September 2010

Renowned singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett took a break from his busy schedule to spend some time on the Southern Miss campus with university President Martha Saunders.

A home football game tradition continues at its new home when the Friday Night at the Fountain concert and pep rally kicks off at 7 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 10 at the Centennial Green, located at the site of the old University Commons on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi.

Friday Night at the Fountain will begin with a concert by the Southern Miss student group S.M.A.S.H. from 7-9 p.m., which will be followed by a pep rally featuring the Southern Miss Cheerleaders, Dixie Darlings, Golden Eagles mascot Seymour, a member of the Southern Miss football coaching staff and the Pride of Mississippi Marching Band.

Elections will be held Tuesday, Sept. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The University of Southern Mississippi to elect a queen and her court for Southern Miss’ Centennial Celebration Homecoming, as well as Mr. and Miss Southern Miss.  The elections are coordinated by the Student Government Association (SGA).

The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Natural History Museum has received a National Science Foundation grant to catalogue invertebrate specimens from the northern Gulf of Mexico.