LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

This year has certainly been like no other as the University successfully launched our historic fundraising campaign. Thanks to your engagement and support, we are on track to reach and exceed our ambitious $150 million goal.

I have been overwhelmed with the support and love so many of you have shown me in the short time I have returned to serve as the 11th president of our beloved Southern Miss. Since my arrival, I have also been reminded of the reach of our Golden Eagle family across all corners of the globe.

Southern Miss alumni are CEOs, military generals, international performers, and Super Bowl and Olympic champions, as well as the teachers who educate our children, the scientists who lead the next big discovery, and the doctors and nurses who deliver life-saving care and provide comfort on our most painful days.

Golden Eagles change the world each and every day, carrying our culture of grit into everything they do as they chase their dreams with an unrivaled passion and relentless persistence.

Our excellent faculty and staff provide the foundation for our students’ success, enabling them to create a meaningful living and extraordinary life.

Today, tomorrow and over the course of the next few years, we must remain focused on the path ahead. Let’s continue to harness our momentum to solidify our place as the most distinctive comprehensive R1 university in the nation and to foster a new era of innovation and discovery—for Mississippi, our country and the world.

This is our time, our campaign. Our goals are audacious, and we will settle for nothing less. We will never give up—and we will never give in—as we look to the next peak on our path to the top. Together, we are mighty.