Six weeks after landfall of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast resumed classes in leased space at the HealthMark Center in Gulfport, Miss.

By leasing approximately half of the total square footage of the complex, Southern Miss was able to convert a part of the healthcare facility into instructional and office space as evaluations were made of the university's heavily-damaged Long Beach campus. For more detailed information about the research into a permanent home for the Southern Miss Gulf Coast campus, visit our Campus Redevelopment page which includes a link to PowerPoint presentations on the three options currently under discussion.

To see photo galleries of the damage to the Southern Miss Gulf Park campus, click here. To see photos of damage to the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Miss., click here.

For directions to the Gulf Coast Student Service Center (part of the HealthMark Center at 1520 Broad Avenue in Gulfport) and the Jackson County Teaching Site, click here. For turn-by-turn directions to the Gulf Coast Student Service Center, click here.

For satellite photos of the Gulf Park campus and surrounding area following Hurricane Katrina, NOAA has posted satellite imagery of the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast on its Web site, http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/. Below is one image enlarged to show the Southern Miss Gulf Coast campus.

The J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium located at Point Cadet in Biloxi was reduced to rubble after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. Classes resumed at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory on Monday, Sept. 12. Photos of GCRL after the storm can be found here.

Southern Miss facilities at the John C. Stennis Space Center experienced roof damage, but was able to resume classes on Sept. 12.