OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumna Arielle Hudson, the university’s first female African American Rhodes Scholar, plans to draw upon her experience in an inequitable primary education system as a Marshall-Motley Scholar. The Marshall-Motley Scholars Program, named for NAACP Legal Defense Fund founder and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and civil rights litigatorRead the story …
Alumna Named Marshall-Motley Scholar
Arielle Hudson part of the next generation of civil rights litigators in the South
July 18, 2022 by
After Life-Threatening Accident, Mother of Five Pursues Dream
UM-Rankin student Holly Thrailkill selected for SOE's Sylvia Foran Curriculum Planning Award
June 3, 2022 by
PEARL, Miss. – Holly Thrailkill has a mantra: one step at a time. She first used it when she was learning to walk again. She uses it now as motivation to finish her degree. Thrailkill is a rising senior elementary education major at the University of Mississippi on the Hinds Community College-Rankin campus. She hasRead the story …
UM-Tupelo Graduates Honored with Taylor Medals
Pontotoc's Brianna Wallace and Sarah Catherine Ware stand out through service and academics
May 5, 2022 by
TUPELO, Miss. – During this weekend’s Commencement ceremonies, University of Mississippi at Tupelo students Brianna Wallace and Sarah Catherine Ware will be recognized among the top of their class as recipients of Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medals, the university’s highest academic honor. Both Wallace and Ware are from Pontotoc, both attended the Ole Miss campusRead the story …
Graduate Student Earns Summer Internship at Library of Congress
Roger Davis Jr. is among 42 selected for distinguished program
May 3, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi doctoral student has been awarded a prestigious internship this summer as a junior fellow at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Roger Davis Jr., a first-year Ph.D. student in higher education, was among 42 people chosen as junior fellows from more than 700 applicants. “When notified aboutRead the story …
Sharing Their Vision for the Future
Webbs’ estate gift will support students in law, education, medicine
April 2, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An estate gift to the University of Mississippi will ultimately provide scholarships for students in the schools of Law, Education and Medicine. The gift’s benefactors are the late Taylor Webb, a 1950 graduate of the Ole Miss School of Law, and his wife Sue Webb, of Leland. “My husband and I neverRead the story …
Essential Education Kits Providing Support for Student Teachers
Donations fund school supplies, gas cards for future educators
March 30, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The student teaching experience for University of Mississippi education majors has become a little easier, thanks to a new support program and its generous benefactors. Every education major getting ready to begin their student teaching gets an Essential Education Kit, which was created to provide student teachers with school supplies and gasRead the story …
Supporting Future Mississippi Teachers
Baileys create scholarship in Ole Miss School of Education
March 19, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss – A thank you note from a scholarship recipient inspired University of Mississippi alumni Phil and Emily Bailey to create a second scholarship – this time to support future teachers. The Phillip J. and Emily G. Bailey Education Scholarship will support entering freshmen in the School of Education who intend to teach inRead the story …
Eight Speakers Slated for 2022 TEDxUniversityofMississippi Event
Presenters will address theme of 'New Avenues' during in-person forum at Ford Center
February 14, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eight exciting speakers will explore ‘New Avenues’ in the arts and sciences for the seventh annual TEDxUniversityofMississippi, set for Feb. 22 at the University of Mississippi. The in-person event begins at 7 p.m. in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are free but must be reserved through theRead the story …
School of Education Online Programs Rank Among Nation’s Best
U.S. News & World Report recognizes master's programs in education and educational leadership
February 8, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Education has been ranked among the nation’s best online master’s programs in education and educational leadership in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of online offerings at more than 360 U.S. schools. U.S. News & World Report ranked the UM online education master’s program tied at No. 34Read the story …
Gift Honoring Late Professor Supports Special Education
Alumna Luetta Ford pays tribute to mentor James Mann
January 29, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The slow pace of sheltering at home the last two years during a global pandemic gave Luetta Ford, a 1967 University of Mississippi alumna, time to think about the influential people in her life and make decisions about how she wants to be remembered. As a result, the Lady Lake, Florida, residentRead the story …