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USM alumni expect much from president

Three top members of the University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association have laid out an impressive portfolio of what they want to see in the next president of the university. Their presentation, made before the editorial board of the Hattiesburg American this past Wednesday, portrayed, in the words of one person in the room, someone between Superman and the Almighty....

...Southern Miss is at a critical juncture. It is about to undergo a major revisit of its master plan and other capital improvements and expansion. It faces a feisty faculty that has voiced concern over certain things in recent years. Fundraising remains a key as tuition and state funding alone cannot support the operations of a major research institution....