Using documentary footage and recordings from the mid-1950s, Northeast Mississippi Community College history instructor Carla Falkner of Tupelo examines the role Southern culture played in the emergence of rock and roll through the music of Elvis Presley and how that music impacted popular American culture and values. Speakers Expertise: Carla Falkner has more than 30 […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Anna Britt Begnaud presents her public lecture, "When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemon Meringue Pie: Success in Less Than Ideal Circumstances." Reception to follow. Students worry about grades more than content in courses. When a test, an essay, or a major assignment goes wrong, many students may torpedo themselves in […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Ray Harris (Northeast Mississippi Community College) will present his public lecture titled, "Compositional Techniques in Leonard Bernstein's Anniversaries for Solo Piano." Reception to follow. "My presentation will be, “Compositional Techniques in Leonard Bernstein’s Anniversaries for Solo Piano.” Though the pieces range from twenty seconds to two minutes in performance time, I […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Amy Gazzo (Southwest Mississippi Community College) will present her public lecture, "From Slidell to Saudi." Reception to follow. “From Slidell to Saudi” describes the years when the presenter, Amy Gazzo, lived in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.  The presentation includes an overview of the Muslim culture focusing on their faith, traditions, and food […]

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from January 25 through March 8. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of five free-standing display units incorporating photographs and text as well as numerous interactives ranging from basic […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Kishki Hall (Coahoma Community College) will present her public lecture, "Changing the World Through Effective Communication & the Spirit of Excellence." Reception to follow. The presentation will give a clear view into the inspirational and unique experience of Dr. Kishki Hall’s public speaking class at Coahoma Community College. The mission […]

On January 28, USM Gulf Park will kick-off the series by hosting a pop-up art exhibition featuring two women artists from the Mississippi Gulf Coast community: Julia Reyes, a local multimedia artist and co-owner of Almost Circle gallery in Biloxi, and Paulette Dove, local artist and former art teacher at Biloxi High School. Critically, this […]

Two workshops with Jonathan Blanchard  that uses hip hop music to teach students more about history, cultural heritage, and language.

This presentation lays out the facts pertinent to what happened during the four occupations of the city by Federal forces during the Civil War. Speakers Expertise: Grady Howell has worked for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and has written extensively about Mississippi's Civil War history.