OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum celebrates 200 years of statehood June 24 with the Made in Mississippi Summer Family Activity Day. Children and their families are invited to attend the drop-in session celebrating Mississippi’s Bicentennial from 10 a.m. to noon. Guests can participate in activities inspired by different cities in Mississippi thatRead the story …
University Museum Hosts Bicentennial-themed Activity Day
Activities will be centered around Mississippi's 200th year of statehood
June 19, 2017 by
Ford Center Gift Brings Jazz to Oxford
Marty and John Dunbar establish $25,000 Jazz Series Fund
June 3, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts will bring nationally recognized jazz artists to the University of Mississippi, thanks to the establishment of the Jazz Series Fund by Marty and John Dunbar. The Oxford couple donated $25,000 as an initial gift, in hopes of encouraging others to contribute to theRead the story …
UM-Grenada, BGS Student Changes Career Plans and Excels
Bethany Miller earns UM's Taylor Medal for academic achievement
May 30, 2017 by
GRENADA, Miss. – After graduating from Grenada High School in 2011, Bethany Miller enrolled at Holmes Community College’s Grenada Center, where she served as a student ambassador and a student worker in the vice president’s office. She graduated with an associate’s degree in social work in 2013 and started classes in the nursing program theRead the story …
Endowment Pays Tribute to Entrepreneur
Scholarship highlights new major for Ole Miss students
May 20, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Gifts to a new scholarship endowment in the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration will honor the life of the late Robert Julian Allen III, a successful entrepreneur who had a strong interest in giving young people opportunities to manage or own a business. The Robert Julian Allen III Memorial ScholarshipRead the story …
UM-Booneville Student Earns University’s Highest Academic Award
Christy Grissom follows winding career path to a Taylor Medal
May 11, 2017 by
BOONEVILLE, Miss. – Growing up, Barbara “Christy” Grissom of Iuka never really thought much about going to college after high school. She went to work at a local restaurant and then a local furniture manufacturing plant before events beyond her control changed the course of her future. Grissom had worked her way up to aRead the story …
UM-Tupelo Students Hit Top 10 in Bloomberg Stock Trading Challenge
Class project yields solid investing experience for group
May 10, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Managerial finance students at the University of Mississippi at Tupelo regional campus have been busy this spring managing a $10 million investment for the Bloomberg Business Corp. Although the money existed only in theory, the students who participated in the 2017 Bloomberg Trading Challenge gained a real-world knowledge of financial trading principlesRead the story …
UM Completes Renovations to Memory Garden
Fountain terrace offers place to meditate, remember and study
May 6, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has completed renovations to the Ole Miss Memory Garden, adding new brickwork patterns, additional seating and a tiered foundation that invites passersby into an ambiance of serenity and grace. At the rear of Paris-Yates Chapel, the bench-lined terrace stands as a monument to students who lost their livesRead the story …
UM Museum Opens Registration for Summer Camps
Weeklong sessions with themes will be separated by age group
May 4, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum will once again host educational summer day camps for children of all ages throughout June and July, and registration is open for all the offerings. The weeklong camps, broken into age groups, teach children the ins and outs of the museum and allow them to create theirRead the story …
Glenn’s Gift Honors His Wife, Benefits Future Students
Alumnus commemorates wedding anniversary with scholarship endowment
April 29, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – To commemorate their wedding anniversary, University of Mississippi alumnus Mike Glenn of Eads, Tennessee, surprised his wife, Donna, with a gift that will truly keep on giving. With a $250,000 investment, Glenn established the Donna H. Glenn Council Scholarship Endowment to honor his wife while also providing financial assistance to Ole MissRead the story …
UM Development Welcomes Annual Giving Director
Wesley Clark brings passion-driven skill set to Ole Miss
April 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For Florida native Wesley Clark, not even a promising career in law was worth giving up his passion for fundraising. “I earned a law degree and passed the bar, but after a few years of practicing, I knew that I didn’t want to be a lawyer for my whole life,” Clark recalled.Read the story …