… First recipients to read Thursday on radio show Charity is the only scam that makes me richer than I am. – By Poetry Bob with Elvis and the Einstein All Stars OXFORD, Miss. – Most poets don’t drive Porsches, but Oxford resident D.C. Berry, a retired University of Southern Mississippi professor and acclaimed authorRead the story …
Travel With Us
March 27, 2012 by
Travel the World with the Ole Miss Alumni Association. For 2012 and 2013, the Alumni Association is offering many spectacular trips for which alumni and friends obtain group rates and discounts. Prices indicated for travel programs are per person and based on double occupancy. Airfare is not included. Single occupancy is available on a limitedRead the story …
Biloxi Teacher, UM Alum Named Teacher of the Year at Gulf Coast School
March 26, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Amber Watkins, a 2009 elementary education graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Education, seems to be a natural teacher. In fact, only a year-and-a-half into her teaching career, she’s been honored as Teacher of the Year for Woolmarket Elementary School in Biloxi. “There are so many reasons I love whatRead the story …
Alumni Spotlight: Tad Provence and His ‘Ramblin’ Rebel’
March 21, 2012 by
For decades, as a business owner in the Atlanta area, Ole Miss alumnus Tad Provence (BBA 67) has crossed paths with Georgia Tech’s “Ramblin’ Wreck.” The old Ford Model A, named after the school’s fight song, is a rolling gold and white symbol of Georgia Tech athletics. Provence has witnessed how the crowds are stirredRead the story …
Pharmacy School Grads Post Perfect Pass Rate on NAPLEX
March 19, 2012 by
… Ole Miss ranks fifth nationally in licensure exam success OXFORD, Miss. – Last year’s graduating class of pharmacists at the University of Mississippi was perfect – literally. Every one of the May 2011 Doctor of Pharmacy graduates passed the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination on their first attempt. The perfect score is part ofRead the story …
Alumni Profile: Mark McDonald
March 15, 2012 by
For much of a three-decade Navy career, Cmdr. Mark McDonald (BBA 84) was a sub hunter. As an aviator patrolling high above the world’s oceans during the Cold War, he considered it a point of pride that the U.S. knew where every Soviet sub was at any given time. Today, McDonald is retired from theRead the story …
Reception to Honor Tim Ford and Help Fund Scholarship
March 8, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A reception honoring Tim Ford, former speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, is set for 5-6 p.m. March 21 at Balch & Bingham law firm in Jackson. The reception also supports a scholarship in Ford’s name at the University of Mississippi, where he was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award inRead the story …
Alumni Profile: Stephanie McAfee
March 8, 2012 by
When Stephanie McAfee (BA 00) began writing her first novel, she reached out to literary agents and was rejected. So, she self-published — and within months, agents were calling her. That’s one of the many twists in the rise of McAfee, whose novel Diary of a Mad Fat Girl began as a 99-cent e-book onRead the story …
Fitness center opens to guests at The Inn at Ole Miss
March 8, 2012 by
The latest addition to The Inn at Ole Miss has been completed, with the opening of the Callie Mae Swango Fitness Center to Inn guests. The fitness center at the Alumni Association’s full-service hotel includes four state-of-the-art Trackmaster treadmills for guests’ use. The 1,200-square-foot fitness center also features two ARC personal trainers, an AbCoaster, twoRead the story …
Couple Donates Historic Items to Alumni Association
March 8, 2012 by
From left, Alumni Association Executive Director Tim Walsh, Senior Associate Director Sheila Dossett, Hazel and Phil McCarty, Associate Director Clay Cavett, and Club Coordinator Port Kaigler pose with items donated to the Association by the McCartys. For more photos, click here for a photo gallery. For years, they remained boxed away or forgotten in theRead the story …