OXFORD, Miss. – This week, Miss University 2014 will compete in the Miss Mississippi Pageant. The pageant will take place July 9 at 8 p.m. at the Vicksburg Convention Center. Anna Beth Higginbotham, who was crowned Miss University at the University of Mississippi last November, will take her classical vocal skills and her platform, “PowerRead the story …
Miss University Looks to Become Miss Mississippi
Anna Beth Higginbotham heads to Vicksburg for pageant
July 7, 2014 by
Raising the Bar
UM's chief research officer champions excellence, competitiveness
July 7, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Before becoming the University of Mississippi’s vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, Alice Clark spent 22 years working in the university’s School of Pharmacy, where she helped establish one of the longest continually funded antifungal research programs in the history of the National Institutes of Health. She also achieved several professorial,Read the story …
Changes in Store for UM Student, Visitor Parking
Registration opens Aug. 6, construction and enrollment growth lead to limited number of permits
June 30, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Unprecedented enrollment growth and ongoing construction at the University of Mississippi mean parking spots will be limited for campus residents and commuters for the 2014-2015 academic year. Officials encourage students to sign up Aug. 6 for first-come, first-served parking passes. Last year, about 3,999 campus residents bought parking passes. Enrollment is projected toRead the story …
Ole Miss MBA Program Bestows Honors on Alumni, Faculty, Students
Honorees chosen for exemplifying best of MBA program
June 30, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss – A crowd of nearly 100 University of Mississippi students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered June 19 at the M-Club room of the Starnes Athletic Training Center to honor members of the university’s MBA program. Dean Ken Cyree welcomed guests, including Jeffrey Conley, recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Conley, who earnedRead the story …
Second Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms at UM
Medicinal plant garden contains rare titan arum collection
June 20, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Visiting the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden at the University of Mississippi can feel like stepping into a tropical rainforest – the facility’s greenhouse is filled with rare and unusual florae. One of these species, the titan arum, is among the most extraordinary in the garden’s collection. The plant has theRead the story …
NCPA Director Led National Physical Acoustics Summer School
Josh Gladden supervised international meeting of students, scientists in Utah
June 20, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Five University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students gained valuable insights in cutting edge research and connected with fellow researchers at a recent international physical acoustics conference. Josh Gladden, director of the National Center for Physical Acoustics at the university, led the 12th Physical Acoustics Summer School program. The weeklong event was co-hosted byRead the story …
Charles Reagan Wilson Retires from Teaching to Focus on Writing
History, Southern studies professor leaves UM after 33 years
June 13, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Charles Reagan Wilson brought together everything from Hank Aaron to zydeco as co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, and now his final chapter at the University of Mississippi is complete. After 33 years as a history and Southern studies professor, Wilson retired in May. During his three decades at UM, WilsonRead the story …
Crosby Hall to House Pak Mail Center
Expanded shipping and P.O. options begin July 14, include moving and storage services
June 13, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Starting July 14, the first floor of Crosby Hall will be home to a new 2,200-square-foot Pak Mail center, which will have up to 5,000 mailboxes and a fully staffed package center to serve University of Mississippi students, faculty, staff and retirees. The new mailing center will offer more services than theRead the story …
UM International Programs Director Helping Shape Myanmar’s Future
Greet Provoost mentors educators in Asian nation as it opens higher education to international collaboration
June 9, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s director of international programs is playing a key role in the transformation of Myanmar’s higher education system as a new, more internationally collaborative government emerges following 50 years of military rule, which ended in 2011. Greet Provoost recently returned from Yangon, Myanmar, where she participated in a convocationRead the story …
Artist Tim Youd to Retype ‘The Sound and the Fury’
Performer to re-create Faulkner's classic novel at Rowan Oak using replica of author's typewriter and desk
June 1, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As part of his ongoing, critically-acclaimed undertaking to retype 100 classic novels, artist Tim Youd will perform a retyping of William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury” June 2-12 at Rowan Oak. Youd will perform during normal summer hours at Rowan Oak, which are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday.Read the story …