While this football season has been a bust (I hope they win Saturday and can land a NOLA Bowl invite), there are a number of positives going on with the university at large. All of these efforts I think bode well in the medium term.

1. The elimination of out of state tuition. This will grow enrollment, book it.
2. The creation of three engineering programs that will launch next year. This will mean better students, more research dollars, and wealthier grads.
3. The emphasis on quality in terms of admissions. Yes this shrunk the student body, but in the long run will pay off.
4. The new academic and residence halls. The campus looks better.

I think USM will hurdle forward in the next five years. Here's to hoping football isn't an exception.

(11-17-2016 09:41 AM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  While this football season has been a bust (I hope they win Saturday and can land a NOLA Bowl invite), there are a number of positives going on with the university at large. All of these efforts I think bode well in the medium term.

1. The elimination of out of state tuition. This will grow enrollment, book it.
2. The creation of three engineering programs that will launch next year. This will mean better students, more research dollars, and wealthier grads.
3. The emphasis on quality in terms of admissions. Yes this shrunk the student body, but in the long run will pay off.
4. The new academic and residence halls. The campus looks better.

I think USM will hurdle forward in the next five years. Here's to hoping football isn't an exception.

1. We pull a lot of LA students. In the past have we had a discount for neighboring states? Curious.
2. I haven't seen info on this. Do you have a link that talks about these engineering programs?

(11-17-2016 10:00 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 09:41 AM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  While this football season has been a bust (I hope they win Saturday and can land a NOLA Bowl invite), there are a number of positives going on with the university at large. All of these efforts I think bode well in the medium term.

1. The elimination of out of state tuition. This will grow enrollment, book it.
2. The creation of three engineering programs that will launch next year. This will mean better students, more research dollars, and wealthier grads.
3. The emphasis on quality in terms of admissions. Yes this shrunk the student body, but in the long run will pay off.
4. The new academic and residence halls. The campus looks better.

I think USM will hurdle forward in the next five years. Here's to hoping football isn't an exception.

1. We pull a lot of LA students. In the past have we had a discount for neighboring states? Curious.
2. I haven't seen info on this. Do you have a link that talks about these engineering programs?

In regards to the out of state tuition waiver, I believe the only exemptions were from a certain area around New Orleans. Not sure the exact boundaries though.

(11-17-2016 10:02 AM)eagle04 Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 10:00 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 09:41 AM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  While this football season has been a bust (I hope they win Saturday and can land a NOLA Bowl invite), there are a number of positives going on with the university at large. All of these efforts I think bode well in the medium term.

1. The elimination of out of state tuition. This will grow enrollment, book it.
2. The creation of three engineering programs that will launch next year. This will mean better students, more research dollars, and wealthier grads.
3. The emphasis on quality in terms of admissions. Yes this shrunk the student body, but in the long run will pay off.
4. The new academic and residence halls. The campus looks better.

I think USM will hurdle forward in the next five years. Here's to hoping football isn't an exception.

1. We pull a lot of LA students. In the past have we had a discount for neighboring states? Curious.
2. I haven't seen info on this. Do you have a link that talks about these engineering programs?

In regards to the out of state tuition waiver, I believe the only exemptions were from a certain area around New Orleans. Not sure the exact boundaries though.

Out of state tuition has not been eliminated, but it will be reduced across the board beginning in the fall. We will still waive out of state tuition for certain areas and I am pretty certain that includes New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Pensacola, and a few others.

(11-17-2016 09:41 AM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  I think USM will hurdle forward in the next five years. Here's to hoping football isn't an exception.

...with the recent groundbreaking design of a new and safer football helmet that was designed here at SM and will be adopted by all NFL and Collegiate Football teams the money garnered by this is estimated in the Hundreds of Millions.....SM can now buy some quality off linemen, pay for a real coaching staff and join a P5 conference.

....This is wonderful....We are Saved!.....Hallelujah!!


New Football Helmet.

(11-17-2016 10:15 AM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  Out of state tuition has not been eliminated, but it will be reduced across the board beginning in the fall. We will still waive out of state tuition for certain areas and I am pretty certain that includes New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Pensacola, and a few others.

Yes, this is correct. South Alabama has been killing us recruiting students on the coast due to their OOS waiver for the 3 coastal counties. So we are countering by eliminating it for lower Alabama and into the Florida panhandle. We have exempted parts of Louisiana in the past and that will continue.

Also the emphasis on recruiting better prepared students continues. The goal is to recruit students ready to learn and earn a degree in 4 years and get out working.

(11-17-2016 10:00 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 09:41 AM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  While this football season has been a bust (I hope they win Saturday and can land a NOLA Bowl invite), there are a number of positives going on with the university at large. All of these efforts I think bode well in the medium term.

1. The elimination of out of state tuition. This will grow enrollment, book it.
2. The creation of three engineering programs that will launch next year. This will mean better students, more research dollars, and wealthier grads.
3. The emphasis on quality in terms of admissions. Yes this shrunk the student body, but in the long run will pay off.
4. The new academic and residence halls. The campus looks better.

I think USM will hurdle forward in the next five years. Here's to hoping football isn't an exception.

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Louisiana has been providing free tuition for in state high school graduates who meet just an average benchmark for a long time. This has hovered at around $5-6,000 per year per student depending upon which in state school they entroll. That program had its funding reduced by a whopping 60% this academic year thus their students will need to foot more than half of their bill now. This will definitely help USM as I know of kids who would have come but stayed in state due to the free ride. The present economic outlook for next years budget is even more gloomier and the free ride might see its demise.
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1. We pull a lot of LA students. In the past have we had a discount for neighboring states? Curious.
2. I haven't seen info on this. Do you have a link that talks about these engineering programs?

