School of Media and Communication
School of Media and Communication
The Speaking Center provides to students:The Speaking Center provides assistance to the Southern Miss community for the development of our students’ abilities as competent and ethical speakers. We provide services to students and faculty.
The Speaking Center provides to faculty:
The Speaking Center will not:
Following the National Communication Association’s Credo for Ethical Communication, the Speaking Center will:
The Southern Miss Speaking Center opened in the spring of 2006 as part of the University Quality Enhancement Plan, “Finding a Voice: Improving Oral and Written Competencies.” The plan emphasizes the importance of writing and speaking competencies in Southern Miss students. In addition to curricular changes and faculty development, the university committed to funding a Speaking Center and to supporting the already established Writing Center. For more information about the history of this initiative see the Quality Enhancement Plan.
Dr. Laura Stengrim (601.266.4271) directs the Speaking Center alongside graduate student coordinators who help oversee operations and peer consultants (trained undergraduates and graduates).
Visit the Speaking Center web site here.