Steven Ridout. Submitted photo by Emily Tillman, Mariposa Photography.
Steven Ridout, a UM procurement assistant, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for October. To help us get to know him better, Ridout answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss.
IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss?
Ridout: 2.5 years.
IOM: What is your hometown?
Ridout: Philadelphia, Mississippi.
IOM: What is your favorite Ole Miss memory?
Ridout: Meeting my wife. We met while we were in college here at Ole Miss and now I don’t think I could go one day without her. She’s my better half.
IOM: What do you enjoy most about your position or the department in which you work?
Ridout: I love the people I work with. They are always there when I need them and we work well as a team. I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to call my co-workers.
IOM: What do you like to do when you are not at work?
Ridout: Eat. Oxford has a lot to choose from, and I still have a few restaurants I need to try out.
IOM: What is one thing on your bucket list?
Ridout: Travel somewhere in an airplane. I’m scared of heights and never flown so I’d like to get over my fear and do some traveling. I see travel paperwork all day and I’m jealous of all the places people get to travel.
IOM: What is your favorite movie?
Ridout: “Forrest Gump.” I could quote most, if not all of the movie.
IOM: What is your favorite Ole Miss tradition?
Ridout: Tailgating in the Grove. There’s no other place like it, and you get to spend time with your closest friends and family before a football game.
IOM: If you could have lunch with anyone alive or dead, fictional or real, who would it be and why?
Ridout: Nick Offerman. One of my favorite actors and I’d like to see if he is anything like he is on television.
To nominate a colleague for the Staff Member of the Month, email staffcouncil@olemiss.edu with the name of the individual you’d like to nominate as well as why you feel he or she should be recognized.