OXFORD, Miss. – The annual RebelTHON charity fundraiser celebrated hope and generated more of the same for ailing children by exceeding the $150,000 goal set for the dance marathon. After last year’s event almost doubled its goal to raise $60,000, RebelTHON organizers set the bar high this year with a goal of $150,000. When theRead the story …
RebelTHON Fundraiser Shatters Goal
UM dance marathon raises more than $172,000 for Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital
February 22, 2017 by
RebelTHON Team Sets High Goal for Weekend Fundraiser
Annual event benefits Batson Children's Hospital; portion to help renovate cancer center
February 15, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With last year’s RebelTHON fundraising event at the University of Mississippi almost doubling its goal, the bar is set high for the 2017 dance marathon to benefit the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital at the UM Medical Center. This year’s event begins at 3 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 18) at the Turner Center.Read the story …
My Life as a Social Media Ambassador
December 20, 2016 by
Alex Hicks: Ole Miss Social Media Ambassador. It’s a pretty cool title, right? Well, let me tell you, the experience I had as an ambassador this past semester was everything I could have imagined and more. This past semester, I was chosen as one of two ambassadors for the Ole Miss Communications Department. This wasRead the story …
UM Swahili Program Provides Exotic Option for Students
East African language is 11th offered at university
September 12, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Like hundreds of students each year at the University of Mississippi, Estelle Blair signed up last fall for Spanish 101. But when the Brandon native decided that Spanish was not for her, she found a dramatically different alternative to fulfill her foreign language requirements. Blair has joined a small, but growing, group ofRead the story …
Month of Welcome Helps Students Make Transition to Campus Life
August 16, 2016 by
When students arrive for the fall semester at the University of Mississippi, a much larger than usual slate of fun and engaging activities – more than 75 in all – await to help them meet new friends and enjoy their transition into the Ole Miss family. The Ole Miss Student Union and Student Activities AssociationRead the story …
Ole Miss’ Saunders Places Fifth in Olympic Shot Put in Rio
Rising Junior Tosses Big PR of 19.35m/63-6
August 13, 2016 by
RIO DE JANEIRO – Raven Saunders trained and competed all year to get to the Olympics, and her first appearance on the world’s biggest stage did not disappoint. The Ole Miss rising junior used a personal-best heave of 19.35 meters (63-6) on her last throw of Friday night’s shot put final to earn fifth place. HerRead the story …
Friends of Children’s Hospital Pledges $20 Million to Capital Campaign
August 9, 2016 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Friends of Children’s Hospital, a nonprofit group dedicated to raising funds for Batson Children’s Hospital, has committed to raising $20 million over the next 10 years to go toward the $100 million Children’s of Mississippi capital campaign. “Friends of Children’s Hospital is extremely proud of the $17 million we’ve raised since 1989Read the story …
UMMC Neonatal Suite, Simulation Area Give Babies Best Possible Start
New facilities aimed to help infants with low birth weight or congenital defects
June 11, 2016 by
JACKSON, Miss. – About 2,500 babies are born at the University of Mississippi Medical Center each year, but approximately one-third of them will need intervention at birth due to low birth weight, congenital defects or distress. To give them the best start in life, the Madison Charitable Foundation donated more than $250,000 to create aRead the story …
UMMC Confers Record Number of Degrees Four Years Running
Graduates to help university fulfill mission of improving health care for state's residents
May 27, 2016 by
JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center for the fourth year is breaking its record for degrees conferred to health care and science professionals. The Class of 2016 is 950 strong. In 2013, the record was 677. That jumped to 847 in 2014, and in 2015, 863 graduates received degrees. The graduates ofRead the story …
UM Journalism Student Wins Statewide Public Relations Award
Honor one of many presented to Tori Olker this semester
May 6, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi journalism student has been named Mississippi’s Outstanding PR Student by the Public Relations Association of Mississippi. That award is just the latest of many for Tori Olker, a senior print journalism major with an emphasis in public relations. Olker was also awarded a Taylor Medal, the university’s highestRead the story …