OXFORD, Miss. – Beth Ann Fennelly, professor of English at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi’s poet laureate, has been honored as a poets laureate fellow by the Academy of American Poets, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of contemporary poetry. The $50,000 fellowship will go toward supporting her own workRead the story …
English Professor Awarded Fellowship by Academy of American Poets
Beth Ann Fennelly will use part of $50,000 grant to support 2021 Glitterary Festival
June 29, 2020 by
Gift Honors UM Professor, Benefits Students
Michels create scholarship celebrating faculty mentor, real estate program
June 28, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Beth and J. Walter Michel’s gift to the University of Mississippi benefits students and recognizes two key factors responsible for J. Walter Michel’s successful career: the School of Business Administration’s real estate program and its founding professor, Dennis Tosh. The Michels, of Ridgeland, created the J. Walter Michel and Dennis S. ToshRead the story …
Small Business Development Center Honors 2020 Award Winners
Vera Hall and T'Keyah Williams take top honors; SBDC recognized as Resource Partner of the Year
June 27, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Although the Mississippi Small Business Development Center had to postpone its Small Business Award Week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has honored two business owners with statewide awards. Vera Hall, owner of Innovative Performance Construction Company LLC, of Jackson, was named the Mississippi Small Business Person of the Year, and T’KeyahRead the story …
CME Director Sharing Musical Skills in Virtual Concert
Ryan Miller to appear in Leadership Mississippi 'Conquering COVID Through Music'
June 26, 2020 by
Editor’s note: The Mississippi Economic Council has postponed this event. A new day/time has not been announced. OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi staff member whose guitar and vocal talents have made him popular on social media is among four Leadership Mississippi alumni performing in a virtual concert set for Thursday (July 2). RyanRead the story …
UM, National Guard Launch Tuition Program For Service Members
New partnership aims to reduce financial burden for serving students
June 25, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi and Mississippi National Guard are partnering to ensure National Guard service members will have their tuition needs met so they can focus on their service and education. “From being recognized as one of America’s Top Military-Friendly universities to our Purple Heart Campus designation, our commitment to comprehensively servingRead the story …
Former Center Director Receives Fulbright Award
Ted Ownby plans to teach and conduct research at the University of Southern Denmark
June 25, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After Ted Ownby stepped down as the director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi in 2019, he wanted to do something different, so he decided to apply for a Fulbright Award. To his delight, he received word that he will be the Danish DistinguishedRead the story …
Hall of Fame Inductee Makes Transition from Nepal to Mississippi
Navodit Paudel travels 8,000 miles for 'a little peace and a quality education'
June 24, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In Navodit Paudel’s four years at the University of Mississippi, he has become a leader among international and minority students by getting involved in as many organizations as possible. His efforts, both in and outside the classroom, led to the managerial finance major’s induction into the UM Hall of Fame for theRead the story …
Journalism Students Place in National Hearst Contest
Competition among the most prestigious in collegiate journalism
June 24, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Four students from the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media have been honored with an award in the national Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The students won eighth place in the category of Team Multimedia/News or Enterprise for a project about Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria. Website content includedRead the story …
Graduate Students Awarded Grants to Fund Further Research
Program also helps participants gain critical grant-writing skills
June 23, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Sixteen University of Mississippi graduate students are continuing their exploration into research and creative scholarship pursuits such as Alzheimer’s disease, skin cancer and young adult literature in Mississippi classrooms as recent recipients of Graduate Student Council Research Grants. The students each received one of the $1,000 competitive research grants funded by theRead the story …
Meet Sam Patterson, New Director of Parking and Transportation
Administrator brings vision for a collaborative and innovative approach to campus access
June 23, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After a whirlwind tour of the University of Mississippi in March, during which he met with enthusiastic administrators and staff and took in the sights and sounds of an Ole Miss home baseball series weekend, Sam Patterson was sold. He was interviewing for director of parking and transportation at UM, some 1,900Read the story …