OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Music is bringing the world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers to campus this week for the university’s 2018 Black History Month Concert. The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 22) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Admission is free and open toRead the story …
Faulkner Stories Selected for 2018 UM Common Reading Experience
Incoming students to read selections this summer
February 20, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ten selected short stories of a University of Mississippi alumnus and one of the most acclaimed American authors of the 20th century will be the focus of the university’s 2018 Common Reading Experience. The Common Reading Experience will showcase Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner’s short stories, many of which are set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.Read the story …
Ole Miss Outdoors’ Dog Sledding Trip a Howling Good Time
Excursion to Ely, Minnesota, also includes visit to International Wolf Center
February 20, 2018 by
It’s my first time dog sledding, and I’m standing on a platform, bundled up like a polar explorer and holding onto a bar behind a sled while five Canadian Inuit dogs eagerly wait to hear “Ready, hike!” Most people think of “Mush” as the command for dog sledding. But “Ready, hike!” is better. “Ready” getsRead the story …
UM Makes Kiplinger’s ‘Best Values’ List for Fifth Year
State's flagship university among nation's Top 100 public institutions
February 19, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the fifth straight year, the University of Mississippi has been named among the nation’s best values in higher education. The editors of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine placed UM on its “Top 100 Values in Public Colleges” list for 2018. The university was ranked No. 75, a jump of 13 spots fromRead the story …
Finance Executive Mentors Students to Land Jobs with Personal Approach
Blair Bingham returns to UM this month to present tips for acing job interviews
February 18, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Finance executive Blair Bingham returns to the University of Mississippi this month to educate, inspire and direct students on how to develop and tell their story to stand out in the job interview process. Bingham will speak on this approach at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in Conner Hall, Room 113, and atRead the story …
Overby Center Begins Spring Program Series
First panel discussion Feb. 20 focuses on the integration of churches in Jackson
February 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics will host several discussions and lectures this spring, beginning with a discussion Tuesday (Feb. 20) about a campaign 50 years ago to integrate churches in Jackson. The panel discussion “Integrating God’s House” will feature Carter Dalton Lyon, author of “Sanctuaries ofRead the story …
Facility Gives UM Tennis Competitive Edge
Hester's major gift to Forward Together campaign helps offset construction costs
February 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A major gift to the University of Mississippi from attorney Bill Hester, of New Orleans, is helping give the Ole Miss tennis teams a competitive edge. Hester, who started playing tennis at 6 years old and lettered at Ole Miss from 1967 to 1969, recently donated $100,000 to the Forward Together campaignRead the story …
Newell Turner to Receive 2018 Silver Em
UM's highest award in journalism goes to editorial director of Hearst Design Group
February 16, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Newell Turner, a former University of Mississippi magazine student who rose to become the Hearst Design Group editorial director, will be presented the Silver Em, the University of Mississippi’s highest award in journalism, at a campus event April 18. Turner is responsible for the collective editorial direction of ELLE DECOR, House BeautifulRead the story …
Alumnus Jesse Holland Jr. Pens ‘Black Panther’ Superhero Novel
Film is expected to soar at the box office for opening weekend
February 16, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus Jesse Holland Jr. was tapped by Marvel to reintroduce the world to the 1960s “Black Panther” superhero franchise through a new novel ahead of this weekend’s release of the blockbuster film about T’Challa, ruler of Wakanda. Holland, a Holly Springs native who graduated from the university in 1994Read the story …
Music Professor Returns from Columbia University Fellowship
Thomas Peattie spent fall semester at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
February 16, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Thomas Peattie, an assistant professor of music at the University of Mississippi, has returned to campus after completing a prestigious fellowship at Columbia University during the fall semester. Peattie spent the semester at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, part of the university in New York City, which takes scholarsRead the story …