OXFORD, Miss. – As the new director of the University of Mississippi Counseling Center, Juawice McCormick plans to pursue progressive goals while remaining student-centered and student-focused. “I want the counseling center to be able and ready to meet the mental health needs of the larger incoming freshman class, rising upperclassmen, graduate students and transfer students,”Read the story …
Juawice McCormick Named Counseling Center Director
Administrator seeks to improve, expand services to Ole Miss students
August 9, 2022 by
Another Win from Baseball
Omaha business makes donation to Grove Grocery
July 14, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When University of Mississippi baseball players won the College World Series in June, they indirectly scored a gift that will help feed their fellow students. Fans from all eight CWS teams who traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, for the tournament participated in the Jello Shot Challenge, a simultaneous baseball fan competition happening justRead the story …
Family Leadership Council Helps Strengthen Student Experience
Group's annual gifts exceed $1 million to support campus services, projects
May 24, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Support from the Ole Miss Family Leadership Council has exceeded $1 million, with new allocations made for University of Mississippi student services at the council’s spring meeting. For the past eight academic years, the Family Leadership Council has heard requests from the 15 departments within the university’s Division of Student Affairs forRead the story …
Active Minds Exhibit Aims to End the Silence Around Mental Health
Student-led UM group sponsors exhibition promoting the importance of honest conversation, resources
March 4, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A national traveling exhibit designed to help prevent campus suicides is coming to the University of Mississippi on Monday (March 7). The “Send Silence Packing” display containing more than 1,000 backpacks will be in the great room of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The backpacks,Read the story …
Kroger Makes Five-Year Pledge to Reduce Food Insecurity
Grove Grocery provides healthy meals at no charge to campus community
February 3, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A strategic partnership with Kroger helped Grove Grocery provide 9,291 free meals to those in the University of Mississippi community with food insecurity issues during the 2020-21 academic year. To ensure this crucial resource continues, Kroger has committed to maintain its support for the next five years. Since the pandemic began, “theRead the story …
Health Center Pharmacists Keep UM Community Healthy
Pharmacy Health Services provides care and resources during pandemic
November 1, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When COVID-19 became a public health crisis, college campuses across the country shut down. At the University of Mississippi, students didn’t return after an extended spring break, while faculty and staff began working from home. During that time, as well as the return to campus this summer, Ole Miss was fortunate forRead the story …
Rosenthal to Lead Magee Institute
Interim director to pursue research, solutions for students, families
October 8, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Meagen Rosenthal, an accomplished researcher and leader in community well-being and engagement, has been named the inaugural interim executive director of the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi. “We are fortunate to have a leader of Dr. Rosenthal’s caliber on campus to lead us through development ofRead the story …
Equity in Action Plans Set Goals, Metrics for Progress
Plans for each campus unit offer transparency, accountability for Pathways to Equity strategic initiative
September 7, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After the University of Mississippi rolled out its Pathways to Equity strategic plan in January, individual campus academic and administrative units got to work building their own Equity in Action plans. With those plans available for everyone to read, the campus community is invited to provide feedback and begin participating at theRead the story …
Pegues to Lead UM Student Affairs
Experienced, respected leader appointed as permanent vice chancellor
August 31, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After nearly two years of leadership and service in an interim role, Charlotte Fant Pegues has been named the University of Mississippi‘s vice chancellor for student affairs. The board of trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved the appointment at its August meeting. Pegues has served the university in aRead the story …
Tobacco-Free Campus Policy Creates New Cessation Resources
Campus goes tobacco-free by Nov. 15, offers resources for faculty, staff and students to help them quit
August 16, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As the University of Mississippi continues on its path to creating a tobacco-free campus, health leaders remind faculty, staff and students that many resources are available to help them stop using nicotine. The American College Health Association, the U.S. Surgeon General and others note that tobacco use in any form is aRead the story …