The University of Mississippi is making strides to improve and expand its campus and supporting infrastructure through several current and upcoming construction projects. The improvement efforts, referred to as Rebels Remastered, will serve to meet the needs of the growing campus. The first of these projects include constructing a new central mechanical plant and renovatingRead the story …
ASB President-Elect More Concerned with Service than History
March 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Kimbrely Dandridge is preparing to take office as Associated Student Body president for 2012-13 at the University of Mississippi, and she is often reminded of her place in history as the university’s first female African-American ASB president. But fulfilling her campaign promises and working to develop a stronger sense of campus unityRead the story …
Pharmacy School Grads Post Perfect Pass Rate on NAPLEX
March 19, 2012 by
… Ole Miss ranks fifth nationally in licensure exam success OXFORD, Miss. – Last year’s graduating class of pharmacists at the University of Mississippi was perfect – literally. Every one of the May 2011 Doctor of Pharmacy graduates passed the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination on their first attempt. The perfect score is part ofRead the story …
IHL Approves Naming Manufacturing Center for Gov. Barbour
March 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has approved naming the Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi in honor of former Gov. Haley Barbour. The proposal to name the facility for Barbour was presented during the board’s regular monthly meeting, which was conducted Thursday (March 15)Read the story …
Insurance Symposium Coming March 21-22
March 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The 17th annual Ole Miss Insurance Symposium is expected to draw more than 200 professionals to the University of Mississippi March 21-22 for networking and continuing education opportunities. Hosted by the School of Business Administration’s nationally ranked risk management and insurance program, the symposium serves the regional insurance industry and connects studentsRead the story …
Daily Journal: Leafy, green music: Student’s opera celebrates Southern delicacy
March 16, 2012 by
OXFORD – The lowly collard green must’ve been ready for an image makeover. In July, Price Walden, a junior at the University of Mississippi, was asked to write an opera – yes, an opera – about the leafy, green vegetable. He was perplexed at first. Read the story
CISS and London University Directors Co-Edit Book
March 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The complex thinking patterns behind dictatorships, suicide terrorism and other irrational choices are examined in a new book co-edited by research center directors at the University of Mississippi and the London School of Economics and Political Science. In “Beyond Rationality: Contemporary Issues” (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), scholars from a variety of disciplinesRead the story …
Independent Booksellers Discuss Holding on in the Age of Kindle
March 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi’s most renowned independent booksellers are set to gather Tuesday (March 20) at the University of Mississippi to discuss how they have managed to thrive in an era in which small stores are regularly gobbled up by the big chains. Richard Howorth, owner of Square Books in Oxford, John Evans of LemuriaRead the story …
International Student Lands ‘Big Four’ Internship
March 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi junior majoring in international studies, German and accountancy has landed a summer internship with one of the Big Four public accounting firms, but this is just another amazing accomplishment in her stellar career. Martina Cotelo was born in Uruguay, the granddaughter of a German Jew who had emigratedRead the story …
Scholastic Director Wins Award
March 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss – A University of Mississippi instructor has been selected to receive the James Federick Paschal Award for outstanding service to a state scholastic press association. Beth Fitts, director of the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association and instructor in the university’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media, will receive the award March 16 atRead the story …