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Date 4-21-06
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Southern Miss Students Among Top Three Teams
at FedEx Institute Business Plan Competition
Hattiesburg—Three
polymer science graduate students from the University of Southern
Mississippi’s College of Science and Technology were among the top
contenders in this year’s FedEx Institute Business Plan competition
held April 1 in Memphis.
The group competed
against teams from California, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee as
they sought to prove they had the ability to create high growth
companies, with a $20,000 grand prize at stake.
The trio is
among 23 participants in the Entrepreneurial Medicinal and Polymer
Science program, an Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship (IGERT) project between Southern Miss’ School of Polymers
and High Performance Materials and the University of Mississippi’s
(UM) School of Pharmacy. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
IGERT is an interdisciplinary degree program that combines science
with training in business and entrepreneurial skills.
Southern Miss’
Lisa Kemp and UM’s Nick Hammond of AbliTech, LLC placed third in
the competition, winning $2,500. NuBone Technologies—Southern Miss’
Stacy Trey and Alicyn Rhoades, along with UM’s David Weldon—managed
to reach the semifinals.
AbliTech, LLC
focused on the development of new polymer products and polymer/drug
combination products that advance current medical healing technology.
Established last year, AbilTech aims to add value to biomedical
devices by providing reduced rejection rates, controllable drug
delivery profiles, and enhanced implant lifetime through innovative
polymer products.
NuBone Technologies
is an innovative company involved in medicinal polymer applications.
The company offers research, development and licensing on biodegradable
and biocompatible polymer blends utilized across various animal
and human therapeutic areas, including joint repair, joint replacement,
and even dental repair/reconstruction.
Kemp, Trey and
Rhoades are pursuing doctorates in polymer science and engineering
under the supervision of Southern Miss professors Dr. Robson Storey
and Dr. Douglas Wicks.
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Lisa
Kemp, a polymer science graduate student at the University of Southern
Mississippi, finished among the top three in the FedEx Institute
Business Plan Competition held April 1 in Memphis. The competition’s
goal was to determine which students could create high growth companies.
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Stacy
Trey, a polymer science graduate student at the University of Southern
Mississippi, reached the semifinals of the FedEx Institute Business
Plan Competition held April 1 in Memphis. The competition’s goal
was to determine which students could create high growth companies.
Click to enlarge
Alicyn Rhoades,
a polymer science graduate student at the University of Southern
Mississippi, reached the semifinals of the FedEx Institute Business
Plan Competition held April 1 in Memphis. The competition’s goal
was to determine which students could create high growth companies.
For more information, contact Chinika Hood at 601.266.5568.
Southern
Miss Libraries, Katrina Research Center to
Present Hurricane Camille, Katrina Program
Hattiesburg—The
University Libraries and Katrina Research Center present “A Tale
of Two Disasters: Camille and Katrina” on Sunday, April 30 at 2
p.m. Judith Howard and Ernest Zebrowski, authors of Category
5: The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America’s Most Violent
Hurricane, will compare the two devastating storms and discuss
reports and recommendations from the federal government in response
to both Camille and Katrina. The event will be held in Southern
Miss’ Cook Library, Room 123. Admission is free. Copies of the book
will also be available for purchase.
Jazz
Trombonist John Mahoney Performs With Southern Miss Jazz Band
Hattiesburg—Composer,
arranger, and trombonist John Mahoney will join the University of
Southern Mississippi Jazz Lab Bands I and II in concert at 7:30
p.m., April 28 at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium.
Under the direction
of Larry Panella, associate professor of music and director of jazz
studies and Jazz Lab Band I at Southern Miss, the Jazz Lab I program
portion will feature several Mahoney compositions and other selections
by Randy Crenshaw, Bob Mintzer, and others.
The band will
premier one Mahoney piece, “Resilience,” during the concert, which
was commissioned by the Southern Miss band to commemorate the enduring
spirit of the people of Mississippi and Louisiana who suffered from
the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The performance, according
to Panella, “is dedicated to those who press on in building and
restoring their communities.”
Mahoney, who
has performed throughout the United States with artists like Sal
Nistico, Joe Romano, Andy Fusco, and the Woody Herman Orchestra,
is the coordinator of jazz studies and director of the award-winning
Loyola Jazz Band at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Jazz Lab Band
II is under the direction of Chris Parkin, the jazz studies graduate
assistant who came to Southern Miss from Whitworth College in Spokane,
Wash. Called “the little big band,” JLB II opens the concert and
performs from selections by Tom Kubis, Fred Forney, Dan Higgins,
and an arrangement by Parkin.
