… Sixty-five students to serve elderly in northeast Mississippi over next two years OXFORD, Miss. – As more people live longer, the need for geriatric service providers is growing exponentially. Unfortunately, not enough social work students opt to practice in the field.
UPD Promotes Tutor to Detective Captain
August 25, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When University of Mississippi Police Chief Calvin Sellers pinned captain’s bars on Detective Lt. Peggie “Jane” Tutor’s uniform Tuesday, she not only received a promotion but also became the university’s first female to lead campus investigations. University of Mississippi Police Chief Calvin Sellers congratulates Peggie ‘Jane’ Tutor on being promoted to detective lieutenantRead the story …
Professor Tapped to Lead State’s Speech and Hearing Organization
August 6, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi speech pathologist has been selected as the next president of the Mississippi Speech and Hearing Association.
National Institute’s New Leader Passionate about Child Nutrition
June 17, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A school nutrition director for the past 22 years, Katie Wilson is now poised to lead the country’s authority on child nutrition programs.
Researchers Aim to Use Brainwaves and Computers to Treat Brain-Based Disorders
June 17, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Imagine that stroke victims could use a small electronic device, controlled by their own brainwaves, to regain the ability to speak or walk. Or that epilepsy patients could use a similar device to control or even prevent seizures. UM researchers Dwight Waddell (left), Pamela Lawhead, Scott Gustafson and Yixin Chen are searchingRead the story …
Haskins Family, Kappa Delta Sorority Create Scholarship to Memorialize Student
June 10, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – From her Kappa Delta sorority sisters at the University of Mississippi and the young people she worked with at Camp Sunshine in Pike County to her own family members, the late Susan Haskins was known for her caring spirit. To carry forward that spirit, her parents, Don and Barri Haskins of Fernwood,Read the story …
UM Professors Help Children Learn Healthy Eating Habits through Gardening
June 3, 2010 by
Professors in the nutrition & hospitality department at Ole Miss are working with I.T. Montgomery Elementary School in Mound Bayou to teach kids about eating well.
Junior Applied Sciences Major Studies in Liverpool, Explores Europe
May 20, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Molly Sanders of Daleville, a rising junior at the University of Mississippi, is ending a unique college experience this month. She has spent the spring semester studying and traveling in England. Molly Sanders visits the Albert Dock, a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England, that opened in 1846. Sanders,Read the story …
David Rock Returns as New Dean of School of Education
May 19, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – David Rock, dean and professor of mathematics education at Columbus State University, is set to return to the University of Mississippi as the new dean of its School of Education.