AMTESOL Conference Explores Cultural Identity, Language Learning

OXFORD, Miss. – Educators are set to gather at the University of Mississippi next week for the Alabama-Mississippi Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference.

Student Projects Get Screening at Oxford Film Festival

OXFORD, Miss. – For less than $300, you could own the actual whistle and stopwatch – straight from the set – that actor Ray McKinnon used to portray Coach Cotton in the heartwarming hit film “The Blind Side.”

‘Raggs LIVE Dance Party!’ Coming to Ford Center Jan. 30

OXFORD, Miss. – A costumed quintet of musical canines brings its entertaining and educational rock ‘n’ roll music to the University of Mississippi Jan. 30.

Meek School Gets Name

University Physical Plant employees work Sept. 2 to place the name of the newMeek School of Journalism and New Media on the front of Farley Hall.     In this issue: Overby addresses national journalism assosciation Journalism, student media merge Faculty News

Facutly News – Sept. 2009

Here are some of the past and current happenings from the faculty at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media

Journalism, student media merge

As a new semester is now underway, the faculty and staff of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media are busy preparing students for the changes in the journalism and marketing industries. Changes have been made to classes from the 100 to 400 levels and even more changes have been happening outside the doorsRead the story …

Overby addresses national journalism association

The following remarks by Charles Overby, CEO of the Freedom Forum, were made at the Awards Dinner of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communications on August 7, 2009 in Boston, MA. Overby was presented the Gerald M. Sass Award by ASJMC, an organization of administrators of journalism and mass communications programs. CharlesRead the story …

A Friendly ‘Bienvenidos,’ or Welcome, Helps Bridge Gaps in Marshall County

OXFORD, Miss. – The management staff at the Institute of Community Services in Holly Springs can think of no better way to put their Spanish-speaking clients at ease than a warm greeting in their native language.

Former Union Boilermaker Receives Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

OXFORD, Miss. – When he was 14, Brian Michael Watson dropped out of high school. At 16, he earned his GED and went to work for five years as a union boilermaker.

Delta Project Multimedia

{rokbox size=|fullscreen| thumb=|images/stories/blues.jpg|}https://web20.olemiss.edu/news/wordpress/images/stories/jschool/deltaproject01/index.html{/rokbox} Click the image to view a multimedia slideshow from the Delta Project trip to the Mississippi Delta. Photos by Tobie Baker.