OXFORD, Miss. – The life of hill country bluesman singer and guitar player Mississippi Fred McDowell is the subject of a documentary film by University of Mississippi faculty member Scott Barretta and senior producer Joe York. The idea for the film came about when the two discovered that the university owned a short film aboutRead the story …
Fred McDowell Subject of Latest SouthDocs Project
Filmmakers hope to have documentary about hill country bluesman ready for 2015 release
June 10, 2014 by
Three Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships
Trio set to study in China this summer, hope to use experience to further career goals
June 7, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After a competitive application process, three University of Mississippi students have been selected for the prestigious U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship program this summer. Susannah Slimp of Meridian, Abigail Szabo of Brandon and Steven Mockler of Ocean Springs have been awarded the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to studyRead the story …
Two UM Students Land Prestigious Boren Scholarships
Awards provide $20,000 apiece for year of study abroad
June 3, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students William Bumpas III and Alison Bartel have been awarded Boren Scholarships to study in China for the academic year. Bumpas, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, and Bartel, of Harvest, Alabama, both international studies and Chinese majors, will use the scholarship to complete their capstone year in the Chinese Language FlagshipRead the story …
New Professor Hired to Teach Foodways Classes
Catarina Passidomo's research, teaching interests blend studies of community, food and geography
May 23, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Cultural geographer Catarina Passidomo is joining the faculty of the University of Mississippi, where she is to merge the study of food and society through a joint appointment in the departments of Southern studies and sociology and anthropology. Passidomo will teach foodways courses to undergraduate and graduate students. In 2013, the SouthernRead the story …
Mark Wagenaar Chosen as UM Summer Poet in Residence
Selection committee praises 'strong elegiac line' in author's work, look forward to his residency
May 19, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mark Wagenaar has been chosen as the eighth annual Summer Poet in Residence at the University of Mississippi. Wagenaar is the 2013 winner of the James Wright Poetry Prize, the Poetry International Prize and the Yellowwood Poetry Prize. His debut manuscript, “Voodoo Inverso,” was the 2012 winner of the University of WisconsinRead the story …
Adam Gussow Finds Many Ways to Teach Blues Culture
Professor, music scholar and professional musician blends life experience with academic expertise
May 19, 2014 by
WATER VALLEY, Miss. – In the mastering room at the Dial Back Sound Recording Studio, the struggles of creation reverberate from the egg crate walls. Those walls were engineered to deliver pure sounds to inspire musicians and remind them of reasons they came together and wrote songs, or why guitar riffs invoke emotions or why,Read the story …
UM Alumna Leads Tupelo High School Team to World Robotics Competition
Wood credits university courses, professors with preparing her for teaching career
May 15, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Though she didn’t know it at the time, before Amanda Gamble Wood graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2010, she was already being prepared to take the seat at the front of the classroom. Wood, who earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and another bachelors’ in mathematics, set out with aRead the story …
Did You Know? UM’s Sarah Isom Center Has An Interesting Namesake
Isom, hired at UM in 1885, was the South's first female faculty member at a co-ed institution of higher learning
May 14, 2014 by
It’s always interesting to research the people the University of Mississippi names its buildings and various campus centers after. Mary Stanton Knight, my University Communications coworker, has written pieces for this blog in the past about some of the namesakes for our campus buildings. Recently, I was looking through some UM historical information and found outRead the story …
UM Student Receives Golden Key International Society Scholarship
Lorin Dawson plans to use funds to continue studies in Brazil
May 13, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Among the beautiful beaches and carnival celebrations, University of Mississippi junior Lorin Dawson is hoping to gain practical experience in the Brazilian business environment with the help of a scholarship from Golden Key International Honour Society. Dawson, of Lafayette, Indiana, is a recipient of the Joan Nelson Study Abroad Scholarship, which providesRead the story …
Three Receive Liberal Arts Teaching Honors
Faculty members recognized at College commencement
May 12, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi recognized three faculty members Saturday (May 10) for their excellence in teaching. The Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year award went to Jay Watson, Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies and professor of English. Melvin S. “Buddy” Arrington Jr., professor of modernRead the story …