OXFORD, Miss. – As more than 5,500 University of Mississippi graduates celebrated Commencement with family and friends on May 11, two members of the Ole Miss Army ROTC celebrated making school history. Lakoda Kissee, who hails from Spokane, Missouri, and Katie Smith, from Ellicott City, Maryland, became the first two female UM ROTC cadets to be commissioned into roles as combatRead the story …
Army ROTC Commissions First Female Combat Officers
Ole Miss graduates Lakoda Kissee and Katie Smith will serve in Mississippi Army National Guard
May 21, 2019 by
Collins Challenges Graduates to ‘Be Bold, be Proud, be Benevolent’
University of Mississippi issues degrees to more than 5,500 at 166th Commencement
May 11, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Retired Maj. Gen. Augustus Leon Collins told University of Mississippi graduates on Saturday (May 11) to focus on the things that define them and to “be proud, be bold, be open-minded, be determined and be wise,” as they wrap up their journeys through college and into the professional world. Collins, former commanding general of theRead the story …
UM Professor Named Chair of the Americas at University of Rennes
Kathleen Wickham furthers Ole Miss connection at French university through appointment
May 9, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi journalism professor Kathleen Wickham served as Chair of the Americas/Chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rennes in Brittany, France, while on sabbatical this spring. It was Wickham’s second trip to France to teach. In 2016, while researching her book “We Believed We Were Immortal: Twelve ReportersRead the story …
Organizational Changes Strengthen, Enhance UM Student Services
May 8, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Beginning this summer, the University of Mississippi will distribute the duties performed by the Office of Leadership and Advocacy and the violence intervention and prevention area of the University Counseling Center into two previously established departments, the Ole Miss Student Union and UMatter: Student Support and Advocacy, all falling under the umbrella of the Division of StudentRead the story …
Campus Memorial Ceremony Set for May 2
Observance to honor students, faculty, staff who died during past year
April 25, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is set to honor the members of the Ole Miss family it lost over the past year at the annual UM Memorial Ceremony. Each year, the university hosts a ceremony to remember the lives of students, faculty and staff, as well as faculty and staff emeriti, who died during the pastRead the story …
Fourth Annual Oxford Pride Week Begins April 28
Expanded event to feature alumni reunion, community picnic, parade
April 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The fourth annual Oxford Pride Week is coming to Oxford April 28-May 5, featuring a variety of events, including some old favorites and some new features throughout the city and University of Mississippi campus. This year’s event, organized by the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and community group OUTOxford, honors the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots,Read the story …
Best of the High School Journalism Best
Top student journalists honored with All-Mississippi distinction
April 22, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The state’s best and brightest young journalists converged on the University of Mississippi earlier this month for the annual Mississippi Scholastic Press Association Convention, and 10 students went home honored as the state’s most outstanding high school reporters. For the first time, the annual convention featured – among its already robust list of awards – the All-MississippiRead the story …
Magazine Innovation Center’s ACT 9 Experience All About the Students
Annual conference draws all-star list of industry leaders to UM
April 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A who’s who of the international magazine industry will be at the University of Mississippi from April 23 to 25, but it won’t be the movers and shakers of publishing who will be in the spotlight. The real stars of the show, according to ACT 9 Experience founder and coordinator Samir Husni, are theRead the story …
Navy ROTC Works to Support Local Veterans
Fundraiser sells shirts to benefit Mississippi State Veterans Home of Oxford
April 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Navy ROTC program is hoping to give back to Oxford’s military veteran community with a fundraiser that will raise money to support the Mississippi State Veterans Home of Oxford. “We in the Ole Miss ROTC programs receive a lot of support from (local military veteran) organizations and we think it’s alsoRead the story …
Lauded Author Brings Home Truth and Compassion
UM professor Kiese Laymon receiving national acclaim for memoir 'Heavy'
April 15, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Kiese Laymon began working on his memoir “Heavy: An American Memoir,” he was writing to an audience of one. “I wrote that to my mother,” he said. “It was directly addressed to my mom and to my region (Jackson). If anybody outside that region and those people like it, that’s a plus.”Read the story …