OXFORD, Miss. – With a grant of nearly $250,000, the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation is helping to expand fitness and nutrition programs at the University of Mississippi. The foundation announced the grant for RebelWell, a new program name penned for the expanded offerings, Monday (March 24) on the Ole Miss campus.Read the story …
UM Accepts Health and Wellness Grant from BCBS of Mississippi Foundation
New RebelWell program will use $250,000 to expand community's health, nutrition and exercise options
March 25, 2014 by
Tickets Available for T.P. Vinson Scholarship Reception
Annual event scheduled March 29 in Robert C. Khayat Law Center
March 21, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Recipients of the T.P. Vinson Memorial Scholarship and T.P. Vinson Educator Award at the University of Mississippi will be recognized during an annual reception set for March 29. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Robert C. Khayat Law Center. Both honorees will be announced as family, colleaguesRead the story …
Ole Miss Law Makes History with Third National Title
Win makes third championship this year, a first in school history
March 20, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law made history this weekend by grabbing its third moot court national championship this year, the first time the law school has achieved such a milestone. Second-year students David Fletcher of Jackson and Brett Grantham of Corinth, along with third-year Will Widman of Birmingham, Ala., wonRead the story …
Kiss Selected Head of Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
UM dean will lead organization focused on promoting programs, monitoring standards
March 18, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss – John Z. Kiss, dean of the University of Mississippi Graduate School, has been elected president of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools for 2015. He is the 2014 vice president of the organization. “CSGS is an excellent organization providing opportunity for graduate school deans to discuss common problems and solutions of theirRead the story …
UM Doctoral Student Develops Common Core Project for Oxford Teachers
Class project by UM education students provides resources for Oxford teachers
March 11, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two large trunks packed with binders and hand-crafted games may seem like an unlikely donation, but at least two teachers at Oxford Elementary School couldn’t be happier about the delivery. University of Mississippi doctoral student Jessica Simpson, of Oxford, and UM School of Education faculty members Denise Soares and Susan McClelland recentlyRead the story …
NIUST Makes Deep-Sea Challenges Fun in the Classroom
UM-based research center shares robot technology with fourth-grade classes
March 11, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nothing excites kids like robots, except maybe getting to build and operate one. That’s exactly what lucky fourth-graders at Regents School of Oxford enjoyed recently when specialists from the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology visited their classroom. NIUST is a collaboration between the University of Mississippi and the University ofRead the story …
Mike Harris New Helm of Parking and Transportation
Director moving forward with strategic plans for future success
March 6, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has welcomed Mike Harris as its new director of parking and transportation. The Starkville native joined the university Feb. 24. His duties include working with UM administrators and other stakeholders to define a strategic, long-term plan. “The University of Mississippi is a progressive and fast-growing environment,” Harris said.Read the story …
‘The Girls of Atomic City’ Selected for 2014 Common Reading Experience
Book recounts history of young women recruited to work on secret World War II project
March 4, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A book recounting the experiences of young women lured to work on a secret project during World War II has been chosen as the 2014 Common Reading Experience at the University of Mississippi. “The Girls of Atomic City,” written by Denise Kiernan, was chosen by a majority vote of the Common ReadingRead the story …
Geoff Wheat Named New NIUST Director
New leader brings ‘a unique combination of scientific and technological expertise’
February 24, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss – Geoff Wheat has been named director of the National Institute for Undersea Science at Technology, which is headquartered at the University of Mississippi. NIUST, which has been based at UM since its establishment in 2002, is a joint effort between Ole Miss and the University of Southern Mississippi in partnership with theRead the story …
Warm blanket, new heart for Port Gibson woman
February 7, 2014 by
JACKSON, Miss. – When cardiac patient Sharon Mackey goes home, she’ll take with her at least two mementos from her stay at UMMC, she said: “a warm blanket and a warm heart.” The bright red blanket, one of a number distributed to cardiac patients to recognize today’s National Wear Red Day, was presented by Dr.Read the story …