October 2016

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music is receiving the generous donation of a fine musical instrument this fall. Sharon Varnado of Hattiesburg has agreed to donate an Antonio Raya Pardo classical guitar, made in Granada, Spain during the 1970s, to benefit the guitar program.

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music presents two diverse events on Nov. 10. At 6 p.m., The Sax-Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Gwozdz, presents a program featuring a mixture of transcribed and original works for saxophone orchestra. Then at 7:30 p.m., faculty artist Dr. Ben McIlwain presents “Off the Beaten Path,” a trombone recital with Dr. Ellen Elder on piano and special guests Dr. Richard Perry, tuba and The Southern Miss Select Trombone Octet with guest conductor, Dr. James Standland. Both events are free and will be performed in Marsh Auditorium on the Southern Miss Hattiesburg campus.

Jennifer S. Lewis, compliance coordinator at The University of Southern Mississippi, participated in a panel entitled “The Risks of Non Compliance” Oct. 14 at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) 2016 annual conference held in Minneapolis, Minn. in collaboration with Sharyl Thompson, CEO of Higher Education Regulatory (HER) Consulting, Jeannie Yockey-Fine, State Regulatory Services Advisor, Cooley, LLP and Terrence Scarborough, Director of SARA-NC. 

Faculty and students from The University of Southern Mississippi recently attended the 34^th annual Gulf South History and Humanities Conference in Mobile, Ala.