It will only be $1000 more for a student from anywhere in the US...

The engineering programs are on the agenda for final approval at the December IHL board.

http://news.usm.edu/blog/usm-welcomes-all-students

(11-17-2016 12:14 PM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  It will only be $1000 more for a student from anywhere in the US...

The engineering programs are on the agenda for final approval at the December IHL board.

about dayum time....

it would be nice to see details....the liberal google/bing or any other search engine doesn't help much

today's search engines, like our website, (like all others except this one or any mybb coders that have a ******* clue) is worthless....

why is that not front and center?...maybe some folks might poo on the 'discipline'?

every part of our website sucks the biTTTest bone....

navigation is pointless...

info is rarely updated...

nothing tangible...

I can go on and on.....

(11-17-2016 01:19 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 12:14 PM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  It will only be $1000 more for a student from anywhere in the US...

The engineering programs are on the agenda for final approval at the December IHL board.

about dayum time....

it would be nice to see details....the liberal google/bing or any other search engine doesn't help much

today's search engines, like our website, (like all others except this one or any mybb coders that have a ******* clue) is worthless....

why is that not front and center?...maybe some folks might poo on the 'discipline'?

every part of our website sucks the biTTTest bone....

navigation is pointless...

info is rarely updated...

nothing tangible...

I can go on and on.....

It's not civil or mechanical. Ole Miss and State would not allow that. I know one of them is Oceanic Engineering. I can't recall the others.

(11-17-2016 02:29 PM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 01:19 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 12:14 PM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  It will only be $1000 more for a student from anywhere in the US...

The engineering programs are on the agenda for final approval at the December IHL board.

about dayum time....

it would be nice to see details....the liberal google/bing or any other search engine doesn't help much

today's search engines, like our website, (like all others except this one or any mybb coders that have a ******* clue) is worthless....

why is that not front and center?...maybe some folks might poo on the 'discipline'?

every part of our website sucks the biTTTest bone....

navigation is pointless...

info is rarely updated...

nothing tangible...

I can go on and on.....

It's not civil or mechanical. Ole Miss and State would not allow that. I know one of them is Oceanic Engineering. I can't recall the others.

...you knew where I was going with it.....

is what I expected.....

#assmeglegislatureonceagain

Sure wish it was civil. I might have to move back to the Burg and enroll.

(11-17-2016 02:50 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  Sure wish it was civil. I might have to move back to the Burg and enroll.

trust me....4th st federally funded is an abortion now.....and I'm talking about the 2 and 4 wheel versions....

what a ******* joke....they left out 3 goddammed turn lanes....

it gets better on the hardy stretch.....dipshites curbed the same pavers at the intersection of hwy 49/hardy.....now people flatten their tires at night thinking it's a ******* turn lane heading east.....we just sit outside the bar and wait for the sounds.....

I live in a dipshite town in relative terms........

edit: don't kid yourself....there's a reason kimbo finally said **** it.....

(11-17-2016 02:29 PM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 01:19 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 12:14 PM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  It will only be $1000 more for a student from anywhere in the US...

The engineering programs are on the agenda for final approval at the December IHL board.

about dayum time....

it would be nice to see details....the liberal google/bing or any other search engine doesn't help much

today's search engines, like our website, (like all others except this one or any mybb coders that have a ******* clue) is worthless....

why is that not front and center?...maybe some folks might poo on the 'discipline'?

every part of our website sucks the biTTTest bone....

navigation is pointless...

info is rarely updated...

nothing tangible...

I can go on and on.....

It's not civil or mechanical. Ole Miss and State would not allow that. I know one of them is Oceanic Engineering. I can't recall the others.

I'm not sure if they'll be much gained from not offering programs like civil, mechanical, and electrical. A broad offering of the program types where they are the most jobs is where the monetary benefit will come from. But any engineering program will be a step in the right direction.

It is industrial, computer, and oceanic. Not bad. I work in engineering, and these are good areas and a great start.

(11-17-2016 03:58 PM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 02:29 PM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 01:19 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 12:14 PM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  It will only be $1000 more for a student from anywhere in the US...

The engineering programs are on the agenda for final approval at the December IHL board.

about dayum time....

it would be nice to see details....the liberal google/bing or any other search engine doesn't help much

today's search engines, like our website, (like all others except this one or any mybb coders that have a ******* clue) is worthless....

why is that not front and center?...maybe some folks might poo on the 'discipline'?

every part of our website sucks the biTTTest bone....

navigation is pointless...

info is rarely updated...

nothing tangible...

I can go on and on.....

It's not civil or mechanical. Ole Miss and State would not allow that. I know one of them is Oceanic Engineering. I can't recall the others.

I'm not sure if they'll be much gained from not offering programs like civil, mechanical, and electrical. A broad offering of the program types where they are the most jobs is where the monetary benefit will come from. But any engineering program will be a step in the right direction.

really???....a B.E.E. or M.E.E. can make things happen at any level...

I'm guessing mbe at best.....that can work wonders too....

again, the real question is, why the lack of transparency???

Made official today

Ocean Engineering and Computer Engineering

(11-17-2016 05:40 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  again, the real question is, why the lack of transparency???

Because it just got approved by the IHL today. How smart would it have been to announce the new programs and have them rejected?

Those who needed to know, knew. If you didn't, you should be more involved.

(11-17-2016 06:09 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 05:40 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  again, the real question is, why the lack of transparency???

Because it just got approved by the IHL today. How smart would it have been to announce the new programs and have them rejected?

Those who needed to know, knew. If you didn't, you should be more involved.

ummmmmmmkay....please continue to cherry pick and roll lanny...

"transparency" is easily no porty poddy in that lexicon...