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School of Education Hosts Guyton Fall Festival

UM students plan family-friendly event for Oct. 26

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Education and student organization Teachers of Tomorrow are sponsoring the 2018 Guyton Fall Festival from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 26). Free and open to the public, the festival in Guyton Hall will feature a variety of educational games and activities for children. Children are encouragedRead the story …

University Endowment Builds to All-time High of $715 Million

Strong investment returns, generosity of alumni and friends spurs growth

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s permanent endowment grew in its latest fiscal year to an all-time high of $715 million, thanks in part to the seventh consecutive year of new gifts of $100 million or more. Private support totaled more than $115.8 million from 30,332 donors, giving the university essential resources to continueRead the story …

Peeples Receives Outstanding Professional Educator Award

Graduate of Grenada regional campus hopes to set an example for his students

OXFORD, Miss.­­­ – The Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teacher Education has named Vaiden native Terry Peeples as one of Mississippi’s Outstanding Professional Educators of the Year. The annual award is given to one graduate from each of 15 Mississippi colleges and universities. Peeples, who graduated from the University of Mississippi’s Grenada regional campus inRead the story …

UM Hosts Rebel Upward Bound Institute

Program helps 32 students from area schools better understand math

OXFORD, Miss – Thirty-two students from area schools benefited from a new summer math program at the University of Mississippi. The Rebel Upward Bound Institute, which ran June 1-22, was conducted by UM’s Department of Mathematics and the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. The outreach project, affiliated with the federally funded education program UpwardRead the story …

High School Programmers Pilot Robots to Success in UM Competition

Three teams advance to regional contest next month in Georgia

OXFORD, Miss. – After a grueling six-month journey, three high school teams bested 21 others to win top honors in Mississippi’s sixth annual FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition Saturday (Feb. 17) at the University of Mississippi. Hosted by the UM Center for Mathematics and Science Education, the event began with judging at 7 a.m. inRead the story …

Math and Science Center Moves into Renovated Facility

Jackson Avenue Center space will allow CMSE to operate more efficiently

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Center for Mathematics and Science Education has moved back into its renovated facility at the Jackson Avenue Center. The CMSE’s offices were updated over four months after part of the building was damaged in February. The renovated office is upgraded from the original cinder block wall facility and is specially designedRead the story …

McLean Institute Hosts Virtual Reality Experience

Public will get a glimpse of technology work conducted in the Delta

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement will host a virtual reality experience for students in the Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development program Thursday (Aug. 24) at the Innovation Hub at Insight Park Vince Jordan, CEO and president of virtual reality production company Lobaki, will join theRead the story …

University Community Mourns Paul Tobin Maginnis

Retired professor, chair helped build Department of Computer and Information Science

OXFORD, Miss. – Paul Tobin Maginnis, a professor emeritus who served as interim chair and helped build the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Mississippi, died June 14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. He was 70. A private graveside service was held June 16 at Oxford Memorial Cemetery. FormerRead the story …

Mississippi Robotics Champs Earn World Championship

Pearl team wins title as part of a three-team alliance in Texas

OXFORD, Miss. – A robotics team from Pearl that won the Mississippi’s FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition in March at the University of Mississippi has gone on to win a world championship in Houston, Texas.  The group of friends from Pearl has worked together for more than five years and was part of a three-team allianceRead the story …

UM Catapult Competition Draws Top Guns

Tishomingo County High School teams defeated 16 others to take home top honors

OXFORD, Miss. – Normally, tennis balls volley back and forth on the tennis court, but Wednesday afternoon (April 12), the fluorescent yellow balls were being catapulted in the C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum at the University of Mississippi. The School of Engineering, Center for Math and Science Education and Division of Outreach and Continuing Education hostedRead the story …