Click image for a profile of Morris Stocks OXFORD, Miss. — Morris H. Stocks, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Mississippi since Jan. 1, 2008, has been named UM’s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. The appointment was announced today by Chancellor Robert C. Khayat, who retires JuneRead the story …

Name: Morris H. Stocks Jr. Age: 53 Hometown: Nashville, TN Education:      B.S. Accounting, Trevecca Nazarene College      M.A. Accounting, Middle Tennesse State University      Ph. D. Accounting, University of South Carolina  Career:      Certified Public Accountant      Associate Professor of Accounting, Trevecca Nazarene College, 1981-88      Faculty Member, School of Accountancy, University of Mississippi, 1991-Present      Interim Associate Provost, UniversityRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Important deadlines are rapidly approaching for entering freshmen and transfer students at the University of Mississippi. The priority deadline to submit the Entering Freshman Scholarship Application is Feb. 1, with a final deadline of April 1. The application deadline for acceptance to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, Croft Institute for InternationalRead the story …

Event is spring convocation for Barksdale Honors College Colin Powell OXFORD, Miss. – Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell delivers a public address Feb. 9 at the University of Mississippi. The 7:30 p.m. program in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts is the spring convocation for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale HonorsRead the story …

Sandra Guest, vice president of the University of Mississippi Foundation, presents Dr. James Brock with a certificate in honor of his recent gift to the Arthur C. Guyton Research Center at the UM Medical Center. Photo courtesy McComb Enterprise-Journal. JACKSON, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus James M. Brock has made a planned gift toRead the story …

Event welcomes nurses, doctors, lawyers, social and hospice workers OXFORD, Miss. – A dying loved one has signed a “do not resuscitate” order at one hospital. She falls deathly ill and is taken to a different hospital, where doctors, completely oblivious to the DNR order, revive her. Question: Once the error is discovered, should sheRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Ten University of Mississippi students join an elite group of scholars and leaders when they are admitted to the UM Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at 4 p.m. Jan. 30. Held in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the annual public event also serves to recognize theRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – With a shortage of school principals statewide, the University of Mississippi is embarking on a new effort to train future school administrators. Starting in June, the UM School of Education plans to offer the Mississippi Principal Corps, an innovative, state-of-the-art principal preparation program. The 13-month, 36-credit hour program is slated to acceptRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – More than 40 musicians and dancers from the nation’s top historically black colleges and university marching bands are slated to bring the marching band tradition to the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Monday (Jan. 26). “DRUMLine Live,” inspired by the 2002 film “Drumline,” is a theatrical production thatRead the story …

Click the image to play slideshow OXFORD, Miss. – Gold watches are often all about show, but one recently acquired by the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses is also about a noteworthy family whose legacy spans more than a hundred years. This handmade heirloom belonged to Jacob Thompson, a founding trustee of theRead the story …