For ticket information,
call the Southern Miss Ticket Office at 601.266.5418 or 800.844.8425.
For more information, call the jazz studies office at 601.266.4047.
Southern
Miss Concert Bands Present Concert in May
Hattiesburg—The
University of Southern Mississippi concert bands will present two
concerts at Bennett Auditorium May 2 and 4 to conclude the 2005-06
academic year. The internationally recognized Wind Ensemble, under
the direction of Thomas Fraschillo, will perform at 7:30 p.m., May
2. The concert program, performed by the 55-member ensemble of the
finest wind and percussion musicians of the School of Music, will
feature band compositions by Clifton Williams, Luigi Zaninelli,
Jere Hutcheson, Donald Grantham and John Philip Sousa.
On May 4, the
university’s Symphonic Winds will perform at 7:30 p.m. under the
direction of Dr. Gary Adam, associate director of bands. The evening’s
program includes Alfred Reed’s “Armenian Dances”; Gustav Holst’s
“First Suite in E-Flat,” conducted by D.M.A candidate Eric Harris
of Charlotte, N.C.; Richard Wagner’s “Huldigungsmarsch,” conducted
by M.M.Ed. candidate Quintus Wrighten of Sumter, S.C.; “Impressionist
Prints,” by former Southern Miss music graduate Aldo Forte; and
Johannes Hannsen’s “Valdres.”
“The Symphonic
Winds, which consists of predominantly music education and music
performance majors, will present a strong program of concert band
greats,” Adam said.Both
concerts are free of charge. For more information, call the Southern
Miss Bands Office at 601.266-4990.
Southern
Miss College of Science and Technology to Host 2006 IMAGE Awards
Hattiesburg—The
University of Southern Mississippi will host its 2006 Increasing
Minority Access to Graduate Education (IMAGE) award banquet April
26 at 6 p.m. inside Rooms B and C of the R.C. Cook Union
IMAGE, a program
within Southern Miss’ College of Science and Technology, helps students
strive for academic excellence in the areas of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.
Shelia Varnado,
retired colonel, U.S. Army, will be the guest speaker of the event,
which will honor the outstanding achievements of student members,
faculty, staff and pay tribute to IMAGE’s graduating seniors.
For more information
about the ceremony or the program, please contact Travis Griffin,
director of Outreach for the College of Science and Technology,
at 601.266.6484.
Dougherty
to Lecture for Southern Miss War and Society Series
Hattiesburg—The
Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern
Mississippi wraps up its inaugural War and Society lecture series
with a presentation at 6 p.m., May 2 at Gonzales Auditorium (Liberal
Arts Building, Room 108) on the Hattiesburg campus. The theme for
this year is the interaction of war and civilians.
Southern Miss
instructor of history and former professor in the Department of
Military Science Kevin Dougherty will speak on “The Mexican War
and Its Influence on the Treatment of Civilians in the U.S. Civil
War.”
Of the four
lectures, three members of the university’s history department have
been featured in the series: Michael Neiberg, Kyle Zelner and Dougherty.
“The Southern Miss history department is fortunate in having a great
deal of expertise on the topic of war and society,” said department
chair Phyllis Jestice. “Members of the department have published
on topics ranging from ancient navies to Vietnam.
“We hope that
this will be the beginning of an annual war and society lecture
series, to be held every spring. It is one of several planned activities
through which the department hopes to reach out to the broader community.”
Jestice further
explained the reason for the series. “The study of war is currently
in a state of transformation. Modern scholars are putting much more
emphasis on the impact of war, going beyond "blow by blow"
accounts of campaigns to a great many broader issues.” These issues
include the experiences of the participants and the effects on the
civilian population.
Dougherty teaches
classes on world civilizations and military history at Southern
Miss. Prior to joining the department, he was a career Army officer,
retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2005. His last Army assignment
was as commander of the Southern Miss Army ROTC battalion.
Dougherty holds
a bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy and
master’s degrees from Troy State University and the Army War College.
He is the author of The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military
Analysis (University Press of Mississippi, 2005) and numerous
articles in military journals and encyclopedias.
Admission is
free. For more information about the lecture series, contact 601.266.4497.
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