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Record-Breaking Enrollment Sets UM Apart in 2023

Largest freshman class in school history bolsters enrollment growth across the board

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi enrolled 5,241 freshman students for the fall 2023 semester, the largest freshman class at any university in the state’s history.  Bolstered by this record incoming class, a university record of 24,710 students are enrolled across the University of Mississippi’s seven campuses. This is 1,759 more than last year,Read the story …

Ole Miss Alumni Association Names Distinguished Alumni for 2023

Eight to be honored at Homecoming for achievement, service

OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Alumni Association will recognize eight distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2023. University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2023 are: Charles C. Clark (BBA 72), of Birmingham, Alabama; Carlyle “Smitty” Harris (JD 81), of Tupelo; Mary Donnelly Haskell (BM 81), ofRead the story …

Rowan Oak Welcomes Guests for ‘Before Faulkner’ Public Archaeology Day

Students aid in digging up antebellum history of Faulkner's historic homestead

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Sociology and Anthropology is partnering with Rowan Oak and the Oxford community to better understand the history of the property before it became William Faulkner’s home. Students are excavating the property surrounding the Mississippi landmark site this fall, searching for evidence of the people who livedRead the story …

Meet the Man Behind ‘First Down, Ole Miss’

Alumnus Glen Waddle still enjoys announcing games after 25 years

OXFORD, Miss. – Glen Waddle (BPA 77, JD 80), public address announcer for Ole Miss football for more than a quarter-century, has no plans to quit anytime soon. “If they don’t want me anymore, that’s a different thing,” the University of Mississippi alumnus said. “But as long as I’m ambulatory, I want to keep workingRead the story …

Ole Miss Band Gets Its Field of Dreams

New practice facility promises to elevate performances

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Pride of the South band is marching with renewed enthusiasm on its new $5.4 million practice field – a replica of Hollingsworth Field, the playing surface at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The practice field features drainage structures and lights, a director’s tower, a fence, a storage building and proper fieldRead the story …

University Records Second-Highest Annual Total for Private Support

Now & Ever campaign bolstered by $155.1 million in gifts

OXFORD, Miss. – Alumni and friends of the University of Mississippi stepped up once again in fiscal year 2023, with gifts totaling $155.1 million, the second-highest fundraising year on record. The Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss has reached $1.38 billion of its $1.5 billion goal, the largest-ever fundraising initiative for higher educationRead the story …

Kincannon Hall Demolition, Debris Removal in Progress

University Issues Traffic Advisory and Safety Measures for Campus Community

The demolition of Kincannon Hall is underway and will continue over the next month and into the fall semester as the building is torn down and the debris removed from campus.   Demolition and debris removal will actively take place between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday until early September, with exceptions for homeRead the story …

Alumnus Helps Support Continued Athletics Success

Johnsons' gift fuels continued momentum for Ole Miss student-athletes

OXFORD, Miss. – John Johnson was 13 years old in 1983 when he witnessed a miraculous event that gave the Ole Miss Rebels a victory over rival Mississippi State University, salvaging a 6-5 season record and keeping the team’s postseason bowl hopes alive. It was at that moment – when a wind-driven field goal deflectionRead the story …

National Park Service Names UM Instructor to Humanities Fellowship

Research to focus on African American experience in Vicksburg after Civil War

OXFORD, Miss. – For the next two years, University of Mississippi history instructor Beth Kruse will live and work in Vicksburg, delving into the untold story of Black Americans in the tumultuous Civil War South.   The National Park Service Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship has named 15 postdoctoral fellows – Kruse among them – to helpRead the story …

Major Gift Benefits Business School, Alumni and Athletics

Donor's $1.5 million contribution is testament to his Ole Miss education and history of involvement

OXFORD, Miss. – A $1.5 million gift from the grandson of a University of Mississippi chancellor will help recruit faculty for the School of Business Administration, support the construction of the new Triplett Alumni Center and improve facilities for Ole Miss student-athletes. “My father grew up in Oxford and lived on the campus because hisRead the story …