Resource of the Month

Welcome SFP Session II Library Assistants!!!

Star Spangled Beach Cleanup

On Saturday July 5^th, volunteers from GCRL stepped up and helped cleanup the Independence Day debris left by celebrants at East Beach. Co-Captains, David Sliman and Joyce Shaw, led the group on a 2 plus hour beach cleanup effort to make our beaches trash free. About 50 lbs. of trash including two melted plastic trash barrels were collected and set out for pickup by the City of Ocean Springs. Thank you to Megan Le, Dr. Jessica Pruett, Dr. Eric Saillant and his daughter Heloyse Leonard-Saillant, and COA graduate students Molly Spencer and Micayla Cochran for being a part of the Star-Spangled Beach Cleanup.

Do you want to be a part of this great service opportunity? The next annual Coastal Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, October 18, from 8 am to 11 am.

Welcome New Employees!

Yahaira Martinez Perez – GCRL Physical Plant – Custodian II



Rachel Motley – COA – Administrative Specialist

Gunter Library Selected to Be a Community Partner!

Shown (L to R) Joyce Shaw, Head of Gunter Library, Megan Le, Gunter Library Manager, and Yvonne Parton, Friends of the Library representative.

The Gunter Library at GCRL is proud to continue celebrating the power of partnerships that strengthen our community. Ocean Springs is filled with generous businesses and organizations whose time and heart make a difference every day.



A huge thank you to the Ocean Springs Municipal Library and the Friends of the Ocean Springs Library & Book Nook for this certificate of appreciation — and for reminding us that teamwork and community spirit make us stronger together.

Ocean Springs Urban Canopy

Current Events

Drawing For the “Find Fishes” is July 28th

Upcoming Events

• Friday, July 25: Friday at the Fort - Unfazed Show & Band (For Maurepas at 499 Front Beach, OS) 6 pm (free)
• Saturday, August 2: Nature Discovery Tour (Fontainebleau Trail) 9:00 – 10:00am (free)
• Monday-Friday, August 11-15: USM Fall First Week

• Monday, August 18 USM Classes start

GCRL Science Café takes a break in July and will resume in August.

"Like" the GCRL Science Cafe Facebook page for more information about upcoming Science Cafe events.

If you missed any of our virtual GCRL Science Cafes visit our Marine Education Center’s (MEC) Facebook page at the link below.

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

703 East Beach Drive

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Joyce Shaw, Head & Professor

 Megan Le, Library Manager

  Brennan Collins, Library Assistant

 Marjie Williams, Library Assistant