Welcome to our Centennial Timeline! This interactive journey through the history of Southern Miss is organized by decade and features audio clips and photo captions in the "notes" section.
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- 1981
The Center for International Education is created. - 1982
Nationally ranked Polymer Science Institute is created. - April 6, 1983
Heavy April showers drenched the Hattiesburg area, dropping 12 inches of water in less than 24 hours. - March 26, 1987
USM men's basketball team won National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in Madison Square Garden, bringing home the first basketball championship to the state of Mississippi. - 1988
The university implements a campus wide reorganization Key changes included: the creation of the College of Health and Human Sciences, the renaming of the College of Arts, a new School of Public and International Affairs and the combining of the School of Engineering Technology with the College of Science and Technology.
- 1981
Bobby L. Chain Technology Building- Academic building named for USM benefactor and former IHL Board President, Bobby L. Chain.
