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Pictures of the Marine Education Center, the Gulf Coast Library, academic buildings, the Point Sur research vessel, and the Gilbert R. Mason research vessel

9.14.2020 by Margaret Ann Macloud

USM Coastal Operations Stronger and Better 15 Years After Katrina

Hurricane Katrina forever changed the Mississippi Gulf Coast and The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) on August 29, 2005, and 15 years later, University leaders say that the devastation became a catalyst for an improved institution better positioned to respond to the educational, cultural and economic needs of the Gulf Coast.