OXFORD, Miss. – Longtime police officer and chief Calvin Sellers is the new director of police and campus safety at the University of Mississippi. Sellers had been at UM for 14 years and was captain of patrol services in 2000 when he left to become police chief at Mississippi University for Women, the position heRead the story …

Beth Ann Fennelly OXFORD, Miss. – Beth Ann Fennelly, an award-winning poet and associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi, plans to pack her bags for Brazil next spring as recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to study the work of 20th century American poet Elizabeth Bishop. While abroad, Fennelly plans to write theRead the story …

Tim Walsh OXFORD, Miss. – Tim Walsh has been appointed interim executive director of Alumni Affairs at the University of Mississippi effective July 1. Executive Director Warner Alford, who has held the post since 2004, retires June 30. A member of the Alumni Affairs staff since 1990, Walsh is senior associate director of Alumni AffairsRead the story …

Miss Univeristy Mary Brandon Norman OXFORD, Miss. – Miss University Mary Brandon Norman plans to showcase her wardrobe and talent for this month’s Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant in a free, public program Thursday (June 19) at the University of Mississippi. The send-off trunk show begins at 3:30 p.m. in Johnson Commons Ballroom, followed by aRead the story …

Medical Marketing Economics has pledged $350,000 to the UM School of Pharmacy. The firm’s partners include (front, left to right) Bill Lobb, Brian Reisetterand Mick Kolassa and (back row) Doug Paul and Kevin Patterson. Courtesy photo. OXFORD, Miss. – Medical Marketing Economics LLC, a consulting group based in Oxford, has committed $350,000 to support theRead the story …

New summer camp promotes positive reading experiences   Graham Nance (center), 11, explains the poster project she completed based on the book ‘Bud, Not Buddy’ for Summer Reading Camp while Noah Kassel, 9, Kate Williams, a UM senior elementary education major from Natchez, Mary McWilliams, a UM senior elementary education major from Texarkana, Texas, andRead the story …

Mark Wilder OXFORD, Miss. – Mark Wilder has been named dean of the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. Wilder joined the UM faculty in 1993 after completing doctoral studies in accountancy at Florida State University. He was named interim dean of accountancy last year, replacing Morris Stocks, who was appointed toRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. — Ten University of Mississippi sophomores have been selected to change places with Korean university students this summer in a program sponsored by UM’s Trent Lott Leadership Institute and Study Abroad Office. The program pairs UM students with Konkuk University students for a month of experiences in Mississippi, Washington, D.C., and Seoul, SouthRead the story …