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USM Gulf Park couple retires after 76 years

Husband and wife Ricky and Karen Shaw are retiring from The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf Park Campus after a combined total of seventy-six years of dedicated service. Karen Shaw retires after forty-four years working in the Gulf Coast Library; Ricky Shaw retires after thirty-two years in the University Police Department at Gulf Park.…

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USM’s Gulf Park Campus Kicks Off First Day of Classes

Students, faculty, and staff started their first day at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM)’s Gulf Park Campus with hopes for a positive semester. Dr. Shannon Campbell, Senior Associate Vice President for Coastal Operations, is excited for the return of students on campus and a new academic year. “The beginning of fall semester brings a…

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Six things every American needs to know about their country

By Douglas Carswell   “Woke” radicals love to undermine America at every opportunity. They try to rewrite history in order to demoralize and disorientate the United States.   Cultural Marxism is able to thrive in that vacuum where there was once good civics education. If we want to defeat the radicals, both on and off…

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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Jillian LaRosa Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Jillian LaRosa, of Long Beach, received the McDonnell-Barksdale Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. LaRosa is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university. “All of our students…

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Long Beach students participate in GenSea Blue summer internships

Three Long Beach High School students, Vicki Tran, Justin Mares and Jose “Tony” Garcia, participated in GenSea Blue internships this summer. To inspire the next generation of leaders in marine and coastal sciences, the GenSea Blue Economy Pathways Internship program at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) offered a cohort of seventeen high school students…

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