Southern Miss Organization Hosts Haunted Halloween Trail

 

 

The University of Southern Mississippi Roots N' Shoots chapter is hosting the Haunted Halloween Biology Trail from 4 -7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 in the Biological Sciences Learning Center, located in the basement of Mississippi Hall on the Hattiesburg campus. 

 

The event is free of charge and open to the community. The trail is designed for ages 4-12, but is appropriate for all ages and represents a revised version of the standard biology trail with unique, exciting and spooky twists. 

 

The trail was launched in 2005 to create a hands-on learning activity to engage Southern Miss students in getting children in the community excited about biology and science.

 

"Our haunted trail is staffed by biology students who provide creative, fun and interesting ways to learn about fossils, insects, and cells," said Aimee Lee, biological sciences instructor. 

 

Lee says the children will experience live animals, participate in a fossil dig, touch bones of a fossilized whale, experience the world of chemistry and witness a chemical eruption. In previous years, students learned about marine science, bacterial cell growth, and the magic of energy. 

 

"At one station, children learned about marine science and were given a treat of goldfish crackers," said Lee. "We tie the treats to each specific learning area. The trail is a fun way for the entire family to experience biology with an exciting twist."

 

Roots N' Shoots involves youths and college students who enjoy learning about and servicing their communities. Students plan and implement projects to benefit people, animals and the environment.

  

The Southern Miss chapter was established in 2005 with the help of Lynn Houston and Hattiesburg High School students. Globally, Roots N' Shoots engages students through community service learning opportunities and activities. 

 

The Haunted Halloween Trail and Mississippi Hall can be located by entering the Hattiesburg campus on East Memorial Drive from Hardy Street and following the signs to the Haunted Trail.

website haunted trail.pdf

Invent Your Future Call for Entries

 

Noetic Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce the opening call for entries for the 6^th annual "Invent Your Future!" competition. 

 

Invent Your Future is the invention competition featuring a total of $20,000 in cash prizes, as well as valuable in-kind prizes! The technology-oriented competition is designed to identify innovative ideas in Mississippi and the surrounding region, and to foster their commercial potential.

 

The deadline for entry submissions is March 19, 2010.  Finalists will be selected for the live competition on April 27, 2010 in The Accelerator, the flagship building in The Garden, Hattiesburg's new innovation and commercialization park.  Final contenders are given the opportunity to make a ten minute presentation followed by five minutes of questions from a panel of three external judges who will select the winners. 

Click here for more information: 

IYF announcement 2010.pdf

Four veteran members of The University of Southern Mississippi's faculty noted for their outstanding records of service, scholarship and leadership have earned the designation of University Distinguished Professor for 2009.

 

The recipients include from left:  Dr. Chang-Tseh Hsieh, the McCarty Distinguished Professor of Management Information Systems; Dr. Frances Karnes, professor of gifted education and director of the Frances Karnes Center for Gifted Studies; Dr. Frank Moore, professor and chairman of the Department of Biology and 2009 University Grand Marshal, and Dr. Philip Kolin, professor of English and first Charles W. Moorman Distinguished Professor in the Humanities.

 

"These four gifted and dedicated members of our faculty have enriched the life of our university and advanced their respective fields with their commitment to their students and scholarly achievements," said Southern Miss President Martha Saunders. "Southern Miss is a better place because of them."

 

About Dr. Moore: 

Dr. Moore came to Southern Miss in 1979. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, former associate editor for The Auk (North American Journal of Ornithology); a member of the editorial boards for the Southeastern Naturalist and the Journal of Ornithology; a member of the board of directors of the Cooper Ornithological Society; a member of the scientific advisory board for the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory; and former member of the board of trustees of the Nature Conservancy Mississippi.  
 
His students have studied the ecology, behavior and physiology of migratory birds at several locations in North America as well as sites in Italy, Sweden and Honduras. Their work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USDA Forest Service, the National Park Service, the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Defense and the Nature Conservancy.
 
Moore has authored or co-authored more than 90 professional research publications and made numerous research presentations at professional seminars and conferences. His honors from Southern Miss include the T.W. Bennett Jr. Distinguished Professorship from 1995-97; the Innovation Award for Basic Research in 2004; the Outstanding Faculty Service Award in 2005 from the College of Science and Technology; and the State Institutions for Higher Learning's 2008 Higher Education Appreciation Day--Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE).

