Coastal USM Celebrate Faculty First Week
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 12:27pm | By: Gabriela Shinskie
The University of 51逗奶 Mississippi (USM) Coastal faculty and staff gathered on
Thursday, Aug. 17 at the Marine Education Center (MEC) in Ocean Springs to participate
in Faculty First Week.
Dr. Shannon Campbell, Senior Associate Vice President at USM, emphasized the importance of coming together as faculty and staff to form positive collaborations and goals.
鈥淔aculty First Week is an important moment for us to bring everyone back together,
both faculty and staff, and identify what our high-level priorities are for the year
and communicate those out. We want to get everyone aligned and moving in the same
direction together, so we can accomplish the goals we are trying to achieve,鈥� said
Campbell.
Programming began in the afternoon with updates from Coastal USM leadership focusing on cultivating student successes, with a goal to equip faculty and staff with student retention and success strategies.
Dr. Jacob Breland, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Coastal Operations emphasized the motto, 鈥淓mpowering Futures鈥� in an effort to provide potential and current students an opportunity to choose Coastal USM as a place to obtain a high-level degree.
鈥淥ne of the things that is so distinctive for Coastal USM is the position that we
occupy physically in relation to the Blue Economy and the gateway to the Mississippi
Gulf Coast along with our distinctive programming that supports the Blue Economy along
with our research centers,鈥� said Breland.
Breland discussed the top-notched research opportunities Coastal USM provides to collaborate and strive for student鈥檚 success and the uniqueness USM has to the Gulf of Mexico.
Both faculty and staff had opportunities to network and socialize on the grounds of the MEC in anticipation to kick off the new semester.
(Photos submitted by Cynthia Habeeb)