OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – The University of Southern Mississippi’s $16.1 million Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory is now opened at the Cedar Point site in Ocean Springs. Dr. Monty Graham, director for the USM School of Ocean Science and Technology, called it the “crown jewel of marine education at USM.” Sitting on 100 acres, the 32,000-square-foot facility serves as the education and outreach arm of the GCRL and provides an immersion experience for participants in a coastal setting. It replaces the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center, formally located on Point Cadet in Biloxi, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. (Source: Southern Miss Now, 04/16/18)
