OXFORD, Miss. – Six north Mississippi public K-12 leaders recently gathered with five University of Mississippi educational leadership faculty and members of the Northeast Mississippi Education Consortium to discuss how Mississippi’s flagship university can help produce the most effective principals for tomorrow. The answer, they suspect, lies in a closer collaboration between the UM SchoolRead the story …
Guiding Principals
UM educational leadership faculty, area superintendents discuss principal practicums
January 11, 2013 by
NY Times: Thomas K. McCraw, Historian Who Enlivened Economics, Dies at 72
January 11, 2013 by
Thomas K. McCraw, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who used biography to explore thorny issues in economics, died on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 72. Mr. McCraw earned a master’s degree and doctorate in history from the University of Wisconsin and taught at the University of Texas before moving to Harvard. He had been treatedRead the story …
UM Alumnus Named Tennessee Professor of the Year
Belmont University professor Mike Pinter honored for teaching excellence
January 10, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. — A University of Mississippi alumnus has been recognized by the state of Tennessee for his leadership and continued excellence in teaching. Mike Pinter (M.Ed. 83), professor of mathematics at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., was named 2012 Tennessee Professor of the Year, awarded annually by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement ofRead the story …
Bigelow Laboratory and University of Mississippi Form Strategic Partnership
Agreement creates collaborative initiative for marine natural products research
January 9, 2013 by
EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine and OXFORD, Miss. – Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Mississippi have entered into a Strategic Inter-Institutional Partnership Agreement that creates a range of collaborative research and innovation commercialization initiatives, including marine biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, single cell genomics technology, aquatic optical flow cytometry and bioinformatics, among other emerging researchRead the story …
UM Competition Helps Students Hone Art of Public Speaking
Annual Speaker's Edge competition set for Jan. 10-11
January 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Public speaking may be the No. 1 fear of most people, but University of Mississippi students learn to conquer those fears during Speaker’s Edge, a transformative public speaking competition. Students in the Master of Business Administration program spend 10 days working with world-class communication coaches, studying the skills of high-impact public speaking.Read the story …
DeSoto Education Student Honored for Grant Writing
Education student uses grant monies to benefit north Mississippi schools
January 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When University of Mississippi senior Tammie Eldred began student teaching at Strayhorn Elementary School in Tate County, she quickly noticed the rural school was in need of a proper sign, a problem she would soon help solve. Eldred, the December Education Student of the Month, organized and led the effort by theRead the story …
Crime Fiction Author Selected as Grisham Writer-in-Residence
Megan Abbott to teach graduate, undergraduate courses
January 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A highly acclaimed mystery-crime fiction author has been selected as the 2013 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels “Queenpin” (Simon & Schuster, 2007), “The Song Is You” (Simon & Schuster, 2007), “Die a Little” (Simon & Schuster, 2005) andRead the story …
Play Therapy Institute Prepares for Future Growth
Move to Insight Park grows institute's child advocacy, education missions
January 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nearly a year-and-a-half after opening its doors, the Child Advocacy and Play Therapy Institute at the University of Mississippi has moved to a new facility, allowing the institute to significantly increase the number of children it can reach with play therapy services each week. CAPTI’s move from Guyton Hall to the university’sRead the story …
UM Pharmacy Dean Wins AACP Election
David D. Allen becomes chair-elect of the AACP Council of Deans
January 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – David D. Allen, dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been selected by his peers as chair-elect of the Council of Deans for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. “I’ve been involved with AACP for years, and being elected to chair the Council of Deans is a tremendousRead the story …
Clarion Ledger: Some teachers exemplify qualities that make them great
January 2, 2013 by
University of Mississippi graduate and first-year teacher Phelton Cortez Moss built a rapport with his students after only a few months of teaching at Greenwood High School. Read the story