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Congrats to our master's and doctoral students who participated in the Graduate Student Research Symposium this year! 🎉👏

We’re so proud of our students who participated in the USM Undergraduate Symposium on Research and Creative Activity this spring! 👏 Thank you to all of the planning committee members, advisors and faculty judges who made this event possible!

Rooting for these CEHS students this weekend!⚾️👏🦅 @SouthernMissBSB 2-Jake Cook, 3-Seth Smith, 5-Ty Long, 6-Colby Allen, 12-Kros Sivley, 15-Drey Barrett, 16-Grayden Harris, 23-Coy Clements, 24-Jackson Parker, 25-Braden Luke, 28-Caleb Hughes, 43-Landen Payne, 47-McCarty English

What a great night for the lab! Sarah Parnell, Kaitlyn McRee, and Rhett Schimpf were all recognized as scholar athletes, and Rhett was awarded the men’s aScholar Athlete of the Year award! I was also humbled to receive the Faculty Member of the Year Award by USM Athletics!

Congrats to Dr. Andrew Herridge, assistant professor for @USMSOE and recipient of the CEHS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Dr. Jo Hawkins-Jones, associate teaching professor for @USMSOE and recipient of the CEHS Outstanding Faculty Service Award! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Dr. Tanner Thorsen, assistant professor for @SouthernMissSKN and recipient of the CEHS Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring Award! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Dionne Payton, administrative specialist for the School of Psychology and recipient of the CEHS Distinguished Staff Award! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Dr. Zachary Taylor, assistant professor for @USMSOE and recipient of the CEHS Distinguished Researcher Award! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Mai Coats, NASW-MS MSW Student of the Year for the School of Social Work! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Hannah Luker, NASW-MS BSW Student of the Year for the School of Social Work! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Ebonie Holliday, MSW Field Education - Hattiesburg Student of the Year for the School of Social Work! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Aaliyah Lee, BSW Field Education - Hattiesburg Student of the Year for the School of Social Work! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Denisha McNair, MSW Field Education - Gulf Coast Student of the Year for the School of Social Work! 🎉👏🦅

Congrats to Erica Creer, BSW Field Education - Gulf Coast Student of the Year for the School of Social Work! 🎉👏🦅