Established in July 2008, the Office of Campus Sustainability will build institutional learning capabilities in support of continual improvement in building design and operations, landscaping, procurement, energy and water conservation, waste minimization, recycling and service provision. We integrate sustainability principles across all operational areas of the university and collaborate with relevant sustainability education and researchRead the story …
Five to be Inducted into Law Alumni Hall of Fame
April 12, 2012 by
Five alumni of the University of Mississippi School of Law will be inducted into the 2012 Law Alumni Hall of Fame during Law Alumni Weekend, set for April 20-21 at The Inn at Ole Miss. Inductees include the late William M. Champion (LLB 61) and the late Thomas R. Ethridge (BA 40, MA 51), bothRead the story …
Five to be Inducted into Law School Hall of Fame
April 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Five alumni of the University of Mississippi School of Law will be inducted into the 2012 Law Alumni Hall of Fame during Law Alumni Weekend, set for April 20-21 at the Inn at Ole Miss. Inductees include the late William M. Champion and the late Thomas R. Ethridge, both of Oxford; LawrenceRead the story …
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker to Deliver Commencement Address
April 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Heralded for his statesmanship and diplomacy at the state and federal level, U.S. Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-Miss.) is set to visit the University of Mississippi May 12 to deliver the keynote address at the university’s 159th commencement. Wicker, who was elected to the Senate in 2008, speaks to graduating students, theirRead the story …
National Teacher of the Year to Visit Oxford, DeSoto Campuses
April 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Michelle Shearer, the 2011 national Teacher of the Year, will visit University of Mississippi campuses in Oxford and Southaven during a two-day event hosted by the School of Education beginning Tuesday (April 17). Shearer, an advanced placement chemistry teacher who also specializes in deaf education at Urbana High School in Fredrick, Md.,Read the story …
Gavin DeGraw Set for Free Grove Concert
April 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Pop-rock singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw is headed to the University of Mississippi next week for a free concert in the Grove. The April 20 show begins at 8:30 p.m. on the Grove stage with opening act Craig Morgan. The show is sponsored by the Ole Miss Student Programming Board and the Department ofRead the story …
Office of Sustainability
April 11, 2012 by
Established in July 2008, the Office of Campus Sustainability will build institutional learning capabilities in support of continual improvement in building design and operations, landscaping, procurement, energy and water conservation, waste minimization, recycling and service provision. We integrate sustainability principles across all operational areas of the university and collaborate with relevant sustainability education and researchRead the story …
Pharmacy School Receives Major Gift from Alumna’s Estate
April 10, 2012 by
… Gift creates scholarship endowment for Ole Miss pharmacy students OXFORD, Miss. – Thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will, generations of pharmacy students at the University of Mississippi will receive scholarship support. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree from UMRead the story …
UM Celebrates Grand Opening of Insight Park
April 10, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Rainy weather did not dampen the April 5 grand opening of the University of Mississippi’s new research facility, Insight Park. “This is an exciting time for the university,” said Alice Clark, vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs. “The purpose of Insight Park is to ensure that the research outcomes of world-classRead the story …
UM Leads Effort to Train Ecuadorian English Teachers
April 10, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has signed on as the lead institution in a three-year, multi-university effort to help improve English language education in the South American nation of Ecuador. The agreement with the Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología é Inovación, or SENESCYT, the Ecuadorian national Secretary for Higher Education, Science,Read the story …