OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Athletics Department and the Department of Music are looking for national anthem performers during open auditions on Friday (Sept. 13). The auditions are set for 4 to 6 p.m. in Nutt Auditorium on University Avenue, across from the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. UM faculty, staffRead the story …
UM to Host National Anthem Auditions
Individuals and groups encouraged to try out
September 12, 2013 by
Inaugural Creed Week to Celebrate Tenets of UM
Creed introduced 10 years ago, has become 'words to live by' for faculty, students and alumni
September 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It took two years of collaboration and negotiation, but the 86 carefully-selected words that comprise the University of Mississippi Creed have indeed become words to live by. Ten years after its creation, the UM Creed is being celebrated by a weeklong series of events organized by the Associated Student Body. “We wantRead the story …
Endowment to Help Strengthen Students’ Recovery Efforts
Hunts make gift, Sept. 21 program set for Ole Miss Collegiate Recovery Community
September 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A college campus can sometimes seem like an untenable environment for those students enrolling or returning to classes after treatment for alcohol or substance abuse. Thanks to an initiative to expand support services for such students, the Collegiate Recovery Community at the University of Mississippi has received new private support and isRead the story …
Running and Remembering: 9/11 Run Draws Crowd, Heightens Patriotism
Several hundred arose early to participate in the annual commemorative event
September 11, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – United by a new and renewed sense of patriotism, hundreds of University of Mississippi students, faculty and staff, along with local citizens, joined together Wednesday (Sept. 11) for a 2-kilometer run observing the anniversary of the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. At the 6 a.m. start time, the sun hadRead the story …
Maria Newman to Perform Friday at UM Library
Artist and ensemble will perform original music, film score
September 11, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Acclaimed classical composer, violinist and violist Maria Newman is set to perform in concert Friday (Sept. 20) at the University of Mississippi. Sponsored by the university’s Department of Archives and Special Collections, the event begins at 3 p.m. in the Faulkner Room of the J.D. Williams Library. Admission is free. “Having MariaRead the story …
UM Physicist Wins International Video Competition
Breese Quinn tops Symmetry magazine's 'Why Particle Physics Matter's project
September 11, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi senior physicist Breese Quinn is not an actor, but his brief on-camera monologue explaining why the tiny bits of matter that make up everything in the universe are worth studying is most definitely a winner. Quinn’s one-minute video bested dozens of others made by his peers in Symmetry magazine’sRead the story …
UM Enrolls Nearly 22,300 Students for Fall Semester
State's largest university also sees surge in freshman ACT scores, student retention
September 9, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Led by dramatic growth in its schools of Engineering and Journalism and New Media, the University of Mississippi recorded another record enrollment this fall, registering more than 22,000 students for the first time, a 3.5 percent overall enrollment increase and more than 7 percent growth on the Oxford campus. Preliminary enrollment figuresRead the story …
Ole Miss Students Excel in MBA Case Competition
Team member wins Best Student Presenter Award in inaugural SEC event
September 6, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A student team from the University of Mississippi’s MBA program recently participated in the inaugural Southeastern Conference MBA Case Competition in Missouri, bringing home the event’s Best Presenter Award. All 14 SEC member universities participated in a real-time business case competition created by AT&T. MBA students created a proposal for the companyRead the story …
MFA Program, Graduates Making Major Strides
Twelve alumni get published works as program leaps in prestigious national rankings
September 6, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With a leap in national rankings and students’ works already published or forthcoming, the University of Mississippi’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program and its graduates are continuing to make major advances. Within its 12-year existence, the program has steadily risen in Poets and Writers magazine’s MFA Index for creativeRead the story …
Ronnie and Melody Musgrove Establish Education Scholarship Endowment
Fund to provide tuition support for junior and senior education majors
September 5, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A $25,000 gift from former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and wife Melody Musgrove has established a new endowment at the University of Mississippi to award scholarships to select junior and senior education majors. The Musgrove Educator Scholarship Endowment will offer tuition assistance to education students identified by leaders in the UM SchoolRead the story …