Archives for 2013

Journalism Students Gain Valuable Media Experience

UM partnerships with media help students get their work published, aired

OXFORD, Miss. – Students at the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media have been gaining valuable work experience through partnerships with print and broadcast media outlets across the state. Each year, about 60 students participate in newspaper reporting trips on which they spend a weekend writing stories or shooting photos forRead the story …

UM Anthropology Professor Wins Prestigious Faculty Award

Maureen Meyers’ SEAC recognition heralded by colleagues

OXFORD, Miss. – Maureen Meyers is the recipient of a prestigious regional award recognizing her outstanding archaeological research. The University of Mississippi assistant professor of anthropology was presented the C.B. Moore Award for Excellence in Archaeology by a Young Scholar in Southeastern Studies. The award was presented at the 70th annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference meetingRead the story …

UM Accountancy Alumni Find Success in International Tax Practice

Trio recently helped establish new London office for Butler Snow

OXFORD, Miss. – Three graduates from the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi are doing big things in the world of international tax law practice. They helped establish Butler Snow‘s first overseas office, which opened in London earlier this year. Brad Westerfield, Samantha Moore and Kurt Rademacher are attorneys who also holdRead the story …

Start the New Year with ArtZone 2014

ArtZone classes at UM Museum provide education, artistic development for young children

OXFORD, Miss – The New Year summons Oxford-area students to the University of Mississippi Museum‘s ArtZone program. Designed for children in grades K-6, the 12-week program runs from Jan. 28 to April 24 and offers participants an opportunity to explore their own creativity. “ArtZone is a unique after-school program in that it combines engaging artRead the story …

UM Museum to Create Interactive Learning Space

Grant provides funding for expansion of education programs

OXFORD, Miss. – A recent grant from the Lafayette Oxford Foundation for Tomorrow is helping the University of Mississippi Museum continue to build its educational programming. The museum plans to use the LOFT grant for $3,993 to create an interactive educational area within its existing classroom space. The goal will be to facilitate discovery andRead the story …

Ford Center Continues Annual Shakespeare Symposium

New schedule and performance will enhance the lecture program and strengthen campus participation

OXFORD, Miss. – With generous support from the Ford Foundation, the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts will continue the annual Shakespeare Symposium, a crowd-favorite from the discontinued Oxford Shakespeare Festival. The symposium will be expanded to include a performance and will be rescheduled from the summer to the fall or spring semesterRead the story …

Pharmacy Students Organize Vitamin Angels Fundraiser

Donations will provide vitamin A to more than 4,500 children worldwide

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi pharmacy students are doing their part to help combat global malnutrition by raising funds for Vitamin Angels, a charitable organization that helps at-risk populations gain access to micronutrients. The organization’s mission is to mobilize and deploy private resources to increase availability, access to and use of these micronutrients, particularlyRead the story …

UM Southern Studies Director Edits Book on the Civil Rights Movement

Two UM alumni among authors of essays in the collection

OXFORD, Miss. – A symposium at the University of Mississippi has culminated in a book of essays about the civil rights movement. “The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi,” edited by Center for the Study of Southern Culture director Ted Ownby, is based on new research and combines multiple scholarly approaches. The 12 essays tell newRead the story …

Books and Bears Brightens Holiday Season at UM

Annual charity event provides toys for Physical Plant employees and their families

OXFORD, Miss. – The Christmas holiday season got a whole lot brighter for the children and families of University of Mississippi Physical Plant employees as they received gifts Thursday morning (Dec. 19) at the Ole Miss Union Ballroom. Smiles abounded as members of the Black Faculty and Staff Organization distributed more than 400 gifts throughRead the story …

Three Charged with Capital Murder of UM Graduate Student

OXFORD, Miss. – Three men have been arrested today and charged with the capital murder of University of Mississippi graduate student Zach McClendon, 25, who was found dead Wednesday morning on Levee Road in Lafayette County near Oxford. Two of the three suspects in custody are UM students. They are Steven Matthew Wilbanks, 22, whoRead the story …