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HOLIDAY BOOK DRIVE
Children’s holiday book drive underway
story by
Lynn Lofton
photo courtesy of
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Gulfport invites customers to give the gift of reading to children in need during the company’s annual Holiday Book Drive which runs through January 1, 2016. The Holiday Book Drive gives customers the opportunity to donate books to locally designated non-profit organizations.
This year, the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence and Moore Community House will receive books collected by the local Barnes & Noble.
Last year, customers and booksellers across the country donated more than 1.5 million books to local charitable organizations that provide services to children. Recipients included schools, libraries, literacy organizations, family social service agencies and homeless centers.
“The Holiday Book Drive is a favorite program
of both booksellers and customers,” says Sarah DiFrancesco, vice president, business development for Barnes & Noble. “Customers often purchase and donate a personal childhood favorite as a way to pass on a holiday tradition to a child in their local community.”
Barnes & Noble
15246 Crossroads Parkway, Gulfport • 228.832.8906 www.barnesandnoble.com
Campus moves to new facility
story by Lynn Lofton
photo courtesy of Tulane University
The Tulane University School of Continuing Studies Mississippi Coast Campus dedicated its new, expanded campus exactly 10 years after the school reopened following Hurricane Katrina. It was a major milestone as students and staff moved into a brand new, eco-friendly campus which is equipped with cutting-edge technology and a state-of-the-art security system.
The new Tulane Mississippi Coast Campus is a 14,961-square-foot building that allows the faculty and
staff to serve 500 evening and weekend students and an additional 500 daytime students. It is equipped with two PC labs and a Mac computer lab, and an academic area that is double the size of the old campus.
According to U.S. News and World Report, Tulane University is among the top national universities in
the United States, ranking 41st among the best national universities and in the top 26 for its service learning programs. The Mississippi Coast Campus currently offers undergraduate degrees in Applied Business, Homeland Security, Media Arts, Applied Computing, Health and Wellness, Social Science, Humanities, a Master of Liberal Arts and a Doctorate of Social Work.
Tulane University Mississippi Coast Campus
2650 Beach Blvd., Suite 44, Biloxi 228.388.5769 www.scs.tulane.edu/campuses/miss
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