OXFORD, Miss. – The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi is celebrating its 10th year of production with a season lineup sure to delight and entertain. Tickets go on sale to the general public Aug. 28 for the 2013-2014 season, which opens Sept. 28 with Wisconsin Public Radio’sRead the story …
Ford Center Announces 10th Anniversary Season
2013-14 schedule includes Broadway hits, classical ballet and entertainment for all ages
August 28, 2013 by
Law School’s Pro Bono Initiative Sets Free Legal Clinic
Event to help low-income Lafayette County residents with family law matters
August 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi program that provides free legal assistance to low-income people is teaming with the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyer Project for a clinic to help qualifying Lafayette county residents with family law matters. The clinic, set for 1-4 p.m. Sept. 5 at the UM School of Law, will help participants prepareRead the story …
Hundreds of Volunteers Help Students Move In at Ole Miss
Number of students arriving outnumbers populations of most Mississippi cities
August 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – This week, more than 1,200 volunteers from the University of Mississippi, Oxford and Lafayette County are helping more than 5,400 students move into student housing at Ole Miss. The number of students moving in is larger than the populations of about 80 percent of cities across the state. Volunteers are essential forRead the story …
Ole Miss Students Win Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Group wins for multimedia project documenting student efforts to build roads in Belizean community
August 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A multimedia project from the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media has been selected as the 2013 college journalism winner of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights awards the RFK Journalism Award to recognize outstanding reporting onRead the story …
White Coat Ceremony Inspires Record Number of New UM Pharmacy Students
Speakers encourage them to uphold the trust and respect of their chosen profession
August 20, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A record 120 students are enrolled this fall in the first professional year, known as PY1, of the University of Mississippi’s professional pharmacy program; 115 of them received white coats during a recent ceremony at the university’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for Performing Arts. The School of Pharmacy ceremony, a decade-old tradition,Read the story …
University Museum Unveils Faulkner Traveling Trunk
Trunk offers resources to aid classrooms, community groups studying Faulkner's life and works
August 20, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University Museum is offering a new Traveling Trunk based on the life and work of William Faulkner. The William Faulkner/Rowan Oak trunk, eighth in a series of educational trunks available to the schools and other groups, will be unveiled during a presentation Aug. 29 at the museum. The event, which runsRead the story …
Alumni Association Names Top Alumni of 2013
Alumni Association to Honor Seven at Homecoming for Achievement, Service
August 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Seven alumni will receive the Ole Miss Alumni Association’s highest annual honors as part of Homecoming 2013. Inductees into the Alumni Hall of Fame are: Haley Barbour (JD 73) of Yazoo City; David W. Houston III (BBA 66, JD 69) of Aberdeen; Dick Molpus (BBA 71) of Jackson; Carol Ross (BAEd 82)Read the story …
Rutherford Appointed to Mississippi Reading Panel
UM literacy education expert among designees for statewide reading assessment panel
August 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi literacy education scholar Angela Rutherford is among six people appointed to an expert panel to work with the Mississippi Department of Education to recommend new standardized assessment tools for public K-3 reading programs. The Mississippi Reading Panel was established by MDE as part of the Literacy-Based Promotion Act signedRead the story …
UM Luckyday Scholar Selected for Prestigious Medical Scholarship
Clinton High School graduate accepted into Medical Center's Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
August 16, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi Luckyday Scholar from Clinton has earned a spot in the selective University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Rural Physicians Scholarship Program. Esosa Adah, a junior biochemistry major, was accepted into the prestigious program, which places medical professionals in small Mississippi towns to help combat rural physician shortage and improveRead the story …
Speakers, Workshops Highlight Summit for At-Risk Students
UM professor and author Ken Sufka offers tips on helping students beat the odds to excel
August 16, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Motivated to help at-risk college students succeed in attaining their educational goals, more than 100 faculty and staff from Mississippi’s higher education institutions gathered Wednesday (Aug. 14) at the University of Mississippi for a day of inspiration and empowerment. The At-Risk Summit: Student Success and Persistence was held at UM’s Jackson AvenueRead the story …