The University of Mississippi Museum has the widest range of collections of any museum between Jackson and Memphis. And it’s right here on our beautiful campus. The museum offers permanent exhibits as well as special shows year-round. Its permanent collection includes Greek and Roman antiquities that date back to 1500 B.C., an American art collection featuringRead the story …
BFA Students to Show Thesis Projects Next Week
Show features graphic design, painting and photography
November 13, 2014 by
Next week, three University of Mississippi Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates will present their artwork for their senior thesis shows in Gallery 130 in Meek Hall. Beginning Monday (Nov. 17) and running through Nov. 21, Julia Tatum, Jonathan Adams, and Desiree Kapler will exhibit their talents in graphic design, painting and photography, respectively. Each show hasRead the story …
UM Museum Unveils 2014 Collectible Keepsake
William Faulkner's Hollywood typewriter design celebrates his screenwriting period
November 13, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the 14th year, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a new collectible keepsake for the holiday season. This year’s design features the typewriter that William Faulkner used while writing screenplays in Hollywood in the 1930s and ’40s. Altogether, Faulkner wrote 20 screenplays, notably including “To Have and Have Not,” “Gunga Din” and “The BigRead the story …
29 Days of Thanks
Day 13: Athletics
November 13, 2014 by
Ole Miss athletics have really excelled over the last few years. Athletics Director Ross Bjork arrived on campus in 2012, and most of our sports have enjoyed stellar accomplishments since. The Ole Miss basketball team won the SEC Tournament title in 2013, giving them a bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Ole Miss baseball team made its firstRead the story …
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Day 12: Alumni Support
November 12, 2014 by
Once you attend the University of Mississippi, you never really leave. Ole Miss is an identity that stays prominent in your life well after graduation, and our alumni are as tied to this university as our current students. The Alumni Association has more than 26,000 members who offer support to Ole Miss. In fact, although UM is aRead the story …
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Day 11: Our Veterans
November 11, 2014 by
The veterans in the United States military volunteer to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms, giving us the opportunity to participate in the many things we love, including attending the University of Mississippi or cheering on Ole Miss football every fall Saturday. On this Veterans Day, we are thankful and appreciative of theirRead the story …
Roberts Helps Keep Traffic Moving, Motorists Safe
Alumnus is an award-winning intelligent transportation systems engineer
November 10, 2014 by
When famed author George Orwell penned his novel “1984,” he predicted that surveillance technology would one day be everywhere. Thirty years later than that prophetic title, Acey Roberts has helped make Orwell’s fiction a reality. An intelligent transportation systems engineer in the Traffic Engineering Division of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the University of MississippiRead the story …
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Day 10: Our Students
November 10, 2014 by
A university would be nothing without its students. And we have some of the best here at Ole Miss. The university is known for academic excellence, and Ole Miss students have been the recipients of many prestigious scholarships. Ole Miss has produced 25 Rhodes Scholars, more than any other SEC school. Since 1998, the universityRead the story …
UM Grad Parker Coached On Four Super Bowl Teams
Johnny Parker was strength coach for Giants, Patriots and Buccaneers; worked with Parcells, Knight and other coaching legends
November 9, 2014 by
Growing up in Shaw, Mississippi, Johnny Parker badly wanted to play football, but with only 100 pounds on his 5-foot-11.5-inch frame, he was far too skinny for the sport he loved. “I was so thin you could read a newspaper through me,” Parker (BA 69) recalls with a laugh. Though there weren’t many athletes liftingRead the story …
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Day 9: University of Mississippi Medical Center
November 9, 2014 by
The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson is the premier health facility in Mississippi and the state’s only academic health science center. With an enrollment of about 2,800 students, it is the home of the university’s schools of Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry, the upper levels of the pharmacy program and graduate studies for other health-related occupations.Read the story …