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Today JJ looked at me and said “우와 학교사람들 친절하다” which means “Wow everyone at the school is nice.” We have had the extreme good luck of having to deal with people who have been just wonderful to work with. We haven’t come across a member of the University of Southern Mississippi staff that has not been helpful.

Case #1
We had some questions regarding our financial aid. I scoured the website and still couldn’t find the answers to my questions. I called the Financial Aid Office and spoke to a gentleman named Patrick. He answered every one of my questions and helped both of us with our funding problems.

Case #2

JJ had to meet with her adviser on Thursday. Not only did he go out of his way to help her but even followed up with a few emails that contained information that he thought of after having met with her. She is thrilled that she has an adviser that she is able to talk to and to have someone that will guide her.

Case #3

JJ had to get her second MMR shot and we went to the University Clinic to get it taken care of. After she had received her injection, the receptionist stopped us and asked where JJ was from and wished us good luck in the upcoming semester.

Case #4

The Graduate Admissions staff has been wonderful.  We have dealt with a few different people in the office and everyone of them has been extremely helpful.  I felt like I was asking them way too many questions but they took the time to solve every problem that I had.

Case #5

Ms. Anderson is the administrative assistant in my department.  I worried her to death by constantly checking on my application.  She was nothing but patient and very helpful but probably glad that I finally got all my paperwork turned in and accepted.

I hope that our luck of finding good staff members to deal with will not end.

More Good News

• JJ got a partial assistantship for the fall semester that covers her full tuition and gives her a partial stipend.
• Our student loans have been processed and we were awarded the max amounts.
• JJ gets a school laptop to use because she has an assistantship

Bad News

• Checked the price of our books for the upcoming semester. It looks like we are about to drop $1,000 to $1,200 for our books.

• I didn’t get the assistantship that I wanted but am busy trying to secure one.

We are heading to New Orleans for the day tomorrow.  We are looking forward to getting out of Hattiesburg for the day.  This week was extremely busy and between working part-time and trying to get everything arranged for school; we need a day of fun.