Sandra Cox-McCarty, associate dean for administration and diversity initiatives, has been named Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for June. To help us get to know her better, she answered some questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you worked at Ole Miss? Cox-McCarty: Since November or December 1992 IOM: What is your hometown? Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The assistant director of campus recreation has been honored as the University of Mississippi‘s overall outstanding staff member for 2021. Shannon Richardson was recognized during the annual Staff Appreciation Awards program Tuesday (June 1) in the ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss. The program was part of a weeklong celebration includingRead the story …

This week’s release of the national and state population totals, as well as state apportionments, marks the culmination of a year’s dedicated work by local civic and social organizations in partnership with the United Census Bureau in Mississippi and across the nation. The 2020 Census occurred during tumultuous events: deployed in a pandemic, rolled outRead the story …

Personnel in the University of Mississippi‘s Facilities Management Department are being recognized for their dedicated responses during the university’s ice and snow closure last month. During the closure, the department’s dispatch area was staffed around the clock, the university’s wastewater treatment plant operation continued and all campus buildings were walked and inspected for issues dailyRead the story …

Sixty-one years ago, in the summer, my father took my siblings David, Robert, Johnny, Steve and Cathy on a car trip out West. Cathy was, I think, 8 years old. This means that I was almost 5 years old. Old enough to go on a car trip out West without my Mama, in my opinion.Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Zach Allen planned to study abroad in summer 2020 and spring 2021, but the world had other plans. With travel and entry into Peru and Ecuador restricted due to COVID-19 and universities in Latin America shifting to virtual classes, Allen had to be flexible … and hopeful. With his senior year atRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – As snow and ice covered Oxford, Lafayette County and much of the South last week, University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students overcame obstacles and challenges brought on by the winter weather to keep the university’s mission on track. Ole Miss News asked the campus community to recognize colleagues and departments acrossRead the story …

I’m not a hugger. My mom was one; my dad was not. My husband is. I hug my husband, yes, and my daughters. But friends, as a way of saying hello or goodbye or thank you for dinner? No. I believe in using my words and speaking with my eyes to say, “Goodbye, I hadRead the story …

Almost every visit to our clinic and every telehealth appointment ends the same way these days: “Let’s talk about the COVID vaccine.” Some of my patients have scheduled the visit specifically to talk about the vaccines and their worries about taking them, or their hopes concerning how soon they can get a shot. Some patientsRead the story …

My mother married a man who took stairs two at a time, running up. By the time I knew him, my father looked carefully at the height and depth of each stair to determine whether he could raise his leg high enough to reach the top of the stair and whether his shoe would fitRead the story …