OXFORD, Miss. – Five Oxford residents are among 59 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2013 Taylor Medal, the university’s highest academic award. The outstanding students were recognized recently during the 70th annual Honors Convocation at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. They are seniors Jacqueline Grace Boyce, Samuel Liyang Di,Read the story …
UM Alumna Receives Prestigious Stegner Fellowship at Stanford
… Rachel Smith plans to use fellowship to finish novel and work on stories
April 29, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Rachel Smith, an MFA graduate of University of Mississippi, has been selected as a 2013 recipient for the Wallace Stegner Fellowship for the Creative Writing Program at Stanford University. Stanford offers 10 two-year fellowships each year, five in fiction and five in poetry. The two-year fellowship program, named after novelist and creativeRead the story …
Washington County Native Named UM Applied Sciences Student of the Month
April 9, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi student Brooke Fratesi of Leland has been chosen as the Applied Sciences Student of the Month. A sophomore majoring in communication sciences and disorders, Fratesi hopes to go into audiology or speech pathology after graduation. While she has not decided exactly what she wants to do with her major,Read the story …
Madison Resident’s Study in Spain Offers Window on the World
March 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The historic city of Pamplona, Spain, is home away from home this semester for University of Mississippi junior Alexandra Leigh Jones of Madison. In early February, Jones joined some 60 other international students to study at the Universidad Publica de Navarra, in the city where the running of the bulls festival eventRead the story …
National Merit Finalist Finds Croft Institute, Honors College Fill the Bill for International Career
March 26, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi junior Shruti Jaishankar of Ridgeland could have attended any college on her long application list in 2010 when she graduated from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School as a National Merit Finalist. In choosing her college destination, Jaishankar held at least two convictions: She knew she wanted to study international relationsRead the story …
Franklin, Tenn. Resident Elected to Serve as Vice President of UM Associated Student Body
March 25, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Morgan Lyn Gregory of Franklin, TN 37067 is the newly elected vice president of the 2013-2014 Associated Student Body at the University of Mississippi. A junior integrated marketing communications major in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media, Gregory is a Provost Scholar and a former ASB Cabinet Member of theRead the story …
Hattiesburg Resident Elected to Serve as President of UM Associated Student Body
March 25, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Gregory James Alston Jr. of Hattiesburg, MS 39402 is the newly elected president of the 2013-2014 Associated Student Body at the University of Mississippi. “I have been involved with the ASB since my first semester of my freshman year, and ever since then I have enjoyed being involved with student government,” heRead the story …
Hospitality Management Student Named Applied Sciences Student of the Month
Katie Kaiser excels both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities
February 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Katie Kaiser, a senior majoring in hospitality management at the University of Mississippi, has earned the title of Applied Sciences Student of the Month for October by taking “hospitality management” to a new level. A member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, the Olive Branch native is completing a thesis investigatingRead the story …
Ole Miss MBA Students Travel to New York City
Group to tour New York Stock Exchange, network with business executives
February 18, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Students from the University of Mississippi MBA class are preparing to experience the thrill of being in the middle of the high-energy New York Stock Exchange. Peter Costa, a governor and senior floor official of the NYSE, invited the MBA students to come to New York to tour the exchange floor, experienceRead the story …
Pharmacy Student Receives Joey Embry Memorial Scholarship
Recipient Mallory Washington wants to use her skills to help children
February 18, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mallory Washington of Water Valley is pursuing a pharmacy degree at the University of Mississippi with hopes of practicing in a health care setting, such as a children’s hospital. “Helping children is my passion,” said Washington, who has worked with children through church-related activities. “After I earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree,Read the story …