University of the South News Archives

Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has called on journalists to think outside the box and cover vital stories facing a nation.

University of French Polynesia's re-elected president Louise Peltzer, a former minister of culture, believes future Pacific regional cooperation could include journalism, language and communication technologies.

A University of the South Pacific journalism alumni says he hopes winning a major award in Asia-Pacific journalism will draw attention to climate change and encourage greater coverage of this issue in the regional media.

On October 26, 2009, at 2 p.m. , in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Office for Victims of Crime and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will present a Web Forum discussion with Miriam Berkman, J.D., M.S.W., and Sherry L. Hamby, Ph.D., on best practices for helping children exposed to domestic ...

Rachna Nath , Stan Simpson and Kelera Serelini during the Fiji media seminar at USP.

A collection of short stories which confront the stereotype of swinging palm trees, white sandy beaches and the happy lives of the Pacific people was launched yesterday at the Pacific Theological Centre, Suva.

Good news for the 70 plus students majoring in Engineering, Physics at the Faculty of Science at the University of the South Pacific, as yesterday saw the commissioning of the new Solar Wind Hybrid System, the first in a series of several systems planned.

This year's Miss Hibiscus, a personal assistant at the Trade Mission of Republic of China-Taiwan, is Fiji's contestant in the South Pacific Pageant next month.

Twenty years ago, the Marshall Islands was home to one of the first Pacific islands regional climate change conferences held.

The southern United States, with its rich history and traditions, is full of famous literary places.

Before a packed house at the Highlands Playhouse last week, Lee Stetson gave those in attendance the unique opportunity to go back in time with John Muir.

ONE of the beauties vying for the Miss South Pacific crown is 24-year-old Melanie Amanda Gosselin.

Co-editors Shailendra Singh and Professor Biman Prasad at the media book launch.

The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton, Bishop of Dallas since 1993, has received a second doctor of divinity degree, this time from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific , Berkeley, Calif.

Fiji Islanders have a "palpable dissatisfaction" with media standards but this is overridden by a public desire to have a free press, says a new book about Fiji journalism and democracy.

Censorship of the media comes at a cost to the economy, says a USP academic. Shailendra Singh, divisional head of journalism at the University of the South Pacific, says governments often propose censorship on the pretext of improving media standards.

Students and staff of University of the South Pacific were immediately evacuated to higher ground after the tsunami alert was received yesterday.

SAMOAN and Tongan students at the University of the South Pacific have been given an overwhelming amount of support from the university community after last week's tsunami swept through coastal villages.

Submitted by Nordia Epps on October 7, 2009 - 10:29pm. Regional It happens way too often.

St. Edwarda s University has become to the Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve what the Wild Basin has always been to the golden-cheeked warbler, a safe-haven where the latter can thrive and grow.

A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study year.

A MUSIC and dance extravaganza - complete with raffle - is being organised this week to raise funds for the Red Cross Samoa tsunami appeal.

A BOOST in real estate activity in industrialised countries would be a good indicator of world economic recovery from the global financial crisis.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days.

Submitted by WDEF on October 1, 2009 - 1:11pm. Grundy County News Comments Below: 3 Two students at the University of the South were killed this morning on the Cumberland Plateau.

FRANKLIN CO., Tenn. - Two University of the South students were killed and two others injured in a crash Thursday morning on Highway 41A in Franklin County.

SEWANEE, Tenn. - Two University of the South students were killed and two others injured when their car collided with a tractor-trailer near the campus at Sewanee in southeastern Tennessee.