Retired Professor, Administrator Noyes Dies, Services to be Announced by Waller

Charles E. Noyes OXFORD, Miss. – Charles E. Noyes, retired University of Mississippi professor and administrator, died early Saturday (Aug. 30) at his home in Oxford. He was 91. Noyes, professor emeritus of English, is widely credited with providing invaluable assistance within the UM administration during and after the university’s tumultuous integration in 1962. ArrangementsRead the story …

Alumni Association Shows Off Inn at Ole Miss Expansion with Grand Opening

The expanded Inn at Ole Miss features a dramatic new entrance. Photo by Matt Sharpe. OXFORD, Miss. – After months of dust, delays and construction, the eight-story addition to the Inn at Ole Miss hosted its first party Friday evening, complete with dinner, dancing and good ole rock ‘n’ roll. The new landmark on theRead the story …

Student Members of College Democrats and Republicans to Debate Election Issues

OXFORD, Miss. – As a precursor to the first 2008 presidential debate, University of Mississippi student members of both College Democrats and College Republicans are set to tackle the tough issues of this election season in a student debate Sept. 4.

Walgreens Supports New Pharmacy Practice Building at UMMC with $50,000 Gift

Walgreens District Manager Tonya Shackelford (center right) presents a check to School of Pharmacy Dean Barbara Wells (center left). The gift is to help fund a new pharmacy practice building on the UM Medical Center campus. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD, Miss. – Drug retailer Walgreens has given $50,000 to support the University ofRead the story …

Mentor, Journalist Gale Denley Dies, Student Media Center Bears His Name

S. Gale Denley OXFORD, Miss – Mississippi journalist and professional mentor S. Gale Denley of Bruce died early Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi after a long illness. He was 72. Funeral services are set for at 3 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 31) at Bruce United Methodist Church, with Parker Memorial Funeral Home handling the arrangements.Read the story …

Students Cross Cultures to Compete in Omazing Games, Win Tickets to Debate

OXFORD, Miss. – The stakes are high in this year’s One Mississippi-hosted OMazing Games event at the University of Mississippi, as the four students on the winning team will receive tickets to the upcoming presidential debate.

Common Cause, League of Women Voters to Sponsor Judicial Selection Forum Sept. 4

OXFORD, Miss. – Common Cause of Mississippi and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi are sponsoring a forum on judicial selection Sept. 4 at the University of Mississippi.

Women in Politics’ is Subject of Library Lunch Program Sept. 4

OXFORD, Miss. – Visitors from the League of Women Voters are to be guest panelists at a Brown Bag Lunch program Sept. 4 at the University of Mississippi. Cora Norman and Fran Leber, representing the LWV, join the library’s Political Papers Archivist Leigh McWhite to present the program “Women in Politics: The Archival Record inRead the story …

Ole Miss Working to Accommodate Gameday Parking

OXFORD, Miss. – With construction under way on several campus projects and the historic presidential debate nearing, the University of Mississippi and city of Oxford are working to provide numerous gameday parking opportunities for the upcoming football season. Due to preparations for the Sept. 26 debate, the Ford Center parking lot will be closed forRead the story …

Health Care Problems Addressed by Longtime Leader in the Medical, Education Fields

Dr. Dan Jones delivers the address “2008 Presidential Campaign and Health Care” in the Gertrude Ford Center for the Performing Arts to a crowd of more than 400, including many UM students planning to become pharmacists and other health care professionals. UM photo by Nathan Latil OXFORD, Miss. – The country’s “broken health care system”Read the story …