OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has welcomed 28 outstanding freshmen from eight states into the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program. The seventh cohort of this innovative teacher education program comes with an average high school grade-point average of 3.91 and ACT score of 29.3. The new class brings the number of METP scholarship recipients atRead the story …
Outstanding Freshmen Join Innovative Teacher Education Program
Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program admits 28 at UM
September 5, 2019 by
Getting Back Up Again
UM Collegiate Recovery Community students share harrowing tales of addiction, inspiring stories of getting their lives back on track
September 4, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A successful chef and father of two used to drink vodka at 6 a.m. until he passed out in public, then wake up and try to go to work and conceal his problem. A bright, young student hooked on alcohol and Xanax accumulated multiple arrests in 18 months, including one for assaultingRead the story …
Honoring William by Helping Others: UM to Dedicate Magee Center
Grand opening of pivotal education, prevention facility at Ole Miss set for 4 p.m. Friday
September 3, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The accidental overdose of a young University of Mississippi alumnus brought the UM family together in recent years to support an initiative aimed at preventing such tragedies in the future. On Friday (Sept. 6), the results of this initiative will be unveiled when the new William Magee Center for Wellness Education, anRead the story …
Family Ties: Connection Leads Triplets to Ole Miss
Next-Generation Rebels: Sanders siblings recruited by Anne Weston, Katherine and Will Sistrunk
September 3, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It’s fairly common for siblings and children of University of Mississippi alumni to attend the family alma mater. But in the case of Calvin, Isabella and Sophia Sanders, it wasn’t their parents who most influenced their decision – it was another set of triplets. The incoming freshman triplets were actually drawn toRead the story …
‘Hub of Student Life’: UM Opens Expanded Student Union
Ole Miss officials cut ribbon on newly renovated Student Union, reopen ‘living room’ of campus
August 30, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi held the grand opening of its newly expanded and renovated Student Union on Thursday (Aug. 29), marking the culmination of a massive effort to create a bigger and better hub of student life in the heart of campus. The Ole Miss Student Union opened in 1977, as a 98,000-square-foot centerRead the story …
UM Unveils State-of-the-Art South Campus Recreation Center
University transformed vacant property into 100,000-square-foot hub of holistic wellness and recreation
August 29, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi officials ushered in the age of the new South Campus Recreation Center Wednesday (Aug. 28), marking the completion of the transformation of a vacant manufacturing site into a 100,000-square-foot hub of holistic wellness and recreation. In 2010, the university purchased the former Whirlpool property, off Chucky Mullins Drive, providingRead the story …
Calls for Innovation Highlight Fourth UM Technology Summit
Annual event features Sen. Wicker, FCC chairman, Comcast CEO
August 28, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Preparation for inevitable change was the recurring theme as representatives from computer, telecommunications, Internet and cybersecurity industries spoke Wednesday (Aug. 28) at the University of Mississippi’s fourth annual Technology Summit. Presenters and panelists addressed such topics as workforce diversity, expansion of rural broadband and technology applications during the event in the GertrudeRead the story …
Freshmen Urged to Serve the Greater Good
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond delivers 2019 Fall Convocation address
August 28, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond advised the University of Mississippi‘s class of 2023 that they have power to change their world and should commit themselves to a life of advancing the greater good. Desmond, who delivered UM’s Fall Convocation keynote address Tuesday (Aug. 27) evening, is the author ofRead the story …
UM Law, Business Schools Launch Joint Degree Program
Students can complete both a J.D. and an MBA in three years
August 27, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For graduates with expertise in both law and business, there’s almost no limit on career choices. The University of Mississippi is offering an opportunity for students to be at the cutting edge of law and business with interdisciplinary skills fit for the modern economy. The university’s School of Law and the SchoolRead the story …
University Museum Turns 80
From Vonnegut and O'Keeffe to art lessons and lectures, landmark offers something for everyone
August 26, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As a child in the 1940s, Kaye Bryant used to wander around what is now the University of Mississippi Museum. There, her imagination was captured by fleas, but these were not just any ordinary bugs – one was dressed in a tuxedo, the other in a wedding dress. She couldn’t untangle the riddleRead the story …