OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students have started a chapter of a new nonprofit group to raise money for literacy efforts across the state by raffling off the opportunity for fans to become an “assistant coach” during an Ole Miss sporting event. Matt Bolton, an Ole Miss sophomore from Memphis, started the chapter of theRead the story …
UM Students Start Coaching for Literacy Chapter
Group focusing its efforts in state, with funding going to three Mississippi-based partners
May 14, 2015 by
Staff Appreciation Week Begins Monday
May 11, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi Staff Appreciation Week gets underway Monday, kicking off a week of lectures, yoga, meditation, bike-to-work events, a field day and free admission to the Turner Center, among other activities. “Staff Appreciation Week is a very important event because it gives us a chance to show our staff members justRead the story …
McCauley, Bombelli Win 2015 Frist Student Service Awards
Honorees lauded at Commencement for dedication to helping students
May 9, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – All University of Mississippi employees contribute in some way to the overall student experience, but some faculty and staff go beyond the call of duty in their commitment to helping students. The annual Frist Student Service Awards honors those dedicated individuals. During the university’s Commencement ceremonies Saturday (May 9), Anne McCauley, UMRead the story …
Meet Jean Munson, April’s Staff Member of the Month
April 15, 2015 by
Jean Munson, administrative coordinator I in the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for April. To help us get to know her better, Munson answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss? Munson: 5 years IOM:Read the story …
Annie Davis Weber Named SCUP Fellow
UM honoree plans to study what faculty and others value in institutional strategic planning
April 15, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Annie Davis Weber has been named one of two members of The Society for College and University Planning‘s 2015 fellowship class in recognition of her work at the University of Mississippi. Weber, manager of strategic planning in the Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness and Planning, begins her one-year term as fellow in July. SheRead the story …
UM Museum 75 for 75: Andy Warhol’s ‘Oyster Stew’
April 11, 2015 by
In honor of the University of Mississippi Museum‘s 75th anniversary, the Ole Miss News Blog is featuring 75 different items from the museum’s archives of more than 20,000 objects. Today’s featured item is the Andy Warhol screen print “Oyster Stew,” which Warhol did on paper as part of his series of Campbell’s soup can paintings in the late 1960s. Warhol is oneRead the story …
Hussey Honored With SEC Faculty Achievement Award
UM chemistry professor and administrator honored for teaching, research and scholarship
April 8, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Charles Hussey, professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, is a 2015 recipient of the Southeastern Conference’s Faculty Achievement Award. The conference announced Wednesday (April 8) that Hussey has received the award, which honors one faculty member from each SEC university who has excelled in teaching, researchRead the story …
Meet Melissa Graves, March’s Staff Member of the Month
March 25, 2015 by
Melissa Graves, associate director and instructor at the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for March. To help us get to know her better, Graves answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss? Graves: Since October 2008 IOM: WhatRead the story …
UM Physical Plant to Become Facilities Management Department
Health and Safety, Facilities Operations and Facilities Services divisions created in reorganization
March 24, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has announced the Physical Plant Department has been reorganized and renamed the Facilities Management Department, which will consist of three divisions. The change takes effect Wednesday (April 1). The Facilities Management Department will continue to be led by Director Ashton Pearson, but it will include Health and Safety, Facilities Operations and FacilitiesRead the story …
UM Graduate’s Space Shuttle Film to Air on Public Broadcasting
'The Space Shuttle: Flying for Me' airs Tuesday on WKNO-TV and Wednesday on MPB
March 12, 2015 by
An Ole Miss graduate’s film, “The Space Shuttle: Flying for Me,” is set to air at 7 p.m. Tuesday (March 17) on Memphis PBS affiliate WKNO-TV and at 9 p.m. Wednesday (March 18) on Mississippi Public Broadcasting stations. Nashville filmmaker Tim Weeks, who earned a bachelor’s degree in 1981 and a law degree in 1984,Read the story …