Southern Miss Gulf Coast News Briefs
Tue, 12/10/2013 - 02:42pm | By: Charmaine Williams Schmermund
Film Program Offering 2-Week Screenwriting Course with Writer David Sheffield
The film program at The University of Southern Mississippi will host the intersession course, “Master Class in Screenwriting,” with Southern Miss alum and former Saturday Night Live writer David Sheffield. The course will be held Jan. 2 – 14 from 6 – 10 p.m. at the Gulf Park campus in Long Beach.
The course, designed to introduce participants to the rigors of scripting film or television programs, will teach participants how to follow industry practices under the guidance of an experienced Hollywood professional. Additionally, students will learn to pitch program ideas, develop those ideas into detailed story outlines and then turn those outlines into screenplays in proper industry format.
Sheffield began his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live where he contributed to many of Eddie Murphy's most famous sketches, including Buckwheat, Gumby, Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood and James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party. His movie credits – all shared with long-time writing partner, Barry Blaustein – include “Coming to America,” “Boomerang” and “The Nutty Professor.”
In addition to being available to Southern Miss students for 3 semester credit hours, the course is available to the public at a cost of $300 per person through the university's Office of Professional Development and Educational Outreach. For more information, contact the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Office of Admissions at 228.214.3444.
Southern Miss Hosting Night Poetry to Celebrate Holidays, End of Fall Semester
In celebrating the holiday season and the end of the fall semester at The University of Southern Mississippi, “A Little Night Poetry” will be presented Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Fleming Education Center auditorium on the university's Gulf Park campus in Long Beach.
Presented by Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, and the Gulf Coast Student Government Association, “A Little Night Poetry” will offer playful and profound adaptations of famous works of poetry. The performances will bring poetry to life through dramatic and musical renderings. Original short poetry readings will follow the adaptations. The performances and readings will be by English majors and aficionados of fine and funny verse.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact associate professor of English, Dr. Damon Franke, at 228.214.3361 or damon.frankeFREEMississippi.
Pauly Gives Presentation on Distance Learning at International Conference
Dr. Bob Pauly, associate dean for the College of Arts and Letters and associate professor of international development at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, recently gave the workshop presentation “Building A Hybrid In-Person and Distance Learning Doctoral Program” at the 19th annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Pauly's presentation focused on developing and implementing an effective plan to establish a successful hybrid format doctoral program, flexibility and adaptation in program delivery and meeting the challenges of managing the program.