OXFORD, Miss. – Thanks to a generous donation from Sodexo, the Ole Miss Food Bank will be able to serve an additional 300 hungry students. Sodexo, which employs 53 people on the Ole Miss campus, has made multiple donations to the Food Bank, including the computer used by volunteers and lunch cards for patrons. TheRead the story …
Local Sodexo Team Gives to Ole Miss Food Bank
Makes long-term commitment to support the organization
March 5, 2013 by
Lt. Col. Robert J. Darling Presents First-Hand Account of U.S. Leaders’ Response to 9/11
University of Mississippi presents free lecture on crisis leadership
March 4, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Lt. Col. Robert J. Darling was the only military officer serving as a liaison between the Situation Room, the vice president and the National Military Command Center. Darling wrote “24 Hours inside the President’s Bunker: 9-11-01 The White House” (iUniverse, 2010), which details his experiencesRead the story …
AmeriCorps Members Training at Ole Miss
March 1, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss – About 140 AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) are giving Camp Lake Stephens a facelift for summer youth, and are training at the Rebel Challenge Course at the University of Mississippi on Friday, March 1, 2013, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. “Camp Lake Stephens is fortunate to have these young people comeRead the story …
Ole Miss Grad Fair Scheduled For March 5-7
All students walking in May encouraged to attend
February 26, 2013 by
Commencement is just around the corner and the University of Mississippi Office of the Dean of Students encourages all students who will be walking in May to participate in the 2013 Ole Miss Grad Fair, scheduled from Tuesday, March 5 to Thursday, March 7 in the Union. The following departments and entities will be availableRead the story …
TEDxTalk Featuring UM Alumna Sandra Bloodworth
February 26, 2013 by
UM alumna Sandra Bloodworth, co-author of Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit and the MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design Director, tells the story of the rebirth of the New York subway system thanks in part to the introduction of public art at TEDxCapeMay 2012.
Former UM Basketball, Football Player Hoping to Repay Dallas Cowboys
February 22, 2013 by
DALLAS, Texas – University of Mississippi art professor Matt Long has a longstanding tradition of inviting his ceramics students to his home, where they make pottery in a wood-burning kiln. When the professor altered his tradition by inviting a 6-foot-6-inch, nearly 300-pound Ole Miss Rebel basketball and football player to join the group in 2008,Read the story …
UM Museum and Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Host Fun Masters Classes for Toddlers
Kick-off date for museum classes, Feb. 26
February 18, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum partners with the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and local artist Andi Bedsworth to host Mini Masters, a toddler art program for the Lafayette-Oxford-University community. These fun, drop-in workshops, for children ages 2 to 5 and a parent or guardian, are scheduled on alternating dates at the Powerhouse andRead the story …
Local Guys Read Chapter To Meet On Campus Today
February 18, 2013 by
Guys Read, a monthly book club for Oxford boys in grades 4-7, will meet this afternoon at 3:45 p.m. at the Civil Rights Monument on campus to discuss We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March. The group will hear from University of Mississippi assistant professors Otis Pickett (Education) and Patrick Alexander (English, AfricanRead the story …
Scholars Delve Into Influence of European Empires on the American South
38th Annual Fortune Symposium commences Feb. 21-22
February 14, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The influence of European empires on the American South is the theme of a two-day symposium Feb. 21-22 at the University of Mississippi. The 38th Annual Porter L. Fortune Jr. Symposium explores the different influences across the Atlantic on the South. Colonial American history expert Alejandra Dubcovsky opens the symposium with “NewRead the story …
February Science Cafe Examines UM/NASA Space Seeds Program
February 8, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The importance of botany to interplanetary explorations is the focus of this month’s installment of a monthly public science forum organized by the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy. The spring semester’s second meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Lusa Pastry Cafe,Read the story …