Career Services has created a flyer just for Sci Tech Majors. 

Here are employers and organizations seeking COST students: 

 

The University of Southern Mississippi Career Fair Fall 2009

Wednesday, October 14, Thad Cochran Center Noon - 4 p.m.

 

Employers & Organizations seeking students of the  College of Science and Technology for  fulltime, part-time, internship & continued education opportunities:

 

ATK

The Blain Companies

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi

Cellular South

Cintas

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

Delta State University

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Eutaw Construction

Forrest General Hospital

GE Aviation

Hattiesburg Clinic

Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Hol-Mac Corporation

Howard Industries, Inc.

Intralox, LLC

Jackson State University

Mississippi College

Mississippi College School of Law

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

 

Mississippi State University - Office of the Graduate School

Mobile County Personnel Board

Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO)

Naval Research Laboratory

North Mississippi Center for Higher Education Advancement, Inc.

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems - Ingalls

Pre Paid Legal Services, Inc.

Pride Staff

Regions Bank

Saks Fifth Avenue

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

The Southern Company

Southern Farm Bureau Life

The University of Mississippi Graduate School

The University of Mississippi - School of Law

The University of Mississippi Medical Center

US Army Recruiting Battalion

Verizon Wireless

Walgreens

 

SciTechFlyer-fall09.pdf

For more information contact Southern Miss Career Services, McLemore Hall, Room 125, 601.266.4153

 

If special assistance or auxiliary aids are needed to accommodate a disability, please contact the Office of Disability Accommodation at 601.266.5024 prior to the Career Fair.

 

Students in the College of Science & Technology:Are You Interested In:

• Career opportunities in ocean applications?
• Summer employment and internships?
• Scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students?

Visit with Representatives from the

Naval Oceanographic Office

Wednesday, October 14^th, 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Fall Career Fair in the Thad Cochran Center

 

NAVOCEANO is located at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.

We employ several hundred civilian scientists from a variety of academic backgrounds to work on interdisciplinary problems involving applied oceanography, marine geology and geophysics, acoustics, hydrography, remote sensing, geographic information systems and databases. Our scientists collect, process, and analyze ocean data and provide the resulting information to Navy and national security decision makers. Some of our scientists travel for several months each year throughout the world collecting data aboard our oceanographic survey ships.

 

If you are a U.S. citizen pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD degree with courses in marine science, geology, physics, physical geography, computer science, applied or computational mathematics,  visit the NAVOCEANO booth, or contact Dale Newell, 228-688-4664, william.d.newell@navy.mil  for more information about employment and scholarship opportunities.

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

The College of Science and Technology

Undergraduate Advisement Workshop

Friday September 25^th

2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.

Location: WSB 120 (little Reuben).

All advising faculty and staff are welcome.  Please encourage all new faculty and advising staff to attend.

Topics include: understanding university requirements, how to read a SMART sheet, explanation of various academic processes and etc.

Hope to see a lot of you there!

Dessarai Brackman

Assistant to the Dean for Advisement and Records

College of Science and Technology

601-266-4883

COST adv workshop.pdf

Senior Physics and Math Major Completes National Science Foundation Funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Cornell University's Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) located in Ithaca, NY 

Tyler McCleery, of Mobile, Al., senior Physics and Math Major, and Honors College student, was chosen to work in the Nanomagnetics Division under Professor Dan Ralph and post-doc Saikat Ghosh to build a Low Noise, Grating-Tuned, Diode Laser.  

The laser's ultimate purpose is to be used in a system designed to probe quantum dots at ultra-low temperatures for investigation into magnetic and electronic properties.  As part of this project, McCleery learned about electronic, cryogenic, and feedback systems.

McCleery said of his experience, "I greatly enjoyed my summer experience and feel like I have made some exceptional contacts for a future career in physics."

Ty is also active on campus in many ways including:

Member of the College of Science and Technology Student Ambassadors

President of the Southern Miss Society of Physics Students, Chapter #6626

President of the Southern Miss Stage Monkeys Comedy Improv

Jon Parker of Samford University discusses admission requirements for the McWhorter School of Pharmacy. 

Friday September 11, 2009
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bobby Chain Technology Building, First Floor Lobby



samford univ 9 11 09.pdf

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