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Whether it’s for a college graduate or someone special this holiday season, the Pottery and Art Sale at The University of Southern Mississippi promises distinctive, one-of-a-kind artistry created by students in the University’s Department of Art and Design.

Dr. Glenn Terry Harper, professor emeritus of history and former dean of the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Southern Mississippi, died Nov. 26 at his home in Hattiesburg. He was 78. Services were held Nov. 29 at Main Street Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, where Harper was a member.

The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents its annual musical gift to the community -- the Holiday Choral Spectacular set for Dec. 1 and Dec. 3 at Main Street Baptist Church in Hattiesburg. 

For more than a decade, this “sounds of the season” has delighted and amazed audiences with the scope of the orchestra and choral personnel involved. The concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. under the direction of Dr. Gregory Fuller, Dr. Lauren Calisto-Fowler, Dr. Webb Parker, and Dr. Jay Dean.

University of Southern Mississippi senior Christiana Kay Whitley of Hattiesburg, Miss., has been awarded a Study Abroad Grant worth $1,000 from the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi. Whitley is one of 25 students nationwide to earn the award.

Allison Tharp, an English doctoral student at The University of Southern Mississippi, was named the Grand Champion in the Second Annual Three-Minute Thesis competition which was held Nov. 6 on the Hattiesburg campus.

The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus in Long Beach (730 East Beach Boulevard) is very special to Long Beach native Joely Corban. She received her Girl Scouts Brownie pin at a banquet in Hardy Hall in 1978, swam in the pool where the Gulf Coast Library now stands and spent countless summer mornings practicing for high school cheerleading camps held on the Gulf Park campus.

The University of Southern Mississippi will host the art exhibit “The Photographer as Participant Observer: Ed Wheeler and the Gulf Oil Rigs, 1981-1985.”  The opening reception is Thursday, Nov. 5 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. in the Cook Library Exhibit Gallery.

The Southern Chorale, The University of Southern Mississippi’s top choral ensemble, has been selected by blind panels to perform at two major national conventions, which in turn has prompted an invitation to yet another major performance – a fully-funded trip to Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Before making those national appearances, the Chorale will preview some of their works for local patrons on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Bay Street Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg. The concert is free and open to the public.

For the fourth consecutive year, The University of Southern Mississippi welcomes the British National Debate Team as it takes on the Southern Miss Speech and Debate Team. The debate, free and open to the public, will be held Monday, Nov. 2 and begin at 6 p.m. in the Thad Cochran Center, Ballroom 1. An argumentation workshop for high school students will be held prior to the debate from 4-5 p.m.

The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will perform the U.S. premiere of John Stevens’ “Grand Concerto 4 Tubas” along with Dimitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor. The concert is Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium on the Southern Miss Hattiesburg campus.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Arts and Letters provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to be competitive applicants to law school and future law professionals.

The University of Southern Mississippi and Pearl River Community College, in conjunction with the Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC), will partner with The Telling Project to present “Telling: South Mississippi” in Hattiesburg, Poplarville and Long Beach in November.