Office of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement
Office of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement
The Office of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement works with The University of Southern Mississippi to provide guidelines to help you navigate your scholastic experience and fund your academic career.
Kennard Scholars Program Scholarship
The purpose of this fund is to award scholarships to first generation students with demonstrated need who maintain a 2.75 GPA and demonstrate leadership potential through campus involvement.
Kennard Services Scholarship
The Kennard Service Scholarship was created to award scholarships to underrepresented students, particularly students of color. These student scholarships are awarded to students based on the service to the institution through community engagement, student organization leadership, and work in diversity, inclusion, and equity.
Golden Pride Annual Scholarship
The purpose of this fund is to provide a scholarship to a current student with a minimum 2.50 GPA. The student must submit an essay that describes a specific way he or she helped the LGBTQ community recently. The scholarship is not based on financial need.
Johnson-Lockheart Scholarship Endowment
The purpose of this fund is to honor the parents of USM Alumni Jeffery Wayne Johnson and Peggy Wolfe Johnson. The recipient must be a first-generation college student who is a graduate of Collins High School in Collins, Mississippi, with preference given to a USM junior or senior with an overall 2.5 GPA or better and/or financial need. When possible the award should alternate by year between a student from the College of Business and Economic Development and a student in a science or technology major. Further consideration, when possible, should be given to a student from the Shady Oak or Friendship communities within Collins. If all preferences cannot be met in a given year, the core requirements are a first-generation college student who graduated from Collins High School of Collins, Mississippi.
Allies Training
This 2-hour LGBTQIA+ Sensitivity training provides foundational knowledge for faculty, staff and students across campus. Campus ALLIES promote inclusivity and create safe spaces for members in the LGBTQIA+ community and allies.
Get Connected Training
The IME Office conducts Get Connected trainings for Student Organizations and individual students to assist them in understanding how to Report their Volunteer Service hours in our new Volunteer software system.
Student Development Training (Internal)
Officer Transition and Student Leader Training is used to help develop students both personally and professionally. We teach students skills necessary to succeed following college. We cover time/risk management, conflict resolution, purposeful programming and finally, leadership development.
Anti-Racism Training
From anti-racism to implicit bias, our diversity and inclusion trainings will help foster a safer and more inviting environment for students, faculty, and staff. We offer numerous trainings ranging from but not limited to difficult conversations (Carefrontation), cultural competence, and microaggressions.
Center for Black Studies
Southern Miss was desegregated in 1965 when Raylawni Branch and Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong became the first African American students enrolled at the University. More than fifty years of progress is evident in the wide-ranging programming, research, teaching, and service activities organized and supported by the Center for Black Studies.
The mission of the Center is two-fold:
Center for American Indian Research Studies (CAIRS)
The Center for American Indian Research and Studies (CAIRS) facilitates partnerships between the faculty of Southern Miss and regional tribal governments in order to better serve the needs of the American Indian people in our area.
Women’s and Gender Studies
At Southern Miss, the Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) Program offers both an undergraduate and a graduate minor. In addition to courses specific to the program, we offer classes in a variety of academic areas, from sociology to literature, nursing to human performance, theatre and dance to speech communication, history, and political science. Specific courses are listed under the appropriate program.
Women's and Gender Studies courses are for all students—men, women, genderqueer, cisgender, straight, and LGBTQIA—who are interested in gaining new insight into women, gender, and sexuality issues.
International Student and Scholar Services
International Student and Scholar Services strives to be a leader in providing for the needs of non-immigrant students and scholars while promoting a culture of inclusivity, diversity, and mutual support at The University of Southern Mississippi, the state of Mississippi, the nation, and the world.