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Southern Miss Gulf Coast Nursing students perform hearing tests for students at Westminster Academy in Gulfport, Mississippi.

College of Health - Gulf Coast

The College of Health at the Southern Miss Gulf Coast campus currently offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The graduate programs are oriented toward meeting career objectives in the professional and educational markets and promoting advanced study in areas of interest to the students.

Purpose
The College of Health seeks to improve the health and well-being of individuals, families, organizations, and communities. The College of Health at Southern Miss Gulf Coast includes nursing, community health, social work, and human performance and recreation.

Mission
The mission of the College of Health at The University of Southern Mississippi is to create, apply and transmit expert knowledge, within and across the domains of its constituent disciplines, for the well-being and betterment of individuals, community, state, nation and world.

Vision
Advancing health and well-being through excellence and innovation in teaching, research and service.

Academic Units
The academic programs of the College of Health on the Gulf Coast include the School of Nursing , the School of Social Work, the Department of Community Health Sciences, and the School of Human Performance and Recreation.

School of Nursing
The School of Nursing offers Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing
degree programs, RN-BSN and RN-MSN programs.

Administrator: Katherine Nugent, Ph.D., RN, Director, School of Nursing

Faye Mitchell For information contact:
Faye Mitchell, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, School of Nursing, Gulf Coast
Tel: 228.865.4517

School of Social Work
The Baccalaureate of Social Work (BSW) is a 129-hour program. The Master of Social Work (MSW) at the The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast campus part-time program is a three-year program designed primarily for employed practitioners. The Master of Social Work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

For more information about the work of Dr. Ray Scurfield, click here or call 228.214.3261.

Tim Rehner, Ph.D., Interim Director, School of Social Work

Call Annie Easterling at 228.214.3262 for more information about the School of Social Work.

Department of Community Health Sciences

Administrator: James McGuire, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences

For information, contact:
Danielle Robinson Fastring, MS, MPH
Department of Community Health Science, Gulf Coast
Tel: 228.214.3262

School of Human Performance and Recreation

Susan Hubble Burchell, Ed.D., Interim Director, School of Human Performance and Recreation

For more information, contact Annie Easterling
College of Health, 228.214.3262.

 

The University of Southern Mississippi serves nearly 16,000 students on the main campus in Hattiesburg, Miss., and at five teaching and research sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Southern Miss is educating a 21st century work force providing intellectual capital, cultural enrichment and innovation to Mississippi and the world.