OXFORD, Miss. – In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt created America’s first and largest domestic national service program, the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was popular but short-lived, while other, more controversial, national service programs, such as Volunteers in Service to America and AmeriCorps, survived. Why?
Professor’s Book Tackles Modern Relevance of CCC, VISTA and AmeriCorps
First book to focus on history and impact of the three national service programs
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Food Summit examines healthy food for Mississippians
February 26, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Answers to the question “how do we get healthy food to Mississippians from the field to the table” will be examined Friday (March 1) during a Food Summit in Oxford. The University of Mississippi Department of Public Policy Leadership and the Appalachian Regional Commission, collaborating with the university’s Trent Lott Leadership Institute,Read the story …
New Course Offers Multidisciplinary Look at Social Inequality in Mississippi
May 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – This summer, University of Mississippi students can examine how government policies have shaped the American diet, particularly in north Mississippi. The new summer session course, “Bringing Food to the People: Food Policy and Social Inequities in Mississippi,” was developed jointly by the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for theRead the story …
Graduating Senior Discovers Best Educational Option is Close to Home
May 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Although Caleb Herod looked at schools as far away as Missouri and Iowa, he eventually decided to stay close to home at the University of Mississippi. And after a college career that has included two Washington internships and dozens of hours of volunteer service, the Abbeville native would make that same decisionRead the story …
Public Policy Leadership Students Help City Explain Taxation to Residents
May 7, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Students in Kristina Ford’s class have gotten a taste of real-world public policy this semester by helping the city of Oxford explain taxation to local residents. “In this class, the premise is that it’s really thrilling to come up with a public policy that you think is going to fix whatever problemRead the story …