OXFORD, Miss. – An award-winning ESPN producer will teach a one-week workshop at the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media in November. Dwayne Bray will offer a select group of sports-minded students an opportunity to work with him Nov. 4-9 on local enterprise stories about college athletics and local sports. “Students will alsoRead the story …
Award-winning ESPN Producer Teaching Sports Workshop
Dwayne Bray will lead students in long-form storytelling exercises
October 27, 2019 by
Outstanding Outreach to Invest in Young Talent
Mississippi Scholastic Press Association establishes endowment to ensure programming
October 26, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 500 aspiring teenage writers, publishers and journalists from all corners of the state shared their work and learned from high-profile communicators last spring at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association‘s 72nd Statewide Spring Convention at the University of Mississippi. MSPA Director R.J. Morgan hopes that the association’s recent $60,000 gift establishingRead the story …
UM Opera Theatre Presents Fall Scenes Program
Group brings great moments from the Met and Broadway to Ole Miss
October 25, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “Be in the Room Where It Happens” is more than a title for the 2019 University of Mississippi Opera Theatre fall scenes production; it’s an invitation. The Opera Theatre presents well-loved moments from nine different shows, from contemporary blockbusters “Hamilton” and “Dear Evan Hansen” to classics such as Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” Gilbert andRead the story …
Former CBS Sports Producer Leads Documentary Film Festival Workshop
Students completed intensive storytelling projects on tight deadline
October 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A 13-time national Emmy Award-winning sports television producer recently returned to the University of Mississippi to lead a 48-Hour Documentary Film Festival workshop hosted by the School of Journalism and New Media. Terry Ewert, former executive producer of CBS Sports, has won Emmys for writing and documentary filmmaking. He also led production forRead the story …
University Hosts Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference
Faculty celebrate 50th anniversary, present research on contemporary social work issues
October 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Celebrating 50 years of educating future social workers, the Department of Social Work at the University of Mississippi recently welcomed more than 250 social work faculty and students from universities across both states to the 48th Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference. This year’s conference had a full slate of presentations tiedRead the story …
Ole Miss Theatre Offers Full Season of ASL-Interpreted Performances
Group becomes state's first collegiate production company to schedule regular interpreted shows
October 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – At a recent Saturday matinee performance of “The Wolves,” the University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film’s first production of its 2019-20 season, audience members settling into Meek Auditorium probably noticed two people seated on a platform just off the left side of the stage. Many likely assumed that the black-cladRead the story …
Ole Miss Theatre Brings ‘Little Women’ to Big Stage
Classic novel, reimagined in winsome musical, comes to Ford Center
October 23, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “Christmas will be gory!” is hardly a sentence most people would associate with the Christmas of their finest dreams. Nor do most people expect to hear those words belted by a petite young woman careening around in a corset and hoop skirt. But Jo March is hardly an ordinary young woman. She’sRead the story …
Gospel Choir to ‘Send Up the Praise’ at Free Concert
Fundraising campaign seeks help with costs of the Nov. 2 event
October 23, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Every fall, the University of Mississippi Gospel Choir invites area community members to enjoy a night of fellowship and song performed by some of the most talented students on the Ole Miss campus. The concert, set for 6 p.m. Nov. 2 at Tallahatchie-Oxford Missionary Baptist Association Building, is free and open toRead the story …
Professor Receives National Geography Teaching Award
Ellen Foster recognized by National Council of Geographic Education
October 22, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ellen J. Foster, associate professor of social studies education at the University of Mississippi, is the recipient of a 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award in Higher Education from the National Council of Geographic Education. NCGE is a nonprofit that enhances the quality of geography education from kindergarten through higher education. Each year, the Distinguished Teaching Award recognizesRead the story …
Documentary about Faulkner Household Screening Thursday
'Thinking of Home' offers glimpse from an insider's point of view
October 22, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Much has been written and broadcast about William Faulkner. But there has been nothing produced talking about life in the Faulkner household from an insider’s point of view. “Thinking of Home: Falkner House and Rowan Oak” is a 30-minute documentary featuring Oxford writer Larry Wells, who with his late wife, Dean Faulkner Wells,Read the story …