OXFORD, Miss. – From residence hall move-in and the first day of classes to ice cream socials and the first win of the 2013 Ole Miss Rebel football season, the first week of classes for the Ole Miss Class of 2017 has been a memorable one. Welcome Home!
Ole Miss Welcomes One of Largest Freshman Classes in its History
Watch the highlights of Welcome Week 2013
August 30, 2013 by
Law School’s Pro Bono Initiative Sets Free Legal Clinic
Event to help low-income Lafayette County residents with family law matters
August 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi program that provides free legal assistance to low-income people is teaming with the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyer Project for a clinic to help qualifying Lafayette county residents with family law matters. The clinic, set for 1-4 p.m. Sept. 5 at the UM School of Law, will help participants prepareRead the story …
Hundreds of Volunteers Help Students Move In at Ole Miss
Number of students arriving outnumbers populations of most Mississippi cities
August 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – This week, more than 1,200 volunteers from the University of Mississippi, Oxford and Lafayette County are helping more than 5,400 students move into student housing at Ole Miss. The number of students moving in is larger than the populations of about 80 percent of cities across the state. Volunteers are essential forRead the story …
Ole Miss Students Win Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Group wins for multimedia project documenting student efforts to build roads in Belizean community
August 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A multimedia project from the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media has been selected as the 2013 college journalism winner of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights awards the RFK Journalism Award to recognize outstanding reporting onRead the story …
White Coat Ceremony Inspires Record Number of New UM Pharmacy Students
Speakers encourage them to uphold the trust and respect of their chosen profession
August 20, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A record 120 students are enrolled this fall in the first professional year, known as PY1, of the University of Mississippi’s professional pharmacy program; 115 of them received white coats during a recent ceremony at the university’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for Performing Arts. The School of Pharmacy ceremony, a decade-old tradition,Read the story …
UM Luckyday Scholar Selected for Prestigious Medical Scholarship
Clinton High School graduate accepted into Medical Center's Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
August 16, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi Luckyday Scholar from Clinton has earned a spot in the selective University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Rural Physicians Scholarship Program. Esosa Adah, a junior biochemistry major, was accepted into the prestigious program, which places medical professionals in small Mississippi towns to help combat rural physician shortage and improveRead the story …
Avoid Tickets and Purchase Your Parking Permit Today
Parking tickets will be issued to all students, faculty, staff without hangtags beginning Monday, Aug. 26
August 7, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – To ensure delivery of a parking permit prior to the first week of classes, students, faculty and staff should visit www.olemiss.edu/parking prior to Friday, Aug. 9 and order their 2013-2014 permit. Watch the new video here. Current decals expire Aug. 15. If you order a hangtag after Aug. 9, make sure toRead the story …
Pharmacy Student-Athletes in a League of Their Own
Blending sports with challenging academic provides unique challenges and satisfactions
July 14, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Studying pharmacy successfully requires exercising a measure of intellect and self-discipline every day. Studying pharmacy successfully while competing in intercollegiate athletics also requires daily megadoses of determination, commitment, time management and focus, plus a passion for both pharmacy and sports. “As a starter in basketball, (I) played 36 to 40 games aRead the story …
Recent UM Alumnus Wins ODK National Honor
Doug Odom of Jackson recognized for scholarship, leadership in campus life
July 9, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Douglas Odom, a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi, has been recognized as an Omicron Delta Kappa Circles’ Leader of the Year. Each year, ODK chapters nominate an exceptional leader from their circle to be considered for the General Russell E. Dougherty National Leader of the Year award, which is givenRead the story …
Principal Corps Expands Placements to Mississippi Gulf Coast
Innovative educator training program's recruits possess impressive credentials
July 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Twelve accomplished educators with aspirations of helping shape the future of Mississippi public education have joined the fifth cohort of the University of Mississippi’s Principal Corps. For the first time, the 13-month program – which prepares teachers for K-12 leadership positions with a combination of graduate coursework and two full-time internships –Read the story …