With a childhood dream of becoming a doctor, Dr. Kelly Lester was prepared to push her passion for dance aside to follow what she believed was the path she was meant to take. Instead, she found a love...

Sharing her real emotions with the world is something Macy Necaise has always wanted to do. With music, she’s able to do exactly that. Macy Necaise, 21, is a sound and recording arts major at The...

With its impressive writing and stellar acting, “Tender Mercies,” a 1983 drama starring Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall, was the film that first caught the attention of now-retired Southern...

Standing at attention in their summer uniforms, newly graduated Army soldiers shiver in the cold Kentucky weather. The unexpected freeze drives away most of the graduation’s audience—only five men...

Before Joshua G. Brown ever coached a single fighter, he was fighting for something far bigger than a win — a new beginning. Today, he owns JB Boxing & Fitness in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a gym...

In a world that can overlook the voices of people with special needs, Robert “Taylor” Carley shines a guiding light, helping them find and raise their voices. Through his work as a self-advocacy...

Inspired by James Baldwin’s fearless embrace of his Black and queer identities and William Dorsey Swann’s defiant drag ball organizing, student Kanya Hoskins carries their legacy forward by building...

Shrijal Thapa, a Southern Miss senior majoring in Theatre, has won multiple awards and nominations for major film festivals in Los Angeles for his short film, Sonder. In the Independent Shorts awards,...

Kneeling in the grass, sweat drips down her face as Dr. Tammy Greer pulls weeds out of the garden, carefully tending to the plants that she considers her children. Behind her stands tribal elder Alan Nation,...

Two strangers from different walks of life, brought together by a shared achievement and a common goal, have taken the first step into a new chapter of their lives. University of Southern Mississippi...