Winner-Take-All For Rebels, Horned Frogs In Regional Final Box Score COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Rebels grabbed an early lead, but couldn’t stave off a surging Horned Frog team who got some timely hits down the stretch on Sunday night as Ole Miss (37-25) fell to TCU (39-20) by a score of 5-2. The SundayRead the story …
Read Alumni Review Back Issues on Your iPad
June 4, 2012 by
Catching up with happenings at Ole Miss and with alumni, students, faculty and staff is easier now, with back issues of the Ole Miss Alumni Review accessible from iPads. Though a subscription to the printed magazine is a benefit for active members of the Alumni Association, back issues for the past three years are availableRead the story …
Ladies Football Forum To Honor Chucky Mullins
May 31, 2012 by
Event Set for July 21 OXFORD, Miss. – Beloved Ole Miss legend Chucky Mullins will be honored during the 12th annual Ole Miss Ladies’ Football Forum held July 21 at the Indoor Practice Facility on the Oxford campus. A panel, which features former Rebel head coach Billy Brewer, Chucky Mullins Courage Award winner Jeff Carter,Read the story …
Rebels Advance To NCAA Tournament, Face TCU In Opening Game
May 29, 2012 by
Rebels, Horned Frogs Face Off At 12:35 P.M. Friday OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss baseball team advanced to the postseason on Monday when it was announced the Rebels would be the third seed and face second-seeded TCU at the College Station Regional hosted by Texas A&M this coming Friday. It marks the ninth timeRead the story …
Scholarship Honors Waits’ Service to State’s Youth, Electric Power Cooperatives
May 29, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Since his early days in the 1960s as a teacher, coach and elementary school principal, University of Mississippi alumnus Hobson Waits has always believed in – and staunchly supported – America’s youth. Even after he left the education field in 1969 to become a lobbyist for the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi,Read the story …
Traci Brimhall Selected as Summer Poet-in-Residence
May 29, 2012 by
… Reading set for 5 p.m. June 21 at Off Square Books OXFORD, Miss. – Traci Brimhall, acclaimed for her use of myth and folklore in her poetry, has been chosen as the sixth annual Summer Poet-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Brimhall is the author of “Our Lady of the Ruins” (forthcoming from W.W. Norton), selectedRead the story …
Doctoral Student’s Fellowship Allows for One-of-a-Kind Research
May 26, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Perseverance and a unique research proposal led to a Boren Fellowship for a University of Mississippi political science student. “The Boren Fellowship is a highly competitive, national competition,” said Matthew Becker, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science. “Being awarded this fellowship is truly an honor, for it shows theRead the story …
Kuykendall Named Education School’s Alumnus of the Year
May 25, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss – Milton Kuykendall, leader of Mississippi’s largest school district, has been selected as Alumnus of the Year for the University of Mississippi School of Education. Kuykendall, superintendent of the DeSoto County School System, holds master’s degrees in curriculum and instruction and educational leadership from Ole Miss. He was selected by education faculty forRead the story …
Area Teachers Invited to Workshop on Making Science Fun in the Classroom
May 24, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Teaching seventh- through 12th-grade students to identify alloys, alter polymers and test composite strengths can require more than a lecture, so master teachers often find ways to combine science and fun in their classrooms. Up to 25 middle and high school science and math teachers will have an opportunity to participate inRead the story …