OXFORD, Miss. – Taking care of your mental health has been a major theme surrounding this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Gymnast Simone Biles struggled with mental health issues that left her feeling overwhelmed and scared for her own safety. “Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out and don’t reallyRead the story …
Telehealth Counseling Available for Regional Campus Students, Staff
Katie Harrison looks to help students pave a pathway to success through free counseling
August 22, 2021 by
Cultivating National Competitors
Tosh Family Short Course gives Ole Miss golf teams competitive edge
August 20, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A former University of Mississippi faculty member’s gift to the Ole Miss golf program has literally become a game changer. “After the course opened in 2019, I really saw our program take off,” said Kory Henkes, head women’s golf coach. “Since that time, we’ve won eight golf tournaments – two of thoseRead the story …
Speaking Center Opening for Personal Consultations
New center helped faculty, staff and students adjust to online speaking
August 20, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s new Speaking Center helped students, faculty and staff sharpen their virtual speaking and presenting skills last year as most people were adjusting to online learning. The center, on the fourth floor of Lamar Hall, is staffed with student and faculty consultants who are prepared to help with aRead the story …
Senior Honored With Student Veteran Leadership Award
Jamie King is passionate about helping fellow student veterans
August 19, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Jamie King wants to do right by students veterans, and his work is getting noticed. The University of Mississippi senior was featured in the August issue of GI Jobs magazine for receiving the 2021 Student Veteran Leadership Award. King, a geology major originally from the Delta town of Cleveland, joins 24 otherRead the story …
National Book Award Finalist Named 2022 Grisham Writer-in-Residence
Deesha Philyaw is helping develop 'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies' for HBO Max
August 18, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Acclaimed fiction writer Deesha Philyaw has been named the 2022-23 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Philyaw is the prize-winning author of the short story collection “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies” (West Virginia University Press, 2020), which won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2021 StoryRead the story …
UMHS Teacher Named 2021 Outstanding Earth and Space Science Teacher
Gail Davis honored by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers
August 17, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi High School instructor Gail Davis has been named the Mississippi Outstanding Earth Science Teacher of the Year by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. The Oxford resident teaches high school earth and space science online for 9th-12th graders in the UM High School online program. She also teaches scienceRead the story …
Mission Acceleration Fights Pandemic Learning Loss
Applications sought for tutors to help K-5 students get their reading up to grade level
August 16, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Mission Acceleration pilot program aims to get 1,000 of the state’s youngest students reading at grade level through intensive tutoring to fight learning loss caused by time away from classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mission Acceleration works through high-dosage tutoring, evidence-based reading interventions, a vast digital library, andRead the story …
Tobacco-Free Campus Policy Creates New Cessation Resources
Campus goes tobacco-free by Nov. 15, offers resources for faculty, staff and students to help them quit
August 16, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As the University of Mississippi continues on its path to creating a tobacco-free campus, health leaders remind faculty, staff and students that many resources are available to help them stop using nicotine. The American College Health Association, the U.S. Surgeon General and others note that tobacco use in any form is aRead the story …
Census Data Offers Insights into Changing Face of the State
Mississippi leaders can use information to improve communities, stem population loss
August 13, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss – The latest installment of 2020 U.S. Census data, released earlier this week, offers some important insights for state and local leaders on how the region’s demographics are shifting and how to battle the trend of declining population within Mississippi’s borders. Unlike the first release in April, this data includes demographic characteristics –Read the story …
UM Museum’s Full In-Person Experience Returns Aug. 17
Museum and Historic Houses to reopen to the public; new programming and exhibits offered
August 13, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Visitors to campus can roam the grounds of the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses again, including Rowan Oak, the home of Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner, beginning Tuesday (Aug. 17). The museum has been open to UM faculty, staff and students by appointment only since fall 2020, butRead the story …