OXFORD, Miss. – A $1.5 million gift and two new master’s degree programs are expected to increase both the prestige and enrollment of the University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy by appealing to top students interested in a master’s degree that adds an emphasis in data analytics to their traditional course of study. ScholarshipsRead the story …
Gift Provides New Endowed Chair, New Programs for Accountancy School
KPMG endows second Ole Miss faculty position
August 17, 2018 by
UM Granted Prestigious Arabic Flagship Program
University is home to two Language Flagship programs
August 16, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is one of two new recipients of an Arabic Flagship Program, an esteemed language program for undergraduate students available only at select higher education institutions. Launched in 2002, The Language Flagship programs are sponsored by the National Security Education Program, a federal initiative with the purpose of creating a wider and better-qualifiedRead the story …
The Inn at Ole Miss Granted Qualified Resort Status
Designation will allow hotel to offer full range of food and beverage options for events
August 15, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Inn at Ole Miss has been approved for qualified resort status by the Mississippi Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control. The state granted resort status July 25 to the hotel and conference center on the University of Mississippi’s Oxford campus. The shift in status was essential, given demand by customers andRead the story …
Welcome Month Offers Dozens of Activities for Students, Community
Expanded annual event scheduled through Sept. 14
August 14, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As the 2018-19 academic year draws near, members of the University of Mississippi community have plenty of activities to get them plugged in during Welcome Month, which runs through Sept. 14. “The start of the year is always a special time for Ole Miss, with new students and faculty, new relationships andRead the story …
Matching Gift to Benefit Medgar Evers Scholarship in Law
Alumnus, former professor challenges others to contribute to endowment
August 13, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – John Robin Bradley, a native of Inverness, is challenging the University of Mississippi Office of Development to raise $100,000 for the Medgar Evers Scholarship in Law Endowment. In turn, he has agreed to match up to the total goal amount himself. Bradley, law professor emeritus, wants the scholarship endowment to grow andRead the story …
Business School Closes Centennial Celebration at Jackson Event
Mississippi Department of History and Archives hosts alumni at 'History is Lunch'
August 10, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Some of the state’s most celebrated business and civic leaders of the past century took center stage at a recent celebration in Jackson, helping mark the centennial of the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration. Ken Cyree, the school’s dean, was joined by alumni Maj. Gen. Leon Collins, former adjutant generalRead the story …
Former UM Students Find Pathway to College Degree
Complete to Compete graduates honored at campus celebration
August 10, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Police officers, pro football players, substitute teachers, stay-at-home moms and Nissan employees are just a few of the professionals who took part in a special event Aug. 4 at the University of Mississippi’s Jackson Avenue Center. The special graduation celebration event honored adults who applied to the Mississippi Complete to Compete, or C2C,Read the story …
UM Museum Named to List of 51 ‘Most Astounding University Museums’
Facility in national spotlight for fourth time in five years
August 8, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum and its extensive collection of art, scientific equipment and Greek and Roman antiquities are in the national spotlight once again, this time being named to EDsmart’s list of “51 Most Astounding University Museums.” The latest recognition is the fourth time in five years the museum has been namedRead the story …
Law Professor to Lead National Academic Organization
Ron Rychlak will serve as president of SEALS for the upcoming year
August 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi law professor will lead an organization representing more than 100 institutions as head of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools for the coming academic year. Ron Rychlak, professor of law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government, will serve as president of SEALS for 2018-19. “It’sRead the story …
David A. Puleo Named New Engineering Dean
Former Kentucky associate dean brings years of leadership experience, vision to position
August 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – David A. Puleo, an administrator nationally respected for his activities in both academics and research, has been named the new dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi. “Thanks to its leaders over the past 120 years, the (UM) school has a strong foundation, educating generations of engineers, computerRead the story …