USM 4th to offer MNG tuition

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The University of Southern Mississippi is partnering with the Mississippi National Guard (MNG) to offer free tuition to the state’s citizen soldiers and airmen. USM President Dr. Rodney Bennett and Maj. Gen. Janson D. Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, signed a memorandum of understanding July 31 establishing the Golden Eagle Free Tuition Program. The tuition bill will be split between USM and the National Guard. With the agreement, USM becomes the fourth university in Mississippi to offer free undergraduate tuition for Mississippi National Guardsmen. Mississippi State, Jackson State, and the Mississippi University for Women offer similar programs. (Source: WDAM 07/31/19)