborative learning spaces designed to serve children with complex communication needs, it will also provide a robust training environment for Southern Miss students pursuing careers in speech-language pathology, audiology, early intervention and related fields.
