OXFORD, Miss. – Eighty high school students will flock to the University of Mississippi’s Trent Lott Leadership Institute this summer to learn leadership, earn school credits and set them on the path to achieve their goals. The Lott Leadership Institute for Rising 12th Graders, which began in the late 1990s as a way to promoteRead the story …
Lott Institute Offers Future Leaders Summer Experience of a Lifetime
Lott Rising 12th grade program to take students to D.C., community service and the classroom
May 21, 2023 by
Giving Day 2023 Sets University Record
Alumni, friends step up with $6.83 million in support
April 8, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss – When the last online donation came in Wednesday (April 5) for Giving Day 2023, the University of Mississippi‘s donors had united to set an unprecedented fundraising record. This year, Ole Miss students, parents, alumni, friends, faculty and staff members came together to contribute 2,399 gifts totaling more than $6.83 million – theRead the story …
Social Work Instructor Receives Paragon Online Teaching Award
Kristy Durkin finds ways to build relationships with students while leading virtual classes
April 6, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After COVID-19 hit in early 2020, connecting with students became more challenging for instructors as universities shifted to online learning. Since then, many teachers have implemented creative ways to enhance student learning and engagement through course design, technology and instructional methods. One such University of Mississippi instructor has been so successful thatRead the story …
Study USA Offers Courses Tied to UM’s 60th Anniversary of Integration
Topics include minorities in health professions, politics of inequality
March 10, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Study USA program is offering five intersession courses with themes related to the university’s 60th anniversary of integration. “My vision is for students to understand that what happened here concerning integration isn’t just about the university,” said Laura Antonow, director of the Office of College Programs in theRead the story …
Speaker’s Edge Competition Helps Develop Career-Relevant Skills
Seventy-five Ole Miss students show off public speaking skills in 19th annual contest
January 24, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Costco as a mini-market, remote work technology, virtual passports and artificial intelligence in the food industry were among the topics addressed at the 19th annual Speaker’s Edge competition at the University of Mississippi. Students in business, accountancy and law tackled a multitude of issues in the annual public speaking competition, held Jan.Read the story …
Campus Educators Selected as Inaugural WOW! Faculty Fellows
New workshops and learning communities to create vibrant online courses offered this fall
August 26, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Teaching online can be a process of continually exploring and adapting to evolving digital options, as well as understanding the needs of students. Three University of Mississippi faculty members plan to address these areas this academic year as they work to create learning communities where fellow UM instructors can share about productiveRead the story …
Exploring Biology Beyond the Classroom
Off-campus courses give students hands-on opportunities in biodiversity locations
August 3, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Biological science students at the University of Mississippi are broadening their horizons by taking classes in the Caribbean, Hawaii and Arizona, taught by professors Brice Noonan, Erik Hom and Jason Hoeksema. “The Department of Biology is fortunate to have a number of off-campus opportunities that allow students to explore such varied topicsRead the story …
Travel Fund for UM Students Reaches Endowment Level
Staton fund makes experiential learning opportunities possible
July 19, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A new travel fund that provides University of Mississippi students with career-influencing experiential learning opportunities has hit endowment level, thanks to generous Ole Miss donors. The fund honoring the late Carolyn Ellis Staton, the university’s first female provost, offsets expenses incurred by Ole Miss students participating in the Study USA program. “TheRead the story …
Conference to Examine Faulkner’s Modernisms
Annual event includes lectures, panel discussions, tours and more
July 15, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nobel Prize-winning Mississippi author William Faulkner will be examined through the lens of modernism during the University of Mississippi‘s 48th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, set for July 17–21. Focusing on the theme “Faulkner’s Modernisms,” the hybrid international conference includes five days of lectures, panels, tours and other presentations. All keynote presentations,Read 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 …