OXFORD, Miss. – As part of the 11th annual College Colors Day celebration, the University of Mississippi is participating in the inaugural College Colors Challenge and encouraging fan support across social media for the Rebels. The grand prize is a chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the College Football Playoff National Championship game. “WhenRead the story …
Rebel Fans Encouraged to Support UM in College Colors Challenge
Grand prize winners to receive trip to the College Football Playoff National Championship game.
August 7, 2015 by
Ole Miss Delegates Explore Food Innovations at D.C. Summit
August 7, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In its first year as a founding member of the new Planet Forward academic consortium, the University of Mississippi participated in three teleconference food policy salons, a campuswide multimedia storytelling workshop, Skype conversations between Planet Forward producers and journalism classes, and an international food policy summit in Washington, D.C. Planet Forward, aRead the story …
UM Named Among ‘Mississippi’s Healthiest Workplaces’
Designation honors campus efforts to create a 'culture of wellness'
August 4, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi, which has aggressively implemented many health and wellness initiatives for its nearly 2,900 employees, has been named one of Mississippi’s Healthiest Workplaces for 2015. The Mississippi Business Journal, the Mississippi Business Group on Health and the Mississippi Department of Health hand out the designation each year. The universityRead the story …
Staff Member Keeps Pharmacy School’s Equipment in Working Order
August 3, 2015 by
A leap of faith brought Lowndes County native Derek Oglesby to the University of Mississippi. “I hail from ‘Bulldog country,’” Oglesby said. “Ole Miss was never really on my list as one of the places I expected to work when I grew up.” That changed, however, when Oglesby applied for a position with the UniversityRead the story …
Stocks, Wilkin Share Their Vision for UM
Acting leaders plan to focus on maintaining university's momentum in enrollment, fundraising
July 24, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Acting Chancellor Morris Stocks and Acting Provost Noel Wilkin were recently thrust into short-term roles at the University of Mississippi, but they have a comprehensive vision for UM that includes continued enrollment growth, new financial contributions and a focus on faculty recruitment. Stocks was UM’s provost when he was recently chosen by theRead the story …
Meet July’s Staff Member of the Month, Lionel E. Jones Jr.
July 24, 2015 by
Lionel E. Jones Jr., a property control auditor in the UM office of Procurement Services, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for July. To help us get to know him better, Jones answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss? Jones: 13 years. IOM: WhatRead the story …
UM Again ‘Great Colleges to Work For’ Finalist
Chronicle of Higher Education surveys university employees nationwide, finds high satisfaction at Ole Miss
July 20, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Continuing to establish its reputation for employee satisfaction, the University of Mississippi has again been recognized as one of the nation’s “Great Colleges to Work For” by the Chronicle of Higher Education. UM was cited for excellence in three categories: collaborative governance, employee confidence in the university’s senior leadership and supervisor/department chairRead the story …
UM Professor One of 70 Ransom Center Fellows
July 17, 2015 by
Anne Quinney, a University of Mississippi professor of modern languages, has been selected as one of 70 Harry Ransom Center research fellows for the 2015-2016 academic year. The Ransom Center, housed at the University of Texas at Austin, is a humanities research library and museum. During the fellowship, researchers will work on projects using theRead the story …
Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference at UM Starts July 19
'Faulkner and Print Culture' boasts strong conference lineup
July 13, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. — The University of Mississippi will host its annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference July 19-23 bringing scholars from all over the country to Oxford to discuss “Faulkner and Print Culture.” The Nobel Prize winning author and Oxford resident William Faulkner, who also studied at UM, once said that he wished his epitaph would simply read,Read the story …
Faculty and Staff Permits Available July 22
July 13, 2015 by
The University of Mississippi faculty and staff parking permits will be available for purchase on July 22. A regular faculty and staff hangtag will cost $160 for the year. Reserved parking spaces will cost $750. The Pavilion parking garage is now open, and 120 spaces remain of the 400 reserved for faculty and staff. A garage permit will costRead the story …