As an engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Billie McKinney's job helps ensure the safety of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard personnel.

Jimmy Shumock, Arlene Mitchell and Alexis Atkins were elected to lead the USA Board of Trustees for the next three years.

Andrew Conniff, who earned a strategic communication degree from South in 2017, is named 2019 Photojournalist of the Year.

Sea temperatures, sea-level pressure and monsoons all factor into a hurricane forecast. Here is South's experts' take on 2019.