OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is seeking to fill the new position of vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement. This position is one of the key components of UM’s comprehensive action plan designed to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment on all its campuses. The action plan was announced in August 2014, andRead the story …
UM Opens Search for Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Community Engagement
Committee established to find qualified candidate
February 26, 2016 by
Planned Gift Benefits UM History Department
Brig. Gen. John H. Napier III creates $150,000 pledge to aid research efforts
February 26, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A $150,000 planned gift directed to the University of Mississippi’s Arch Dalrymple III Department of History is expected to help increase the department’s focus on research. Brig. Gen. John H. Napier III, a 1949 UM history graduate, recently signed a memorandum of agreement, designating the department as beneficiary of his testamentary gift.Read the story …
Oxford Conference for the Book Brings Variety of Authors to UM
Poets, journalists, scholars and readers coming to campus March 2-4 for free event
February 25, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, as well as first-time novelists, are part of the variety of legendary and debut writers hosted at the Oxford Conference for the Book, set for March 2-4. Poets, journalists, scholars and readers will visit the University of Mississippi for the 23rd conference. The three-day event, which is free andRead the story …
Madison Foundation Expands Support of Women’s Council Scholars
UM students will benefit from scholarships, mentoring, leadership training
February 24, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Impressed by the Ole Miss Women’s Council‘s mission to help students develop the life skills they need to be leaders, a Mississippi-based private charitable giving organization has increased its support of the program, providing funding for a four-year scholarship at the University of Mississippi. In 2012, the Madison Charitable Foundation, founded byRead the story …
UM Alumna, Bush Staffer to Speak at Law Graduation
Address by Tobi Young to emphasize importance of community service
February 24, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law welcomes alumna Tobi Young, general counsel and staff secretary for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, as the featured speaker at the school’s graduation, set for 11 a.m. May 14 in the Grove. Young will speak at the law school’s individual ceremony, which will follow the main university Commencement at 9 a.m.Read the story …
Author Who Explores World of Food Trends Coming to UM
David Sax, guru of what America eats, to lecture Feb. 29
February 23, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Popular foods for 2016 include kimchee and packaged seaweed strips, but David Sax already knew that. Sax, an award-winning journalist and author, explores the world of food trends: where they come from, how they grow and where they end up. He will discuss the latest culinary developments at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29 atRead the story …
Scholarship Honors Ole Miss Football Great
Teammates, friends and fans can help build Charlie Flowers Endowment
February 21, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Charlie Flowers was one of the Ole Miss greats. During his three varsity seasons as fullback under the iconic football Coach Johnny Vaught, Flowers helped lead Ole Miss to a 28-4-1 record, which included Sugar Bowl wins over Texas and LSU and a Gator Bowl victory over Florida. He was captain of the talentedRead the story …
Berryhill, Gabbert Named Bill and Jean May Mississippi Sun Scholars
Scholarship supports future journalists in honor of longtime friends of Ed and Becky Meek
February 18, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi journalism students are benefiting from scholarships established by Ed and Becky Meek of Oxford in honor of Bill and Jean May, former editors and publishers of the Mississippi Sun, now known as the The Charleston-Sun Sentinel. HartLee Gabbert of Gulfport and Lyndy Berryhill of Brookhaven are the 2015-16Read the story …
Alumni and Friends Urged to be Ole Miss True
New UM program recognizes consistent contributors to academics
February 13, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Each year, the University of Mississippi reaches new levels of academic achievement, further establishing Ole Miss as one of America’s great public institutions of higher learning. Much of this success is possible thanks to the generous annual giving of the university’s loyal alumni and friends. To show its gratitude, the university hasRead the story …
Scientists to Provide Update Thursday on Search for Gravitational Waves
February 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students, faculty and staff, as well as science enthusiasts from the Oxford community, are invited to a live viewing event at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 11) in Lewis Hall auditorium, Room 101, as the National Science Foundation brings together scientists from Caltech, MIT and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave ObservatoryRead the story …