James Corner, assistant director of undergraduate admissions, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for May. To help us get to know him better, he answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss? Corner: 13 years. IOM: What is your hometown? Corner:Read the story …
For Some in Regalia, This Isn’t Just Another Commencement
Several administrators and professors have children graduating from UM this year
May 11, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – They’ll put on their regalia and head out like they do each Commencement, but for several University of Mississippi deans and faculty members, it won’t be just another graduation ceremony. Their children will be among those 5,500 prospective graduates at the university’s 166th Commencement. Later in the day, some will actually readRead the story …
A Quick Guide to UM’s 166th Commencement
Here's a look at parking, services and dining to make your graduation day more enjoyable
May 1, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s 166th Commencement exercises are set to begin at 9 a.m. May 11, as more than 5,500 prospective graduates and their loved ones will gather to hear an address by retired Maj. Gen. Augustus Leon Collins, who is also president of the university’s alumni association. Collins, a native of Booneville,Read the story …
UM Remembers Beloved Educator, Scholar and Civil Rights Champion
Longtime classics professor, University Museum director Lucy Turnbull dies at 87
April 25, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Former University of Mississippi professor Lucy Turnbull will always be remembered as a beloved educator who could make her curriculum both easy to understand and infinitely interesting to her students, a mentor and a champion of civil rights at Ole Miss. Her enthusiasm for the classics was contagious, which propelled her studentsRead the story …
Meet Kelly Houston, April’s Staff Member of the Month
April 18, 2019 by
Kelly Houston, administrative coordinator for the Arch Dalrymple III Department of History, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for April. To help us get to know her better, she answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss? Houston: It will be nineRead the story …
UM Observes Sexual Assault Awareness Month through April
Events include march and panel discussion to show solidarity for survivors, educate community
April 10, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi observes Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April to show support for survivors and educate the community about consent and preventing sexual violence. The student organization Rebels Against Sexual Assault and the campus Violence Intervention and Prevention Office are leading the events, which coincide with other observances around theRead the story …
Delivering ‘A Good American College Experience’
UM Intensive English Program helps international students gain language and cultural skills
April 9, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss – Wenquan Cai came to the University of Mississippi to study mechanical engineering but quickly realized his English wasn’t strong enough to maximize his experience at a major American institution of higher learning. The native of China wasn’t out of luck. UM’s Intensive English Program, which has been in place under different names at the university sinceRead the story …
Glowing Reviews Land Elsie Hood Award for Student Favorite
Psychology professor John Young is UM's 2019 Teacher of the Year
April 5, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Glowing, superlative-filled recommendation letters paint the picture of a professor who “pours his heart and soul into his work.” Those comments from University of Mississippi students have led to John Young, associate professor of psychology, being named the 2019 Elsie M. Hood Teacher of the Year. The honor, which is the highestRead the story …
Barbour Center Offers Insider’s View of Washington
New American politics program holds class in Oxford and D.C.
April 4, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students recently got an insider’s view of Washington’s political scene and mingled with movers and shakers there as part of the first class offered through the Haley Barbour Center for the Study of American Politics, which was created last fall. During winter intersession, seven UM students studied applied politicsRead the story …
Jackie Certion Earns a ‘Ph.D. Every May’
FASTrack administrator receives Harriet Tubman Award for work with students of color
April 2, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Jackie Certion says she may not ever be called “doctor,” but she gets the same satisfaction she’d have from earning a Ph.D. each May when University of Mississippi students send her graduation invitations as thanks for helping them. Certion, assistant director of the univerity’s Foundations for Academic Success Track, or FASTrack program, hasRead the story …