Terry L. Blackmarr, assistant to the dean in general studies, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for February. 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? Blackmarr: 25½ years IOM: What is your hometown? Blackmarr: Oxford. Read the story …
Q&A with Leo Stein, Black Hole Researcher
January 30, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Leo Stein, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi, is part of a team of physicists that recently used supercomputers and artificial intelligence to create the most accurate model yet of black hole mergers. The research, conducted with physicists at Caltech, was published in theRead the story …
Meet Vernita Ivy, January’s Staff Member of the Month
January 28, 2019 by
Vernita Ivy, a production control clerk in the Department of Student Housing, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for January. 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? Ivy: 9 years and 6 months.Read the story …
Meet Dewey Knight, December’s Staff Member of the Month
January 7, 2019 by
Dewey Knight, associate director of the Center for Student Success and First-Year Experience, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for December. 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? Knight: I came to Ole Miss asRead the story …
Meet Theda Russell, November’s Staff Member of the Month
November 26, 2018 by
Theda Russell, a teller in the Office of the Bursar, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for November. 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? Russell: 21 years and counting. IOM: What is your hometown? Russell: Oxford,Read the story …
School of Applied Sciences Honors Students of the Month
Evi Addoh and Alan Cuff recognized for academic excellence
November 21, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The School of Applied Sciences has honored Evi Addoh, of Delta State, Nigeria, as its Graduate Student of the Month and Alan Cuff, of Mandeville, Louisiana, as Undergraduate Student of the Month for October. With a 4.0 GPA, Addoh is a second-year student in the master’s program in health promotion, part ofRead the story …
Meet Margaret F. Walden, October’s Staff Member of the Month
October 19, 2018 by
Margaret F. Walden, associate director for institutional research in the Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness and Planning, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for October. 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? Walden: 11Read the story …
Meet Loretta Sledge Thomas, September’s Staff Member of the Month
September 21, 2018 by
Loretta Sledge Thomas, an assistant II in the Department of Procurement, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for September. 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? Thomas: 20 years on Oct.Read the story …
Meet Laura Vaughn, August’s Staff Member of the Month
August 17, 2018 by
Laura Vaughn, coordinator of admissions for the UM Intensive English Program, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for August. 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? Vaughn: Five years. IOM: What is your hometown? Vaughn: Starkville, Mississippi. Read the story …
A Retirement Tribute to Robin Buchannon
So Long, My Boss, My Mentor, My Friend
June 29, 2018 by
I’ve known for many months that my boss and my friend, Robin Buchannon, associate vice chancellor for university relations, was retiring after 34 years at Ole Miss. This day was coming, and, despite my constant cajoling and begging, there was nothing I could do to change it. So, as a writer, I figured the nextRead the story …