JACKSON, Miss. – University of Mississippi seniors Conner Ball, Megan Buchanan and Steven Smith, and junior Katelynn McGowen, have been selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program. Ball is the son of Janyce and Scott Ball, of Madison. Buchanan is the daughter of Terri Buchanan, of Collinsville. SmithRead the story …
Four UM Students Accepted into Rural Physician Scholarship Program
Scholars agree to serve in small Mississippi communities after graduation
August 5, 2018 by
Jones Creates Scholarships in Wife’s Memory
Endowment will help students earn degrees from School of Business Administration
August 4, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – On the first day of every month for 46 years, Ann McCully Jones and her husband, Frank, repeated their wedding vows. After he lost his partner in life, Frank Jones carried out what the couple had spoken of many times: funding University of Mississippi scholarships. Jones, of Richton, has established the MargaretRead the story …
UM Graduate Earns Top Recognition for Editorial Cartoons
Jake Thrasher won first place in SPJ's Mark of Excellence Competition
August 3, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Many people have diverse interests, but to be highly skilled in several areas is a rarer quality. Jake Thrasher, of Birmingham, Alabama, graduated from the University of Mississippi in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, but he recently earned national honors in an entirely different field: editorial cartooning. He won firstRead the story …
UM Faculty Help Mississippi Students ‘Fuel to Learn’
Pilot curriculum integrates nutrition knowledge into math and language arts
August 3, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Several north Mississippi fourth-grade teachers are taking part in a University of Mississippi study that aims to help children learn more about nutrition while also learning mathematics and English language arts. Called “Fuel to Learn,” the project is funded by a grant from the Mississippi Center for Obesity Research at the UM Medical CenterRead the story …
Coker Accepted into Rural Dental Scholarship Program
UM student selected for prestigious academic opportunity
August 2, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss – Kaitlin Coker, a recent graduate of Northwest Mississippi Community College and a junior at the University of Mississippi, has been selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program. She is the daughter of Tray and Stephanie Coker, of Charleston. Created in 2013 by the Mississippi Legislature,Read the story …
Willie Price Lab School Earns National Accreditation
UM pre-K facility recognized among best in the nation
August 2, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Willie Price Lab School at the University of Mississippi has been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a prestigious designation that recognizes top standards in early childhood education. To earn NAEYC accreditation, Willie Price, which serves local 3- and 4-year-old children, went through an extensive self-study and quality-improvement process,Read the story …
UM Student Broadens Horizon with Year in Japan
Gwenafaye McCormick wraps up studying abroad as Bridging Scholar
August 1, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the past year, University of Mississippi student Gwenafaye McCormick started her school day about 6,600 miles and 14 time zones from Oxford – in Japan. McCormick, a rising senior international studies major from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, spent the 2017-18 school year studying at Waseda University, a private, independent research university in central Tokyo. The distance andRead the story …
Journalism Students Earn National Accolades
Reporters and designers recognized for their work by national organizations
August 1, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An education at the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media often results in recognition, and several Ole Miss students have been honored nationally for their journalistic endeavors. A team of students led by instructional assistant professors Ji Hoon Heo and John Baker placed in the top 20 inRead the story …
UM Sophomore, Cancer Survivor Makes Most of Gift of Life
Allie Allen and her mother bonded through simultaneous battle with disease
July 31, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In 2013, Allie Allen was the 14-year-old captain of her junior high dance team when she started to feel strange every day around lunch. After the brief, but indescribable sensation passed, she would become exhausted. She shrugged it off until a practice at Schilling Middle School in Collierville, Tennessee, when the spell hitRead the story …
Family Leadership Council Funds Student Affairs Programs
Volunteer parents help improve UM experience for all
July 31, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Family Leadership Council has allocated $149,000 to fund several programs and initiatives in the University of Mississippi Division of Student Affairs. The council consists of 54 families representing 18 states whose children are enrolled in the university. These families have donated their time and money to benefit programs withinRead the story …