The facilities can accommodate over 160 persons in residence. Recreational facilities on campus include volleyball courts, basketball courts and a swimming pool. Numerous electronic bibliographic databases are available at the library. A computer center equipped with IBM compatible PCs is located in the Administration building. A variety of Windows 95 based programs are available for use for word-processing, database management, statistical analysis, communications and graphic presentation.
Internet access is also available for staff and students.
The graduate and research programs are housed in the Marine Science Hall , which contains 14,000 square feet of research labs and office space. Support equipment includes balances, a refrigerated centrifuge, a lyophilizer, muffle furnaces and ovens, research grade deionized water, computer equipment and the usual complement of laboratory materials. Field gear includes high resolution CTD's and current meters, oxygen meters, plankton nets, corers, data buoys, transmissometers, water quality monitors, a variety of trawls and other nets for collecting, bottom grabs, photometers, refractometers, pH meters and a variety of water samplers. The west side of the Point is bounded by Grand Bay, one of the least polluted bodies of water on the Gulf Coast, and one of the richest habitats for bird fauna.