Registration deadline is July 8 for GrowDelta Initiative event What: GrowDelta Initiative workshop on starting a small business When: July 11 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: The Cutrer Mansion, 109 Clark St., Clarksdale Cost: $10 (includes lunch from Ground Zero Blues Club and all materials) To Register: Visit GrowDelta for details or stop by the Hambone Art Gallery, 111 E. SecondRead the story …
University and City of Oxford Declared Storm Ready by NWS
June 29, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi were granted StormReady certification by the National Weather Service during a ceremony Monday at Oxford City Hall. UM is among 29 other universities across the country to achieve the status and joins the University of Southern Mississippi as the only Mississippi universities toRead the story …
Archived Presidential Debate Collection Opens to Public, Finding Aid Posted Online
June 25, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The first 2008 presidential debate, hosted Sept. 26 at the University of Mississippi, will be remembered as a historic benchmark that showcased Ole Miss to the world in a new light. Among the many avenues taken to ensure documentation of that international event is creation of the Presidential Debate Collection in theRead the story …
UPD Assistant Chief of Police Named Statewide Officer of the Year
June 24, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ray Hawkins, assistant chief of police at the University of Mississippi, has been named Officer of the Year by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association. Hawkins, who joined UM’s Department of Police and Campus Safety in December 1996, headed the security plan for the Sept. 26 presidential debate on the Oxford campus.Read the story …
University Police Chief Named President of Law Enforcement Association
June 23, 2009 by
Calvin Sellers OXFORD, Miss. – Calvin Sellers, chief of police at the University of Mississippi, has been named president of the Mississippi Campus Law Enforcement Officers Association. Sellers, a member of the association for more than 20 years, said he’s seen the good MCLEOA does in helping support legislative endeavors that assist law enforcement. InRead the story …
Transforming Public Education is Goal of New School Principal Prep Program
June 19, 2009 by
10 students from around state enrolled in inaugural class OXFORD, Miss. – Public education in Mississippi is at a crossroads, and University of Mississippi officials believe they have a road map to success. With a shortage of school principals statewide, UM’s Mississippi Principal Corps, an innovative, state-of-the-art principal preparation program, enrolled its inaugural class inRead the story …
Business Professors Chosen For Editorship at Financial Review
June 19, 2009 by
Robert and Bonnie Van Ness OXFORD, Miss. – Bonnie and Robert Van Ness, professors of finance at the University of Mississippi, have been selected as managing editors for The Financial Review. “This is going to be something new and unique within our careers,” Robert said. “My wife and I have published over 50 journal articles,Read the story …
Faculty, Staff and Alumni Applaud Selection of Dr. Daniel Jones as Chancellor
June 15, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Here is some reaction from the announcement that Dr. Daniel Jones has been selected as the 16th chancellor at the University of Mississippi:
Dan Jone Profile
June 15, 2009 by
Click the image to view a slideshow Name: Dr. Daniel W. Jones Age: 60 Hometown: Vicksburg, Miss. Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Mississippi College, 1971 M.D., University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1975 Career: Staff physician, Jones County Community Hospital, Laurel, Miss., 1978-85 Director, Community Health Department and Hypertension Clinic, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea,Read the story …
Dan Jones Named Ole Miss Chancellor
June 15, 2009 by
Click the image to view a slideshow. OXFORD, Miss. – Dr. Daniel W. Jones, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, today was named the 16th chief executive officer of Ole Miss by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions ofRead the story …