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The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss) is a comprehensive public research-extensive university accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees.
Founded in 1910, Southern Miss is comprised of the main campus in Hattiesburg and multiple branch campuses on the Mississippi Coast. The University operates a number of international programs and is home to a major polymer science research center, a nationally recognized writer's center and one of the strongest music programs in the southeastern United States.
In recent years The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra has performed with such world-renowned figures as singer Ray Charles, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Joshua Bell, flutist James Galway, trumpet player Doc Severinsen, and tenor Placido Domingo. For more information, visit www.usm.edu.
