OXFORD, Miss. – A former radiological technician, a licensed youth minister and a young mother may seem to have little in common, but the three University of Mississippi students will graduate Saturday with matching records of outstanding academic achievement. Kerri Franks, Carroll Lee and Matthew Craig Pharr are all elementary education majors with 4.0 GPAs.Read the story …
Civil War Research on African American Soldiers Draws National Attention
May 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Presenting his findings on African American service in the Civil War, a UM doctoral student will speak at the Missouri State Museum on May 19. Miller Boyd, an advanced doctoral student in history, will present on the 62nd U.S. Colored Troops and their effort to establish Lincoln University. The presentation is inRead the story …
Graduating Senior Discovers Best Educational Option is Close to Home
May 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Although Caleb Herod looked at schools as far away as Missouri and Iowa, he eventually decided to stay close to home at the University of Mississippi. And after a college career that has included two Washington internships and dozens of hours of volunteer service, the Abbeville native would make that same decisionRead the story …
UM Professor, Financial Aid Administrator Honored for Exceptional Student Service
May 10, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Each day, University of Mississippi students are affected by the words and actions of faculty and staff members who extend their work beyond classrooms, labs and office space. Two of them – Eric T. Weber, assistant professor of public policy leadership, and Dewey Knight, associate director of financial aid – have beenRead the story …
Oxford AmeriCorps VISTA Worker Honored with Governor’s Award for Volunteer Excellence
May 9, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Rosie Nelson of Oxford, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at the University of Mississippi, has been honored with the inaugural award for Outstanding Service by a National Service Participant by the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service. The award is part of the 2012 Governor’s Initiative for Volunteer Excellence Awards, which celebrate ordinary MississippiansRead the story …
New Campus Organization Combats Student Hunger
May 8, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A group of faculty, staff and students at the University of Mississippi recently led efforts to establish the Ole Miss Food Bank, an organization that serves to feed hungry students on campus.
Collegiate Recovery Community Helps Students Overcome Addictions, Stay in School
May 8, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With relapse rates ranging from 50 percent to 90 percent among individuals recovering from addictions, support communities can play a vital role in sober living, especially in a university setting, which presents its own challenges. To help students overcoming addictions, the University of Mississippi’s Collegiate Recovery Community, in its second year, offersRead the story …
Public Policy Leadership Students Help City Explain Taxation to Residents
May 7, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Students in Kristina Ford’s class have gotten a taste of real-world public policy this semester by helping the city of Oxford explain taxation to local residents. “In this class, the premise is that it’s really thrilling to come up with a public policy that you think is going to fix whatever problemRead the story …
Pharmaceutical Company Gift to Support Pharmacy Research, Education
May 5, 2012 by
… College Board approves center created with Pii’s gift OXFORD, Miss. — Pharmaceutics International Inc. has made a gift to the University of Mississippi to support pharmaceutical education for graduate students and create a center devoted to research related to hot melt extrusion and other pharmaceutical processing technologies. The Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology willRead the story …