“This evolution of technology in daily life and social organization has led to the fact that the modernization of information and communication processes has become the driving force of social evolution.” – Digital technology and social change expert Martin Hilbert OXFORD, Miss. – That statement is perhaps nowhere more true than on the University ofRead the story …
C Spire Brings Speedzone to Pavilion
Ultra-fast Internet welcomes UM community, Rebel fans to new arena
November 11, 2015 by
UM Student Organization Seeks Funds to Fight Hunger Locally
Ignite Ole Miss campaign facilitates effort to raise support for campus food bank
November 5, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has launched a crowd-funding campaign in an effort to raise $10,000 to support the Ole Miss Food Bank, a student-run organization that makes nutritious foods available to those in need. Contributions to the campaign via https://ignite.olemiss.edu/finsup4food will help the Kinard Hall-based Food Bank stock its shelves with frozenRead the story …
Learning Lessons from Haley Barbour’s Career
Initiative launched to honor former governor through UM political science department
November 4, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An initiative is underway to honor two-term Mississippi governor and national political leader Haley Barbour at the University of Mississippi, with a goal of attracting $1.5 million for a faculty chair in the Department of Political Science. Initial gifts, already totaling more than $300,000, are an indication of the interest in buildingRead the story …
Jordan Increases Forward Together Campaign Support to $2 Million
Manning Center practice field to be named in his honor
November 2, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Early in his career, Bill Jordan found it difficult to scrape up enough money to pay the rent on a trade show booth. Now, as creator and CEO of the nation’s leading line of camouflage patterns, he is recognized as a major supporter of the University of Mississippi’s athletics programs, and hisRead the story …
Jeffrey Vitter Named UM Chancellor
Selection made official after two days of meetings with groups in Oxford and Jackson
October 29, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning voted “unanimously and enthusiastically” today to name Jeffrey S. Vitter as chancellor of the University of Mississippi. A renowned computer scientist and academic leader, Vitter is provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas. “Dr. Vitter is, without a doubt,Read the story …
Ole Miss Alumni Association Welcomes 2015-2016 Officers
Eddie Maloney of Jackson takes over as new president
October 20, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Alumni Association announced its officers for 2015-2016 as part of Homecoming festivities at the University of Mississippi. Eddie Maloney of Jackson was named president, a one-year term that changes each Homecoming. Maloney is president of Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City Appliance Centers, which includes 12 Cowboy Maloney locations throughout Mississippi.Read the story …
Memphis Businessman Pledges $2 Million to Journalism, Business Schools
John Glass pays tribute to his 'Pop' through faculty chair in Meek School
October 8, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When businessman John D. Glass talks about his father – a hard-working business owner of a printing company and publisher of a newspaper – the love and respect can be heard each time he recalls a memory. A longtime benefactor of the University of Mississippi, Glass has established two new endowments, includingRead the story …
Ignite Ole Miss Campaign to Expand Kottkamp Memorial Scholarship
Students will hand out #lovefenton stickers Saturday in the Grove to support effort
September 25, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fenton Kottkamp of Louisville, Kentucky, would have turned 23 next Tuesday (Sept. 29), but a tragic accident earlier this year took his life. Several well-known friends are promoting a scholarship in his name to expand his legacy at the University of Mississippi. The crowdfunding initiative https://ignite.olemiss.edu/lovefenton launched Friday (Sept. 25) to buildRead the story …
Ole Miss Women’s Council to Honor Khayat
Group seeks sponsors for spring 2016 Legacy Award event
September 24, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Chancellor Emeritus Robert C. Khayat, leader of what has been called a “renaissance” at the University of Mississippi, has been chosen as the 2016 Legacy Award recipient by the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy. The OMWC and presenting sponsor C Spire will honor Khayat during campus events April 16, 2016, andRead the story …
Southern Studies Fall Brown Bag Lectures Announced
An examination of popular music and race opens slate, set for select Wednesdays at noon
September 15, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture continues this fall with a slate diverse topics ranging from the intersection of music and race in the 1960s to an amateur film shot on a family plantation to the role of New Orleans bloggersRead the story …