scholarly journals The Catalyst A Multidisciplinary Review of Undergraduate Scholarship at The University of Southern Mississippi

10.18785/cat ◽  
2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Of Southern Mississippi ◽  
The University

What's Going On

1979 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Jane Donnelly Gawronski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Curriculum And Instruction ◽  
The United States ◽  
Inservice Training ◽  
University Of Southern Mississippi ◽  
Rural Counties ◽  
Training Community ◽  
The University

Metric Education for Rural Southern Mississippi is being conducted by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction of the University of Southern Mississippi, under a grant from the United States Office of Education's Metric Education Program. The project seeks to provide inservice training in the metric system to elementary teachers in the rural counties of southern Mississippi and to involve those teachers in training community participants in its use. Further information may be obtained by contacting Jocelyn Marie Rees, MERUSM Director, Department of Curriculum and Instruction-Southern Station, Box 9224, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39401.

scholarly journals The USM campus climate survey: Findings and recommendations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamden K Strunk
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Campus Climate ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
University Of Southern Mississippi ◽  
Multiple Viewpoints ◽  
Research Initiative ◽  
Research Consortium ◽  
The University

The present investigation of USM Campus Climate was commissioned by the University of Southern Mississippi in 2014, and has been conducted by the Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity (RISE). RISE is a multi-institutional research consortium with its origins at USM in 2013, and contributions to this report have come from multiple directors, research fellows, research associates, and student fellows of RISE. The data for this project were collected, managed, and have remained under the control and supervision of RISE personnel.We aim in this report to detail the reasons this inquiry was conducted, what we have learned from it, and what we believe are some reasonable recommendations based on the results. Throughout the process of completing this report, we have been in communication with multiple faculty, staff, and student groups to attempt to create a product that is representative of multiple viewpoints, incorporates information about ongoing and upcoming efforts, and that is fair in representing USM as an evolving, unfolding institution working to improve the experience for all students in an environment that is, at times, difficult due to political and financial realities.

scholarly journals A Superhero . . . in Person: Dav Pilkey’s Remarkable Visit and Message

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Ellen Hunter Ruffin
Keyword(s):  
Early Morning ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
University Of Southern Mississippi ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
To Receive

On Thursday, April 14, 2018, I received an early morning text from an old friend. It said:Just wanted to share the below text with you. It came from my daughter, whose son was at the Dav Pilkey celebration yesterday . . . He is in the second grade and suffers from apraxia and dyslexia and is struggling to read. My daughter sent this to our family’s group text:“Today Tyler got to listen to Dav Pilkey [author of Captain Underpants] speak at USM [the University of Southern Mississippi]. He got a signed book. I know it’s the excitement of meeting him but tonight was the first time he picked up a book to read ‘just because.’ He read the whole first chapter.”Sometimes we forget that lives can be changed through the work we do. Thanks for bringing Dave [sic] Pilkey to Hattiesburg!That’s right. Author Dav Pilkey came to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and lives were changed. He was the honoree at the fifty-first Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival, April 11–13, 2018, and he is the fiftieth individual to receive the silver medallion from USM. The first was Lois Lenski in 1969, so this tradition has a remarkable history.

scholarly journals Culture of Lobotes surinamensis (Tripletail)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Saillant ◽  
Jason Lemus ◽  
James Franks
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Early Life History ◽  
Marine Aquaculture ◽  
University Of Southern Mississippi ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
The University ◽  
Animal Care

The Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, is a pelagic fish found in tropical and sub-tropical waters of all oceans. Tripletails are often associated with floating debris and make frequent incursions in bays and estuaries where they are targeted by recreational fishermen. In Mississippi waters the species is typically present during the late spring and summer season that also correspond to the period of sexual maturation and spawning (Brown-Peterson and Franks 2001). Tripletail is appreciated as a gamefish but is also prized for its flesh of superior quality. The fast growth rate of juveniles in captivity documented by Franks et al. (2001) and the excellent quality of Tripletail flesh both contribute to the potential of this species for marine aquaculture. In addition, the production of cultured juveniles would be precious to develop a better understanding of the biology, early life history and habitat use of Tripletail larvae and juveniles, a topic largely undocumented to date, through experimental releases and controlled studies. The culture of tripletail thus supports the Tidelands Trust Fund Program through improved conservation of natural resources, potential enhancement of fisheries productivity and potential development of a new economic activity on the Gulf coast producing tripletail via aquaculture. The Objective of this project was to initiate development of methods and techniques needed to spawn captive held tripletail broodfish and raise their offspring to evaluate their growth and development in captivity. In this report we will present the results of studies aiming to develop methods and protocols for captive spawning of tripletail and the first data obtained on the early development of tripletail larvae. A major issue that was encountered with tripletail broodstock development during the project lied in the difficulties associated with identifying the sex of adults caught in the wild and candidates for being incorporated in mating sets for spawning. This issue was addressed during the course of the project by examining the potential of a non-lethal method of hormonal sexing. The results of these preliminary investigations are presented in the third part of this report. All protocols used in the project were determined with the guidance of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM IACUC protocol number 10100108).

Preface

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (10) ◽  
pp. vi
Author(s):  
Judit E. Puskas
Keyword(s):  
International Symposium ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
University Of Southern Mississippi ◽  
Symposium Series ◽  
Global Leader ◽  
Polymer Research ◽  
The University

The IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization (IP 2011), was held in Akron, Ohio 10-15 July 2011. We welcomed 165 participants from 18 countries. This was a "homecoming"-the symposium series was initiated by Prof. Joseph P. Kennedy in 1976. This biannual event travelled around the globe, and after 35 years it came back to the University of Akron, the global leader in polymer research. The symposium was co-chaired by Judit E. Puskas from the University of Akron and Robson F. Storey from the University of Southern Mississippi. It started with a mini-symposium honoring the honorary chair, Prof. Kennedy, with international leaders as speakers.The symposium covered a broad range of topics. A unique feature of the symposium was a session devoted to "rising stars" in the field of ionic polymerizations. This volume presents papers based on presentations from that session. We hope to see the rising stars as the next leaders in the field.Judit E. PuskasConference Co-Chair

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