Col. Kelvin Nichols receives his pins from UM Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks and Maj. Gen. Janson Boyles as he is promoted to colonel in service of the Mississippi Army National Guard in the Ole Miss Student Union ballroom. Nichols has more than 29 years of military service and serves as the commander of the 168th Engineer Brigade based in Vicksburg. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services