Harper and Elsie Johnson. OXFORD, Miss. – For 93 years, University of Mississippi alumnus Harper Johnson has watched the world change. He remembers the tracks and locomotives that carried him to Oxford in 1935 to enroll at the university, and he recalls the building of highways back then that Ole Miss students still travel.Read the story …
UM, Oxford Habitat for Humanity Chapters Team Up to Build Home
March 18, 2008 by
UM custodian Barbara Walker says she is grateful to be part of Habitat’s efforts to build her new house. OXFORD – It’s been more than 30 years since Barbara Walker owned a home, and when she moved out, it wasn’t under the best of circumstances. She was in the process of splitting up withRead the story …
Engineering Faculty, Spouses Attend Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
February 20, 2008 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Sometimes it’s really good to have friends in high places.
Faithful Alum Continues Giving: $150,000 Supports Math, Science Education
February 20, 2008 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi engineering alum and former Hungarian refugee John G. Adler keeps giving back to his alma mater.